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2022 Franz Hirtzberger Honivogl Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, 1.5ltr

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased at retail

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

96Vinous / IWC

The nose has yeastiness and suppleness...rounded flow fills the palate with an essential smoothness that brims with creaminess and is channeled by ripe pear fruit. Savory salinity teases from deep within the wine...very fluid and very smooth but has lovely contour and definition.

96James Suckling

...full-bodied and richly tropical gruner veltliner with a lot of spicy complexity and a touch of floral honey. Exciting interplay of high ripeness, fine tannins and lively acidity on the palate...the concentration at the finish very impressive and married to a wonderful mineral freshness.

PRODUCER

Franz Hirtzberger

Weingut Franz Hirtzberger is in Austria’s Wachau valley. It was founded five generations ago by the Hirtzberger family and is today still run by a descendant of the founder also named Franz Hirtzberger. The estate makes Riesling, Veltliner, Pinot Blanc and other white wines. Robert M. Parker Jr. notes that the estate’s wines “possess cult status.”

TYPE

White Wine, Grüner Veltliner, Smaragd

This white grape is widely grown in Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia. As a wine, it is food friendly and has beaten top Chardonnays in blind tastings. It compares to a white Burgundy in richness and texture, and offers an exotic alternative to Sauvignon Blanc.

VINTAGE

2022 Franz Hirtzberger Honivogl Grüner Veltliner Smaragd