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Franz Hirtzberger Honivogl Smaragd Grüner Veltliner (Wachau)
Austria
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Grape
- Grüner Veltliner
- Country
- Austria
- Appellation
- Wachau
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
pasta with creamy sauce · roast chicken · seafood · margherita pizza · goat cheeses · green salads
Rated vintages
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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201595 pts
A honeyed note clings to the ripe fruit of Bosc pear. The palate adds immense and appetizing spice to the pear notions, edging it with pepper and yeasty notes of soy and sandalwood. The palate is ripe and concentrated but deeply textured and made precise by zesty grapefruit fres…
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201495 pts
Chervil, lovage, watercress and yeast swirl headily on the nose. The palate subsumes these in a tight, taut, savory core of immense energy and power. There is muscle and tone, power and punch. If you are looking for a superlatively spicy, long-lived Grüner, this is the one to ge…
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201395 pts
Strikingly golden in color this tightly holds very ripe yellow pear fruit and dark honey. With time in glass, fresh and ripe pineapple tantalizes. The palate is concentrated and has a pleasantly bitter phenolic edge, stony definition and a core of freshness. The undeniably ripe…
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2012