1999 Mantlerhof Riesling

Google, wine.com and some other web sites and cannot find any information about this wine at all. It's almost like it doesn't

Kim

Any other identifying info on the label, eg place of origin Rhine,Mosel, name of producer? This info will help trace this wine.

Tom Schellberg

Kim,

This is an Austrian Riesling - see

Since 1999 was an excellent vintage in Austria, this wine should be very well drinkable. Personally I like pairing Riesling and fish/seafood.

HTH Martin

Hi Tom,

Here's the complete information from the label:

MANTLERHOF RIESLING

There's a small logo on the bottom left that says "TraditionsWeinguter - Osterreich"

The yellow band around the neck of the bottle says "Josef und Margit Mantler".

I hope that helps, and thank you for writing back!

Kim

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Hi This is outside of my competence but I see from my sources that Wieland 2002 by Mantlerhof was a splendid wine (91 points) destined to keep up to 6 years. Your 1999 should be fine to drink now. hth Anders

Mantlerhof is a winery located in Kremstal, Austria.

Kremstal is one of 8 regions in "lower" Austria (Niederosterreich)

Wachau is perhaps the best known of the 8, and contains some of the top, even Robert Parker (ooo!) recognized wineries. Here, Riesling is king, and the Austrians rather like to think this is where the grape originated. (however, this is also the place where some of the very best Gruner Veltliners are made, and with it's steep terraced terrain, you can really taste the crisp minerals in the wine.)

Kremstal and Kamptal produce some wines that are equal in quality to those of the Wachau, which shouldn't come as a huge shock since the western part of Kremstal is geologically identical to its better known neighbor. Then in the Kamptal there is this enormous crag around which the old vine Rieslings yield their comparable candidates.

I realized that up until now I was being quite rude and not signing my posts, so I hope this info helps, Emily (winemonger)

Thank you everyone for your feedback! I'll go ahead and try the wine with dinner one night.

Thanks again, Kim

And don't be a stranger - come back and tell us what you think!

That vintage scored these ratings:

From A La Carte: Wine: Riesling "Wieland" Type: Qualitätswein Grape: Riesling (w) Vintage: 1999 Award: 87 Punkte

From Wine Spectator: wine: Riesling "Wieland" Type: Qualitätswein Grape: Riesling (w) Vintage: 1999 Award: 88 Punkte

Don't know if you care about ratings. I try not to, but sometimes it can give a general idea.

-Emily

This happens to be my scoring from our comprehensive annual tasting of more than 1200 wines. My TN from July 2001 reads:

| Birne und Most; schokoladig ("Birne Helene"), Restzucker (8 g) | überdeutlich spürbar, dennoch gesicherte Zukunft.

| Nose of pears and grape juice; on palate slightly chocolatey in | a "poire hélène" type of way, the residual sugar (8g/l = 0.8%) | not yet integrated, good potential for the future.

This wine, grown on loess soil, should be drinking perfectly now - but prepare an suitable dish, since the wine with its 14 percent of alcohol is not what one would normally call a lightweigth.

M.