White pepper, crushed rocks, lemon pith and some nutmeg and white peach aromas. It’s medium-bodied, well structured and sharp, with bright acidity marrying rocky minerality and just-ripe stone fruit. So much tension at the finish. Drink or hold.
The 2024 Grüner Veltliner Steinertal Smaragd, situated between two lateral valleys that channel cool air, gives this terraced site of gneiss higher day-to-night amplitude and lower daytime temperatures. Gentle spice brings white pepper and crushed fern...
The 2024 Riesling Steinertal Smaragd comes from poor, higher-lying gneiss parcels predestined for Riesling. Very subtle scents of crushed citrus leaf and lime emerge with air. The palate is all citrus, linearity, brightness, purity and precision. Slend...