TASTING NOTE
Apostelhoeve Viognier 2024
white wine
A very special Viognier, a completely atypical flavor for this grape. We attribute this to the cool climate and young vines. The nose is primarily vegetal, but also reveals notes of muscat and honey. On the palate, after a very reductive start (swirl it a lot or let it sit open for a while!), flavors of yellow and stone fruit, along with creamy notes of battonage.
Apostelhoeve
Limburg
Detailed Tasting Notes
Wine tasting: 30 Sep 2025
Appearance
A clear, lemon colored wine with pale color intensity
Nose
The nose is clean and youthful with pronounced aroma intensity with mainly vegetal and secondary fruity aroma characteristics. We smell vegetable juice, green asparagus, basil, sweet muscat grapes and honey.
Palate
A dry wine, with medium+ acidity, medium alcohol and medium- body. Flavor intensity is medium with fruity and vegetal characteristics. We taste white fruit, stone fruit, citrus and some green tones. The wine has a creamy taste due to the battonage. Length is medium+.
Quality Assessment
A cool-climate Viognier, not at all typical of Viognier from warmer regions. Furthermore, the vines are very young, which likely influences the flavor. The wine is very reductive at first and needs to be opened for at least an hour or thoroughly swirled before the fruit flavors truly emerge. A good wine.
Apostelhoeve Viognier 2024
8
A very special Viognier, a completely atypical flavor for this grape. We attribute this to the cool climate and young vines. The nose is primarily vegetal, but also reveals notes of muscat and honey. On the palate, after a very reductive start (swirl it a lot or let it sit open for a while!), flavors of yellow and stone fruit, along with creamy notes of battonage.
Detailed Tasting Notes
Wine tasting: 30 Sep 2025
Appearance
A clear, lemon colored wine with pale color intensity
Nose
The nose is clean and youthful with pronounced aroma intensity with mainly vegetal and secondary fruity aroma characteristics. We smell vegetable juice, green asparagus, basil, sweet muscat grapes and honey.
Palate
A dry wine, with medium+ acidity, medium alcohol and medium- body. Flavor intensity is medium with fruity and vegetal characteristics. We taste white fruit, stone fruit, citrus and some green tones. The wine has a creamy taste due to the battonage. Length is medium+.
Quality Assessment
A cool-climate Viognier, not at all typical of Viognier from warmer regions. Furthermore, the vines are very young, which likely influences the flavor. The wine is very reductive at first and needs to be opened for at least an hour or thoroughly swirled before the fruit flavors truly emerge. A good wine.