This white is a laser beam of grapefruit, mineral and sage flavors, staying precise and lingering on the succulent finish. Shows fine balance and length, with a hint of eastern spices. Drink now through 2027. 1,000 cases made, 100 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Austria / Nieder?sterreich / Wachau Select to Add

The pronounced acidity gives this good intensity, balanced by a creamy texture. Features notes of white chocolate, with pepper and apricot details, underscored and extended by savory minerality that leads to a lingering finish. Needs a few years for the edges to smooth. Best from 2022 through 2031. 180 cases imported.??–AZ??Region: Austria / Nieder?sterreich / Wachau Select to Add

Ripe, yet elegant and racy, with a floral essence and sprinkles of coriander seed to the clementine and blood orange flavors and hints of white chocolate. Solidly built, with powerful acidity that offsets the broad finish. Should develop nicely in several years. Best from 2021 through 2029. 150 cases imported.??–AZ??Region: Austria / Nieder?sterreich / Wachau Select to Add

Nicely balanced, with a creamy texture and a core marked by white pepper and white peach flavors that are concentrated and pure. Finishes with ripe citrus and mineral notes. Drink now through 2022. 17 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Austria / Nieder?sterreich / Wachau Select to Add

Surprisingly similar (though who would dare complain?) to this year’s corresponding Hohereck, Alzingers’ 2010 Riesling Smaragd Loibenberg – due to have been bottled in July – features white peach, apple, and lime suffused with bittersweet herbal and floral essences and engaged in an invigoratingly dynamic, mouthwateringly persistent exchange with stony, crystalline, and saline mineral matter. Firmer and marginally less winsome than the Hohereck but coursing with vinous electricity, this should be worth following for a decade. The Alzingers didn’t begin harvesting until the third week of October in 2010 and continued until November 18. Riesling Federspiel alone was de-acidified (as must). Leo Alzinger senior confirmed the judgment of other Wachau veterans that there was no known precedent for the combination of high acidity; sugar; and extract with genuine phenolic ripeness and next to no botrytis. (Somehow I missed out, incidentally, on tasting this year’s Liebenberg Riesling Smaragd.)Importer: Terry Theise Estate Selections, imported by Michael Skurnik Wines, Inc., Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300