Pichler 2021 Gruner Veltliner Smaragd   

2021 Rudi Pichler Ried Achleithen Grüner Veltliner Smaragd
Wine Advocate
93+ Points
Pichler's Weissenkrichen 2021 Ried Achleithen Grüner Veltliner Smaragd opens with very clear, elegant, finely spicy and stony, only delicately phenolic fruit. Dense, rich and quite substantial on the palate, this is a powerful, firm, somewhat bitter and outwardly solid GV from the Achleithen. It has firm tannins and an intense, powerful but not (yet) particularly persistent finish. Tasted at Schloss Dürnstein, Wachau, in September 2022. Drink Date 2028 - 2047. Stephan Reinhardt 8th Dec 2022