Prager, Weingut
Wachau, Austria
Weissenkirchen
Steinriegl
Federspiel
Riesling
1999
$26.99
12.0%
Full on amber color, strong to the rims with decent clarity but not that vibrant of shine. The nose has a good deal of rubber and nuttiness and doughiness to it, orange marmalade as well, dried pineapple and nectarine fruit, certainly the fruit has lost vibrancy but with some air it's not totally gone, almost all tertiary at this point. Medium-bodied, thankfully the acidity still has some oomph otherwise it would feel pretty sluggish. Here the dough and baking spices are obvious and the rubber, petrol notes more subdued. Sour grapefruit perks up the tangy pineapple, papaya, peach, apple fruit but it still huffs and puffs to get to the finish line. Decent wine, holding together but probably for now much more.
87 points