WTN: A lovely, basic Kamptal Riesling

Loimer Riesling Kamptal 2008 - 12% abv; ~15€
Very pure aroma, mineral and citric. Classically proportioned Kamptal, dry and quite powerful but neither austere nor fat. Seems to be a cooler year for a change, which is nice for those of us who like a healthy dose of acid in our wines. Wonderfully mineral and extremely moreish. Fantastic for what is supposed to be a "basic" Riesling in their line-up!

I haven't paid much attention to recent reports on Austria, preferring to taste for myself. But now that I've had a handful of them, mostly Kamptals, is my initial impression correct that we have finally a slightly cooler year, one with lots of minerality and brightness and crunch instead of a fat year like so many other recent years have been?

[David M. Bueker]

'07 and '08 are brighter vintages than say '06.

Good to see confirmation. I did like the '07s too, but my impression of the two dozen or so wines that have come to Finland (that's a sorry state, isn't it, when only a couple dozen different wines become available here?) is that there is more crunch to the '08s. Or is my memory playing tricks on me?