Steinertal Grüner Veltliner Smaragd
2023
Weingut Alzinger se trouve sur un magnifique terroir aux abords du Danube, à 65 km à l’ouest de Vienne, sur un détour majestueux du fleuve juste après Unterloiben, dans la région de Wachau. Il s’agit assurément de l’une des plus belles régions viticoles au monde; en fait, ce site figure sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO en raison de sa beauté exceptionnelle. Par conséquent, le site Web du Domaine Alzinger proclame fièrement que la région « se trouve sur le même...
This brilliant and concentrated Wachau gruner veltliner has a wealth of green bean, summer vegetable and garden herb aromas that I could study for hours. Super straight on the medium-bodied palate, with enormous mineral freshness driving the super-long finish. Long aging potential.
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The 2022 Grüner Veltliner Steinertal Smaragd is the easternmost terraced single-site of the Wachau, on the border to Kremstal and its Pfaffenberg. While this is at the warmer end of the Wachau, two gullies bring down cold air from the forested top and create a high day-night amplitude. Peppery fern and green pear skin have a creamy, salty aspect on the subtle nose. The palate tingles with pepper on a very fine, taut, bright body that is both slender and stony. Grüner's creaminess washes over like surf over immovable rocks. This is a statuesque, smooth, taut wine, with a haunting pepperiness on the finish. (Bone-dry)
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Medium bodied and juicy, this white is filled with plenty of white pepper which frames the core of peach and dried apricot flavors dominate. It turns almost creamy on the finish, featuring pineapple cake notes
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The 2023 Grüner Veltliner Steinertal Smaragd is picked on this terraced gneiss site, cooled by cold Waldviertel air that is channeled through gullies. Spicy ferns are open and enticing on the nose. A lovely frisson of white pepper is carried on lemony juiciness. The palate has the customary cut, the usual precision and exquisite tension. This is masterful, yet it has the mellower creaminess of 2023 without sacrificing its essential, cool character. The mid-palate concentrates pepper and yeast. Great work. (Bone-dry)
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