Pichler, F.X. - Riesling Kellerberg Smaragd 2018

FALSTAFF: "Helles Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Feine Nuancen von Blütenhonig, gelbe Tropenfrucht, kandierte Mandarinenzesten, facettenreich und einladend. Komplex, feine Fruchtsüße, eingebundener Säurebogen, cremig, saftig und anhaftend, feine Ananasfrucht im Abgang, vielversprechendes Potenzial."

WINE ENTHUSIAST: "A beautifully lifted note of kumquat and Mandarin orange sets an aromatic citrus focus on the nose. This is borne out immediately on the palate that seems to drip with zesty Mandarin orange and edgier tangerine. This tingles like pared citrus peel, emanating freshness and aroma around a central seam of freshness and utter concentration. There is an underlying compactness, something very solid, driven and totally alive at its very core. You have no choice but to submit to this citric drive. Wow. Drink 2025–2045."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2018 Ried Kellerberg Riesling Smaragd opens with an intensely fruity but coolish, piquant and spicy bouquet of crushed stones, potted ginger and other veggies. Very clear and precise. Lush and intense on the palate, with a remarkably vivacious acidity, this is a dense and concentrated, quite rich and fleshy but refined and very elegant as well as refreshing Kellerberg with good phenolic grip on the finish. Tasted at the domain in September 2019."