2013 Moric Müllendorf Grüner Veltliner

Moric

Austria / Burgenland / Moric

Chalky soils, old inland sea, oyster shells... Chablis anyone? Barrel fermented. A more winemaking-driven wine, with loads of creamy, leesy, nutty stuff going on; think Wachau Smaragd but less primary. However, there is a drive through the wine as well. Very interesting.

February, 2015

Joel B. Payne

Vinous Media

91+? points

Apricot and pineapple complicated by nuances of smoke and pepper on the nose. Rich and full in the mouth, displaying a velvety sweetness, this Grüner Veltliner remains astoundingly elegant and light on its feet thanks to its mineral core. Well-balanced and with a chalky intensity, the 2013 Müllendorf finishes with excellent persistence.

August, 2014

Alder Yarrow

Vinography http://vinography.com/

Around 9.5 points out of 10.

Light yellow gold in color, this barrel sample smells intensely mineral with high notes of lemon oil, chamomile, and white flowers. In the mouth, the wine has an incredible precision with long bright lemon oil, white peach, and meyer lemon neon brightness. Silky, with incredible acidity and deep minerality, this wine has a remarkably long finish.

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About Moric

For more than a decade, winemaker Roland Velich made an intense study of the world's greatest wines of terroir with the explicit goal of finding “that thing”, as he puts it, that a wine must possess in order to achieve greatness. When he felt he'd learned enough, he set out to make an Austrian red wine that belonged in the same pantheon as the great Grand Cru Burgundies, the Northern Rhône and the legendary vineyards of Barolo. So began the Moric project. Its medium is Blaufränkisch, expressed through ancient vines in a challenging growing region, meticulous biodynamic viticulture, obsessive sorting and fairly primitive winemaking techniques. The Burgenland Blaufränkisch is a brilliant starting point, while this beguiling variety reaches its zenith in the old-vine wines from Lutzmannsburg and Neckenmarkt.

About

Roland Velich comes from a Burgenland winemaking family but initially he worked as a croupier. It was 2001 when he kicked off the Moric project, working with seriously old vines that perhaps no one believed in quite as much as him. His zeal for this terroir and the Blaufränkisch grape has mercifully been matched by vision and skill. "Roland Velich makes the best Blaufränkisch on the planet. Full stop," says Jancis Robinson Purple Pages contributor, Alder Yarrow. Meanwhile this is also the favourite Blaufränkisch producer of Eric Asimov, the New York Times wine correspondent. "Moric, is a star in this world," he proclaims. And indeed he is.