The 2007 Weissburgunder Smaragd Kollmutz – harvested early November – is the wine Rudi Pichler thinks most typical of its vintage. Apple, pear, grapefruit, and hazelnut inform a rich, creamy, yet juicy, fresh-fruited palate, and saline, smoky notes add mineral interest that persists in to a long, soothing, yet refreshing finish. This will prove terrifically versatile at table over at least the next 5-7 years, and offers one more example of the outstanding potential in Austria of this unfortunately relatively neglected grape. Pichler’s 2007s differ very little in gross chemistry from his 2006s – including the high alcohol of several Gruner Veltliner – yet they have dramatically different personalities. Pichler compares them with his 1997s, and perhaps time in bottle will more clearly bear out that high praise. Rudi Pichler is a great believer in watchfully letting nature take its course and although some of his 2007s came in with pH levels many growers would consider alarmingly high he gave no thought to adjusting them, and the finished wines bear him out, displaying the vivacity and freshness typical of 2007.Importer: Vin Divino, Chicago, IL; tel. (773) 334-6700
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