The Alzinger winery has been a fixed star in the Wachau wine growing firmament since 1983. Leo Alzinger produces Grüner Veltliner and Riesling in his top vineyards in Loibenberg and Dürnstein. At my tasting this year, the Loibenberg and Steinertal parade sites were, as usual, at the top, impressing with their precision and radiance. Alzinger's long-lived wines deserve the undivided attention of wine lovers, as they have once again produced an absolutely top range. It doesn't matter whether you turn to Riesling or Grüner Veltliner: You're guaranteed to find what you're looking for from the large selection.
If you have the opportunity to taste more mature wines from this house, then you will get to know the full splendour of the wines. Alzinger's wines in particular are often more restrained in their youth, but always develop a strong personality. So if you want to find out more about the character of a top Veltliner, you should decant a mature Alzinger wine, give it some time - and then be amazed.
In 2017, a renowned tasting panel declared the new design of the winery building to be one of the winning projects in the "Exemplary Building in Lower Austria" competition. The tasting panel particularly emphasised that the new winery "represents an exemplary architectural development of the Wachau World Heritage Site".
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