Matt Perlman

9.5

Spellbindingly pure and graceful. There is ripeness and intensity here (the Wachau is warm!) but not at the cost of precision and detail. There is delicate but fleshy yellow fruit, green herbs, chamomile and white pepper, and a sense of lightness that is captivating — 4 years ago

Georg Salzner

9.9

1997 , it is pure gold, it has the color of an aged sautern, great acidity and a beautiful youth for a 22 year old Riesling. exceptional!!!!!!! — 6 years ago

Pooneet K

9.1

Deep and rich smaragd Riesling from the excellent alzinger. Deeply acidic. Rich and mouth filling. Quite precise. Delicious and impactful. — 8 years ago

with Ahmed

Petr Jonak

9.0

Wine Gallery Gröbovka, Prague, 04/09/2013 — 9 years ago

Lance E. Farman

9.4

Wet rocks and candied lemons and way more. Alzinger, I adore you! — 9 years ago

Shalini Sekhar

9.5

Honeysuckle, white peach, tarragon, pea shoots. Pale, near water white. Complex, medium body, high acidity, lengthy finish. Not overly ripe, but enough fruit to balance the varietal green character. Lovely. — 9 years ago

with Rama

Reinhard Wall

9.1

Alzinger Riesling Smaragd. La cualificación más alta en Wachau, para vinos con un mínimo de 12,5%. Glicérico, sedoso, como si estuviera fermentado en barrica — 10 years ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.1

2017 vintage. Medium+ concentration with golden apple, pear skin, lemon pith, stones, dandelion flower. — 4 years ago

Nick

9.5

Austrian delight for Sean’s birthday via Howard street — 5 years ago

with Meghan, Sean and 1 other

Jordan Wardlaw

9.3

One of the better Wachau Gruner I've had, without a doubt. Complex, rich, elegant, herbal- everything Gruner should be. Lovely citrus aromas, intensely herbal flavors. There's a "brothiness" in texture, a certain kind of salinity, that I find very refreshing. At this price point I must say that it is more appealing to the GV devotees out there, but I say so reluctantly because it is a wine with great charm and wonderful fruit that I think most anyone can enjoy. — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Big lemon and white & yellow florals on the nose. Thicker mouthfeel for most Gruners. Big honeyed lemons, green apple, melon, ripe pineapple, minerals & chalkiness are soft and delicate with perfect acidity. Rich, round, lush, long, nice finish. — 8 years ago

Justin Timsit, MS

Wine Director, The Rittenhouse

10

Showing youthful and fresh with stone fruit, mineral oil, and honey — 9 years ago

Reinhard Wall

9.5

Dürnsteiner Riesling Smaragd, Wachau 2011. Impresionante, una y otra vez. La gama aromática de este vino es inagotable — 9 years ago

Peter Wassam

9.2

Green green green but fleshy and ripe. Smell a little bit like smarties- fruity and sour but not that sweet ultimately. — 5 years ago

Martinez

9.0

#rieslingfeier — 6 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

8.9

Actually my first ever Lauer. Cannot believe that myself..:: served blind, I started off in Rheinhessen (maybe Wittman?) but finally decided upon a GV from Alzinger in Wachau. Liked it very much but lacked Mosel tension, slate minerality and racy acidity impressive concentration. Very good wine, hoping to be something else? — 7 years ago

Sarah O'Kelley

9.0

Lemon, lime, rocks, white flowers & a little salinity - all the good stuff!! — 8 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.4

Had it November 2011.
Bright straw yellow. Citrus, pineapple and paw paw. White pepper, coriander and Asian spices. Earthy, tuff. Full palate with minerally notes, smokiness in evidence. Important flavour and typical I should say of a Wachau Gruner Veltliner. Super young, great potential, but already very enjoyable for the best taster. Hints of peanut butter ✌️ — 9 years ago

Cason Love

9.3

Excellent young Gruner Veltliner. Everything you want in a Federspiel, light & crisp. — 9 years ago

Sandy Thompson

10

Wow, this shows the extreme difference between botrytis infected👎(inflected) 👎wines and non. Last night, 97 knoll, Gruner Smargd. Tonight, 97 Prager Riesling Smargd ( non botrytis inflected/ infected)
What a frickin delish non infected wine. Prager; absolutely gorgeous after 18 years! Bright yellow with incredible depth of fruit while still having amazing acidity at this age. The Knoll , While drinkable, was past its prime.
sign me up for Prager, Niholiahof & Alzinger (among others) — 9 years ago