What an astonishing interplay of beautifully ripe yellow fruit and great spicy complexity. So concentrated and succulent, yet this manages to marry a stunning textural complexity with a light-footedness that enables it to tiptoe over your palate. Then comes the spicy and stony finish that’s of dreamlike beauty. Drink or hold.
97 points, Stuart Pigott, James Suckling (Sep 2024)
Light greenish yellow, silver reflections. Clear herbal savouriness, yellow pome fruit nuances, tobacco nuances, a multi-faceted bouquet. Complexity, fine extracted sweetness, fine acid structure, mineral-lemon finish, very good length, piquant aftertaste, very animating, certain ageing potential.
96 points, Peter Moser, Falstaff (Jun 2024)
The 2023 Grüner Veltliner Axpoint Smaragd was picked on deep loess in the valley. Ripe, juicy yellow apple creates the first impression on the nose. The palate then adds a touch of white miso and white pepper; all is bright, ripe, juicy fruit with that sexy smattering of pepper, beautifully soft, yet with bite. Franz Hirtzberger himself likened this, jokingly, to a "burlesque show" of a wine with its inviting and generous appeal. (Bone-dry)
94 points, Anne Krebiehl, Vinous (Jul 2024)
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