2016 will probably go down in the history of Styrian viticulture as a horror year. First, several nights of frost in April decimated a large part of the vines, then massive hail damage in August wiped out much of what little was left. All in all, barely 20% of the usual crop could be harvested.
What was saved, however, was of astonishing quality. Especially the basic wines are often of an unexpected quality, probably also because some of the top vineyards were not bottled separately due to lack of quantity. Thus, some of the usual suspects are missing from this year's list of best wines.
In total, we tasted around 300 wines from Styria this year. As always, you can find the best of them here or as a handy PDF to print. The headings are also links to all the wines tasted.
- 97WP 2015 "Heaven's Door", Ewald Zweytick
- 94WP 2015 "Don't Cry", Ewald Zweytick
- 93WP 2015 Edelschuh, Wohlmuth
- 93WP 2015 Hochstermetztberg, Maitz
- 93WP 2015 Czamillonberg Reserve, Potzinger
- 92WP 2016 Sulz "Joseph", Potzinger
- 91WP 2015 Schusterberg, Maitz
- 91WP 2016 Steinriegel, Wohlmuth
- 90WP 2015 Gaisriegel, Schauer
- 90WP 2016 Steinriegel, Potzinger
- 89WP 2016 Leutschacher, Erwin Sabathi
- 89WP 2016 Rosenberg, Frauwallner
- 89WP 2016 Gamlitzer, Hannes Sabathi
- 89WP 2016 Czamillonberg, Potzinger
- 88WP 2016 G. XVI, Peter Skoff
- 88WP 2016 Kaiseregg "JFK", Strablegg-Leitner
- 88WP 2016 Eichberg "Edition Rosa", Strablegg-Leitner
- 88WP 2016 Wurzenberg, Strablegg-Leitner
- 88WP 2016 Styrian Classic, Polz
- 88WP 2016 Kitzecker, Wohlmuth
- 88WP 2016 Pfarrweingarten, Ewald Zweytick
- 88WP 2016 Gamlitzer "Gut Sernau", Peter Skoff
- 88WP 2016 Kittenberg, Schneeberger
- 88WP 2016 Sausaler, Schneeberger
- 88WP 2016 Sausaler, Wohlmut
- 88WP 2015 Gölles
- 88WP 2016 Rosengarten, Kodolitsch
- 88WP 2016 Classic, Neumeister
- 92WP 2015 "November Rain", Ewald Zweytick
- 91WP 2015 "Vinothekfüllung", Potzinger
- 90WP 2015 Schlössl, Wohlmuth
- 90WP 2015 Hochegg, Schauer
- 90WP 2014 Schlingelberg "Old Vines", Masser
- 89WP 2016 Flamberg "S!", Schneeberger
- 88WP 2015 Rothschädl
- 88WP 2016 Eckberg, Lackner-Tinnacher
- 93WP 2013 Krois, Maitz
- 89WP 2016 "Tinder", Winkler-Hermaden
- 89WP 2015 Gamlitzer, Peter Skoff
Landweine cannot be assigned to a specific region. All recently tasted Austrian Landweine can be found here.