Alzinger Hollerin Riesling Smaragd, Wachau, Austria

奧茨尼格霍勒雷司令干白葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：3844

Very pure, detailed and elegant, this white features elderflower, peach, pear, grapefruit and mineral aromas and flavors on a seamless frame. Shows latent power, yet feels more about finesse, with terrific length. Drink now through 2030. 600 cases made, 100 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Austria / Nieder?sterreich / Wachau Select to Add

Expressive and suave, with some body, showing slight grip midpalate. Features notes of white raspberry, bergamot and lavender. Firmly structured, exhibiting great complexity and a long, mouthwatering finish. Beautifully balanced and focused overall. Best from 2021 through 2030. 157 cases imported.??–AZ??Region: Austria / Nieder?sterreich / Wachau Select to Add

Elegant yet richly flavored, with white cherry, blood orange and ripe melon notes. Very creamy midpalate, adding to the structure and texture, offering complexity and a broad, echoing finish of allspice, white chocolate and fleur de sel accents. This is all about texture and minerality for now, so give it some time. Best from 2021 through 2033. 147 cases imported.??–AZ??Region: Austria / Nieder?sterreich / Wachau Select to Add

A metaphorically cool and rather Muscat-like aura of resinous herbs, elder flower, cassis, and white peach in Alzingers’ 2010 Riesling Smaragd Hollerin is reflected on a firm, juicy palate, with saliva-inducing salinity and a seemingly crystalline mineral interaction rendering the finish fascinating, if for now at least, relatively lean and discreet. Look for this to be worth following – and probably to gain in allure – over the next 6-8 years. 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