Vanessa

9.3

This is the 2017 Franz-Josef (FJ) Gritsch Smaragd Riesling. 👌

It comes from the steep, sun-soaked Setzberg vineyard 🌱☀️ of the Wachau, Austria 🇦🇹 with ancient roots dating back to 1243 (one of the oldest recorded sites in the Wachau)!!

🤔 As a ‘Smaragd,’ wine law requires this wine to be at least 12.5% ABV which means it’s at the top of the ripeness scale, set up for deeply concentrated aromas and flavors.

This wine delivers on these expectations and more…

👁️ Despite being approx. 8 years old, it’s a vibrant lemon hue with pronounced 👃 aromas and flavors of papaya, golden delicious apple, quince, ripe apricot and white peach, blossom, gardenia, wet slate, beeswax, honeycomb, crushed stones, honeydew, buckwheat, saline, and blanched almond.

😝 It is indeed dry, with 13.5% ABV; it has a medium body with a textured mouthfeel 👄 and zesty acidity. The finish lingers.

💫 FJ Gritsch is rooted in Wachau traditions yet makes wines with modern precision, marrying heritage with authenticity and forward-thinking practices.

💯 Costing in the $20s, this wine has an impeccable quality to price ratio. It punches above its weight! 🥊

It’s certifiably delicious. 😋

Cheers to Smaragd Riesling of the Wachau — cheers to delish Gritsch wines!🥂 — 10 months ago

boyd

9.4

Weirdest Riesling I've ever had. Almost looked like a red wine. Crazy but perfect as a finish to a great night. Apricots and peaches in honey with an amazing viscosity. — 11 years ago

Stephan Whelan

9.9

Dry, fruity wine - great to drink on its own — 13 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2021 | light plum impression, minerals, very young off course | paired with a deer burger — 2 years ago

Martijn

9.0

@Kay Delectable this is the alte reben riesling — 5 years ago

markus gould

9.4

wow! fantastic riesling from a difficult vintage!

such a tension, drive and drinkability.
HUGE potential - this vintage will last forever!!

kudos to franz josef --- — 11 years ago

Ilaria Ropolo

9.0

Müller Thurgau 2012 12% — 13 years ago

Martijn

8.9

@Kay Delectable this is pinot noir auslese — 5 years ago

Martijn

9.1

Great PN! Strawberry and length. Great potential to store up to 10/15 years. — 5 years ago

Kamini Saxena

9.0

Weingut Toni Müller, Spätburgunder, Gülsener Bienengarten, Mosel — 11 years ago

William Goldsmith

9.3

2012. Very very good. — 12 years ago

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