2023 | Weinhofmeisterei Mathias Hirtzberger Riesling Ried Kollmitz Smaragd | Wachau | Austria Schloss Gobelsburg Silvio likes to open older

Silvio likes to open older bottles at the end of a tasting and it's pretty obvious that these age remarkably well

There might also be hints of citrus zest and a touch of tropical fruit

A classic Sauternes estate that has been in the same family for six generations

The charm of this orange wine made in minuscule quantity in the Languedoc is in the natural

2023 | Weinhofmeisterei Mathias Hirtzberger Riesling Ried Kollmitz Smaragd | Wachau | Austria Schloss Gobelsburg Silvio likes to open olderA top single vineyard Smaragd Riesling from a rising Wachau name 9496 points from a barren, high paragneiss site. Mathias Hirtzberger, of the renowned Wachau family, crafts these heraldic labeled wines from his own Wsendorf estate. The Riesling "Ried Kollmitz" Smaragd comes from a high, barren, weathered paragneiss vineyard a taut, mineral, ageworthy Riesling in the top Smaragd category that Falstaff rated 9496 points. Single vineyard Smaragd Riesling