Bloody Amateur

9.1

Super-fun, super-cloudy — satisfies my craving for chilled, balanced light reds, perfect for a backyard barbecue. — 6 years ago

Nick Piccone

9.1

Really cool, light and very drinkable - blackberries, red berries and some natural funk — 7 years ago

with Sarah

Bob Bath

Master Sommelier & Educator CIA Greystone

9.2

With Tawfiq Khoury — 8 years ago

Michael Elmore

9.2

Off vintage and still stunning — 9 years ago

Alexander Niehenke

9.3

Perfumey. — 10 years ago

with Shannon

Forrest Seamons

9.5

Carmelly and floral with a spicy finish. Ripe and fuller-bodied...killin — 10 years ago

with Lauren

Chris MacLean

9.0

Bright and lean classic Gruner from great producer in a great year. — 10 years ago

with Sarah

Iain Newton

9.1

Cheers to @Vinny Eng! Love you. Love your wine. X — 11 years ago

with Pink

JohnQ Boxler

Sales Berkeley Wine Company

9.5

Petrol, mineral, golden fruit, note of botrytis. Good acid. Still fresh. Spicy, peppery. Note as baroque as some vintages. — 12 years ago

Paolo Pracucci

10

Grande vino!!!!! — 12 years ago

Te

8.9

Thought this was very nice. Toast, mineral, creamy. Has some acid too. — 6 years ago

Charlie Evans

9.3

Natty bubbles and silly good. This was in a category unlike anything I can recall. — 7 years ago

Matthew Davis

8.9

Really full for a white, some sweetness, but the bitterness of the smell is odd. — 7 years ago

with Navin and Rivka

Nick Ferrall

9.1

Pale and crystal clear. Tropical fruit throughout with a nice round mouthfeel. — 8 years ago

Jania Cardoso

9.0

Austria's icon and finest wine producer - FX Pichler. One of the top wineries in Austria, specifically located in the Wachau Valley. The winery itself was created on 1898. Of the 18 hectares owned by a family, almost a half are planted to Riesling, the rest is almost entirely Grüner Veltliner.
The wine:
Riesling Federspiel Loibner Burgstall
This wine is strong and clear, fruit-driven Riesling with mineral notes. Love it. — 9 years ago

phillip baltz

9.3

Damned fine fruit, bright, funk. — 10 years ago

with Christina and Anthony

Greg Gregory

9.1

Lovely. Nice acid and a hint of sweetness make this a perfect pairing with any spicy fish dish. — 10 years ago

Oliver Kitten

9.0

Great summer wine. — 11 years ago

Michael Elmore

9.1

2003 - Cara cara creamsical and waxy texture. 100% in tact and put together, but drink now. — 11 years ago

Luke Kenning

Sommelier/Wine Director Farallon Restaurant

9.4

2001 at Michael Mina delish — 12 years ago

RJ Stefanski

9.1

(Tasted November 2019)
Not your uncle’s Pinot Grigio. Full bodied and luscious with ripe orchard fruit, minerals, and enough structure to keep evolving in the cellar. This was a fun left field bottle to share with wine geeks at thanksgiving. $40

More info: 25 year old vines in heavy clay soil. Pluris vineyard is steep with only one row of vines per terrace for maximum exposure. — 6 years ago

Oscar Díaz Maldonado

9.4

Dulce como la entrepierna de la mujer que amas....! Solo con verlo te sube la azúcar y puntos diabéticos!!! — 7 years ago

Evie Olson

9.8

One of the most profound & satisfying gruner’s I’ve had. Notes of white pear, daffodils, green peas, white pepper, with floral and almost marzipan qualities all come together harmoniously & dance on the tongue & drives home with an intense mineral backbone. Beautiful. — 7 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.3

Minerals and stone fruit on the nose well balanced nice acidity very summery! Ripe peaches and nectarines with some wet stone. Petroleum on the nose — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

Electric gruner. So vibrant and sharply cutting it's almost rieslingesque, with the gruner character showing not so much in its tone or shape but rather in the whole garden of spring flora blooming around the fruit. So evocative I feel like I need to go on a bender of bullshit tasting note descriptors to do justice to all the outdoorsy freshness here. Hibiscus! Water lillies! Lilacs! I don't know if I have ever smelled these things but I am going with them anyway because they're euphonious enough and the imagery sounds right. — 10 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

This is listed here as a riesling but it's actually a gruner veltliner, 2003 vintage, one of the rare times they did this if not the only. I would say nobody would be able to peg this as a 2003 but I gave a blind pour to Peter Weygandt and he nailed it. Regardless, it's luminously bright and bracing, textured like rough gothic stone with sharp angles and spires. With air the fruit gets fuller and fleshier, taking on more primary pear-like and banana flavors and clean aloe cream scents. — 10 years ago

John Van Trijp

9.6

Ooooh another great wachau! Honivogl rocks! — 11 years ago

Valeriesling

9.5

1998. Wow. All fat melted away for pure mineral and beauty. White flower petals. — 11 years ago

Christian Baeppler

9.0

2006 Franz Hirtzberger Riesling Smaragd Wachau Austria. Golden colour, very viscous (14%). Powerful Riesling with tart tropical fruit flavours, spiced orchard fruit and honeysuckle. Dry and firm on the finish. — 12 years ago

Richard Betts

Master Sommelier/Winemaker/Mezcalero Saint Glinglin, Sombra

9.5

NOM NOM NOM — 13 years ago