The 2022 Grüner Veltliner Steinertal Smaragd is the easternmost terraced single-site of the Wachau, on the border to Kremstal and its Pfaffenberg. While this is at the warmer end of the Wachau, two gullies bring down cold air from the forested top and create a high day-night amplitude. Peppery fern and green pear skin have a creamy, salty aspect on the subtle nose. The palate tingles with pepper on a very fine, taut, bright body that is both slender and stony. Grüner's creaminess washes over like surf over immovable rocks. This is a statuesque, smooth, taut wine, with a haunting pepperiness on the finish. (Bone-dry)
95 points, Anne Krebiehl, Vinous (Feb 2024)
Cool and elegant gruner with apricot stones, pineapples, thyme and crushed stones here, plus some white pepper and flint. It’s medium-bodied and so fresh and mineral. Chalky and refined. Drink or hold.
94 points, Claire Nesbitt, James Suckling (Sep 2023)
The 2022 Ried Steinertal Grüner Veltliner Smaragd shows clear, dense, elegant, stony-spicy fruit. Dense and juicy, with a grippy tannin structure on the palate, this is a fresh, spicy and stimulating yet quite powerful Steinertal with substance and structure. Tasted at Schloss Dürnstein, Wachau, in September 2023.
93 points, Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate (May 2024)
A beguiling white, showing impressive depth and structure, with good power to the peach skin, orchard fruit and green plum notes splaying out across the broad-shouldered palate. Stays focused and pure, with a dusting of spices and green herbs on the firm finish. Drink now through 2032. 25 cases imported.
93 points, Kristen Bieler, Wine Spectator (Sep 2024)
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