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Loibenberg Smaragd Grüner Veltliner

Alzinger

Austria

Fact sheet

Type
Other
Grape
Grüner Veltliner
Country
Austria
Appellation
Wachau
Body
medium
Acidity
high
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

grilled fish · lemon chicken · goat cheeses · salads with vinaigrette · Asian cuisine

Rated vintages

  • 2020

  • 2019

  • 2018

  • 2017

  • 2016

  • 201594 pts

    The nose is closed and only gives the merest hint of ripe Bosc pear. This fruit blossoms on the palate, which edges this rich and ripe core with hints of beeswax and grapefruit zest. These notions also appear as a textural element on a concentrated precise body. The finish major…

  • 2014

  • 201393 pts

    Ripe yellow pear is held in check by citrus zestiness, but rich fruit notions keep breaking though the bracing freshness of this wine. A slender body and fine-tuned phenolics add to the appeal of this balanced white.

  • 2012

  • 2011