This Gruner Veltliner Federspiel Hochstrasser toes the line between subtlety and vivaciousness — a spicy, stony, salty trip. Well-structured with zippy, tense acidity to invigorate a meal of fresh seafood,...
This single-vineyard Gruner is elegant and dynamic, with tons of spice, salinity and tropical fruit aromas. The palate is lively and tense, with cool fruit flavours and great acidity, which...
This single-vineyard Gruner is elegant and dynamic, with tons of spice, salinity and tropical fruit aromas. The palate is lively and tense, with cool fruit flavours and great acidity, which...
From the central, loess-dominated part of the famous cru, Alzinger's Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Ried Loibenberg opens with a very delicate and elegant bouquet of ripe fruits intermixed with a very...
This entry-level Riesling from Alzinger shows so well the distinctness of Wachau Riesling. Always crystal clear, stimulating and extremely drinkable (glug glug), it's loaded with stone fruit, herbs and citrus...
From one of the coolest plots of the cru ("Rauheneck") that is already shadowed in the afternoon, the Riesling Smaragd Ried Loibenberg is beautifully clear and fine on the nose,...
The wine starts with cool, fresh, aromatic and very fine Kupp slate spiciness on the nose. In the mouth, it is juicy and elegant, balanced and already singing. On the...
The Riesling Smaragd Ried Hollerin is the most charming, fruity and powerful Riesling of the domain. From the vineyard looking onto the coolest part of the Kellerberg and cultivated on...
Saar-typical apple and cherry are delivered in both fresh and distilled form on the penetrating nose, with yeast, apple pip, iodine and wet stone accents adding counterpoint and intrigue. The...
From a very small cru between Hollerin and Loibenberg and cultivated in pretty shallow soils, Alzinger's Riesling Smaragd Ried Höhereck is concentrated and warm on the nose, with dried white...
On the nose, Florian Lauer’s 2020 Feils GG Fass 13 is his clearest and finest grand cru today, and it reveals a delicate slate and Riesling bouquet that indicates perfectly...
Lauer’s 2020 Schonfels GG Fass 11 is deep, intense and pure on the still yeasty nose that exhibits ripe fruit intertwined with herbal/floral and stony aromas. Crystalline and lean on...
Picked on Beerenauslese level (115° Oechsle), the 2018 Kupp Auslese GK is super intense but also fine and slightly flinty on the bright, fresh and slatey-mineral nose. Lush and precise...
The Ayler Kupp Unterstenberg Fass 12 offers a dark, flinty and still yeasty/earthy bouquet with ripe, darker-toned fruit and fresh peanut aromas. The nose is quite complex and very promising....
