2023 | Prager Achleiten Riesling Smaragd | Wachau Château Pavie Macquin a smattering of dried herbs

a smattering of dried herbs

not a lot but more than the rest of the Pinots in the winery's portfolio

charming wine that offers demonstrative drinking out of the gates

with hints of pepper to follow

thyme and parsley flavors

2023 | Prager Achleiten Riesling Smaragd | Wachau Château Pavie Macquin a smattering of dried herbsThe 2023 Riesling Achleiten Smaragd has a lovely flinty, smoky note of green moss spreading out into citrus foliage, delicate, serene and bright. The palate is slightly rounder than the nose suggests, adding supple Reine Claude plum flesh and juiciness to the mid palate, where even pale peach gets a look in. It is very smooth and ripe with pale stone fruit. Finesse becomes apparent on the finish with tingling citrus notions. 95 Pts Vinous