Achleiten Smaragd Riesling

Vintage 2001 | my oh my. 24 years old. We tend to drink grüner veltliner young but there is no need to do so. @Rob van Kalmthout said the advice is to drink between 3-5 years or after 15 years and longer. I saw many happy faces with this wine. Flint and spicyness. I smelled chestnut champignons. Dill. And also creamy butter. Vitality, rich, beautiful rondeur. Fantastic.

Vintage 2019 | Seems closed to me but opens up in the glass with impressions of pear, minerals, a stinky tone, nougat and white pepper. Nice bitters. Very good effort.

Straw yellow hint of green; hefty riesling nose packed with hydrocarbons, wildflowers, and mountain stream stone-like minerals; high acids and tropical fruit and a long mouth-watering finish. With medium spicy thai food.

Very dry, slightly aromatic, good medium acid, a bit bitter in mouth

Evolved and complex.

Elegant. Beautifully restrained white flower and citrus mineral aroma. Dry, mid acidity. ABV13.5%

austria is on a roll a new world revolution in old europe wachau on the danude vineyard specific and ranking like burgundy smaragd the green lizard

Hmmmmm

Transcendent.

2001