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Alzinger, Riesling Ried Loibenberg Smaragd, 2023

White Wine from Wachau, Austria
by Alzinger
$67.99
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Leo Alzinger is the best of the best. Among Austria's top white wine producers — Hirtzberger, Pichler, Knoll, Prager — Alzinger stands in the front rank, a small estate that earns its reputation vineyard by vineyard. Loibenberg is one of the Wachau's most powerful Grand Cru-equivalent sites: south-facing terraced slopes above the Danube, gneiss and loess soils, capable of producing Riesling of enormous depth and precision. Smaragd is the Wachau's highest ripeness category — Alzinger's Loibenberg Smaragd is thus the fullest expression of what this estate and this terroir can do. The 2023 is still young, and it will reward another decade in the cellar, but it already shows the minerality and concentration that defines the greatest Austrian Riesling.

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Antonio Galloni

97 points

"The 2023 Riesling Loibenberg Smaragd is picked in one parcel of poor soil that is steep and a complete suntrap that becomes shaded in the afternoon, mixing the warm site with a cooler element. Yeast and a touch of passion fruit foliage set the tone on the nose. The palate is a picture of slenderness, tautness, citric tension and freshness. A stony backdrop heightens that sleekness and has the name Alzinger printed all over it. Taut, fresh and zesty. (Bone-dry)" —Vinous

Jancis Robinson

16.5 points

"Mineral, crisp, lean. Passion fruit and stones, both in equal measure, combining to create a firm, mouth-watering savour. It's brawny Riesling, tasty now but feels like it's made more for the long haul."

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Riesling

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Lobster with butter, roast pork with mustard, Austrian Wiener Schnitzel, seared monkfish, gruyère

Tasting Profile

White peach, apricot, grapefruit pith, gneiss mineral, white flowers, fine spice. Concentrated and rich but with electric precision and a very long finish.