Pale green yellow, silver reflections, inviting yellow apple fruit nuances, a hint of honeydew melon, fresh yellow apple, a hint of meadow herbs, delicately underlain with orange zest, fine mineral touch. Full-bodied, white apple, fine acidity, salty nuances, a powerful food companion with secure certain ageing potential.
97 points, Peter Moser, Falstaff (Jun 2024)
A very elegant and silky gruner veltliner with a wealth of white peach, white flower, lime and wild herb aromas and flavors. The palate is medium-bodied, sleek and concentrated. So cool and refined, the power deftly underplayed from the delicate entry to the crystalline finish, where it shines like a star. Sustainable. Drink or hold.
96 points, Stuart Pigott, James Suckling (Sep 2024)
The 2023 Grüner Veltliner Ried Achleiten Smaragd is one of three wines Bodensteiner makes from this site. This wine is picked on either side of the Achleiten Tor, across twenty terraces each, on a mix of gneiss, Alpine deposits and amphibolite from vines planted in the 1950s. The shy nose gives a touch of citrus, slightly obscured by gently stony smoke. The palate is immediately graceful, slender and almost bony. The fine structure is clothed in translucent tangerine flavors, is juicy and friendly but graceful, and has terrific zestiness. Subtle spice on the nose only comes with more air. The 2023 is fine but also mild. (Dry)
95 points, Anne Krebiehl, Vinous (Jul 2024)
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