Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

vintage 2021 | Edition Michelskirche Trocken | Good and typical riesling, paired with paté from Catalunia | second day: very good acidity paired with oysters — 7 months ago

Eric Hoepelman

9.2

Now, 4 years of age. Time has done its work. Fresh, mineral and still with tropical fruits. Yammy. — a year ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2018 | flowers in smell and quite some power in taste — 4 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Light & flowery with rosewater, lichi, white grapes and guava. On the palate quite filigrane, Kabinett Style, as is if off-dry, yet quickly shows great acidity & a mineral streak turning fully dry.
This is very fresh, aromatic, perfect as an aperitif and far from banal. I like it a lot! — 6 years ago

Raun Kupiec

9.0

Dry but with a nice balance of fruit and character. — 8 years ago

with Barbara

markus gould

9.1

mauritioshof gritsch
riesling "vision wachau"
2011 — 10 years ago

Jen Woo

9.0

FJ: it's lovely!
Jen: oooh pretty label — 11 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2021 | great weekday wine, paired good with beetroot, baked potatoes and bacon. Vanilla and plums, rounded taste. From Klüsserather Bruderschaft. — 10 months ago

Martijn

8.9

@Kay Delectable this is Pinot Noir Rose. Its pretty D good too. Strawberry and raisin nose. Full mouth with sweet from red fruit, some bitter and fresh acidity. Great pqr. — a year ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2019 | light medicinal impression, anise, perfumed, some raspberries, still tannins — 2 years ago

Martijn

9.0

One cannot say this is BLANC the noir but though it is a nice orange/pink bubble! It brings back nice memories of the great roadtrip into the region and the two hour session at the domain tasting ALL they produce! — 5 years ago

Sterling Marks

9.2

Crisp with medium acidity green apple with out the tartness with some mineral and light radish spice . Drink all summer — 8 years ago

François Hugueniot

9.0

Very good! The nose opens up with fresh exotic fruit manguo un particular. On palate the wine has a very good acidity, it’s well balance, with a long finish on exotics fruits — 9 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

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!🥂 — a year ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2020 | — 2 years ago

Martijn

8.9

Very well made. Would also drink well chilled on a warm spring day over lunch. Strawberry. — 5 years ago

Ndrsfg

9.0

Im bürli schürli gekauft — 7 years ago

with Manfred

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Really liked this. Mineral crunchy and limey. Bit opulent but finishes all awash in acids and minerals. — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.4

Terrific bottle of Gruner here. You don't usually expect this much personality and pizzazz without buying a fancy smaragd label - I was actually taken aback. It's deceptively soft at first but all that means is that it's not leaning on ripping acidity to stay fresh. There is still plenty of cut to the texture but the fruit is plush and fleshy, so it actually pulls off a nice balance between something gentle and contemplative and something you can guzzle for its thirst-quenching crystal-clean freshness. The flavor itself is very characteristic no-doubter Gruner, edgy but exotic flavors like green banana with a peppery kick. — 10 years ago