Chris Donahue

9.0

Clean, crisp, delicious — 4 years ago

Chance Miller

9.6

Mr. Prager... ethereal! — 5 years ago

Patrick McKee

9.5

Gold. Slight spritz. Striking ripe fruit aroma: grapefruit, marmalade, pineapple, peach. Orange blossom oil, touch of sulfur. Likely a little botrytis. Balanced palate at 13%, medium plus bitter, low acid. Medium finish. Note of well-integrated oxidation. — 6 years ago

with Kim

Kevin Neely

9.5

This pet has a great dessertif aspect to it, with actual alcohol, rather than just sweet ruby port notes. Delicious and a great pairing port. — 8 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.7

Desert island wine. — 8 years ago

Neil Cornish

9.0

Oily and intense. Spice, petroleum and even licorice. — 8 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.3

Baller Gruner, notes of honey, kaffir lime, fresh flowers, fresh pears, subtle toast, with bracing acidity and a laser like finish. Still a baby but enjoyable now, better in 5-7 and beyond! — 9 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.4

Completely different scenario from Prager
Still on the freshness
Youngish, long, marvelous, but we are still wondering in how long we'll find this wine at peak
A real treat — 4 years ago

Robert Evans Jr

9.3

Sweet Clean Crisp Honey suckle Green Apple — 6 years ago

with Nicole

Richard Lewis

9.2

Nose of apple and cherry, white cherry and apricot on the palate with a finish of vanilla and hazelnut liqueur. Sweetness cut by the acid. — 7 years ago

with Lynne

Will Beshears

8.9

Silky, moderate flavor but ultimately complex — 8 years ago

Robert McMurry

9.0

Extremely sweet dessert wine, with a good docile profile to back it up. A great surprise to end a great evening with. — 8 years ago

Kat Thomas

Sommelier Rose.Rabbit.Lie

9.2

Tasty and rich yes...but high alcohol was my first impression. — 8 years ago

with Jeffrey

Andrew Z. Scharf

8.9

1997 vintage. Outstanding — 9 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.4

Super elegant
Lots of flesh, evolution, complexity
From ripe apricot to ginger, cardamom, aniseed, tea leaves, lemongrass, cumin, various herbs and more
Very charming and reassuring sip
I love this old whites that are whispering not screaming at you
I'd say at peak though — 4 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

This wine is so intense in its youth but with age has both mellowed out and developed a layered complexity and expansiveness on the palate. I’d give a slight nod to the Prager Klaus from the same year but this is among the greatest Austrian Rieslings I’ve tasted — 6 years ago

Steve Hahn

9.2

Lovely. A bit of light fruit with the complex nut tones in the middle and late. Vanilla, walnut and pecan. Balanced and well thought out.
— 7 years ago

Kim Stanbro

9.0

Happy birthday's happy ending. Lots of prune. — 8 years ago

with Dave

Rebecca Fletcher

9.1

Nutty, orange rind, and chocolate. M+ acid and M sweetness. M+ intensity. On the palate, raisin, dried fruit, cherry, caramel and orange. Long finish. — 8 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) — 8 years ago