Leo Alzinger, Hohereck Riesling Smaragd, Wachau

Leo Alzinger · Niederosterreich › Wachau › Austria

White · Riesling
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LWIN 1321733
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92 /100
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12
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Taster #7687 · Jan 12, 2022
91/100
Sans notes
2011 vintage
Taster #6493 · Feb 3, 2021
93/100
Wachau uber alles. I love this shit.
2011 vintage
Taster #4824 · Aug 10, 2017
91/100
layered and yet so easy to drink. addicted.
2011 vintage
Taster #5505 · Aug 7, 2016
These are always the perfect cure for a dry Riesling jones.
2011 vintage
Taster #1129 · May 23, 2016
93/100
This was outstanding. Bold and rich right from the get-go but retaining a mineral elegance and lithe precision, as expected. The nose and palate show an array of jasmine, citronella, lavender, and camomile that is rounded out by a mellon and bright orchard fruit backdrop on the middle palate. Finishes mixed. This has an almost waxy/ soapstone texture to it. So beautiful; like summer in a glass.
2011 vintage
Taster #5505 · Oct 8, 2015
Boy howdy, this is an absolutely perfect dry Riesling, and maybe my favorite Austrian wine. It seems etched in stone, and the complimenting fruit is apricot and peach, but not light and fruity as those fruits can be, but more like perceived through the stone. That's the only way I can describe it.
2011 vintage
Taster #3247 · Jul 27, 2015
Concentrated, yes, but equally well-lifted. Such cut, and enthusiastic vigor. Beware, this is highly addictive stuff and not for the undisciplined. Fresh melons, ripe stone and orchard fruits, crunchy, tangy minerals. Exciting. 13,5% abv., highly recommended Slow-O 1 hr, served non-blind.
2011 vintage
Taster #6493 · Jul 24, 2015
93/100
Lime zest, rocks, salty, lemon lime, dry, minerally, and peppery like a silver Tequila. Love this.
2011 vintage
Taster #3960 · May 26, 2015
92/100
Excellent, riche, concentré, minéral, long, crayeux et exotique.
2011 vintage
Taster #5505 · Sep 21, 2014
93/100
Gosh I love Alzinger's Hohereck. It is so complex and has tons of citrus, stone mineral, pulverized gneiss, melon vine,... it is deep but it is so approachable.
2011 vintage
Taster #7687 · Jun 1, 2014
93/100
Sans notes
2011 vintage
Taster #9635 · May 20, 2014
92/100
Rather ripe and powerful, but showing great focus and purity. Lots of bright citrus and stone fruit flavours tinged with saline and stony mineral notes. The acidity really stands out on the second day, and this shows much more cut and precision then. One to hold.
2011 vintage
Taster #4016 · Mar 29, 2014
90/100
The wine was medium lemon in colour and showed some CO2. It offered citrus, peach, apple, salty ocean breeze and a hint of smoke on the slightly soapy nose. On the palate the wine showed citrus, peach and apple as well as a mild spiciness, a salty note and intense minerality, paired with a touch of residual CO2, medium-plus lively acidity and very good length. A very good, medium-bodied, very balanced Riesling that should pair well with fish and a …
2011 vintage
Taster #3960 · Apr 24, 2013
92/100
Nez relativement discret sur les fruits exotiques et la craie. Attaque vive, le milieu de bouche prend de l'ampleur et du gras, finale assez longue et serrée sur une amertume prononcée mais bien balancée. Excellent!
2011 vintage
Taster #7687 · Feb 12, 2013
92/100
Sans notes
2011 vintage