Switch off your phone and don’t look at your watch. When you drink this, time will stand still. The very cool nose with a striking aroma of tarragon, hardly a classic riesling scent, is followed by incredibly concentrated peach and herb flavors on the supersilky, medium-bodied palate. Low acidity for this grape, but that simply means a unique creaminess in the long, elegant finish. Sustainable. Vegan. Drinkable now but best from 2027.
98 points, Stuart Pigott, James Suckling (Sep 2025)
Pale golden yellow, silver reflections. Delicate notes of peach, a hint of saffron, finely spiced tropical fruit, dark minerality, fresh nuances of orange zest. Juicy, elegant, white stone fruit, tightly meshed, fine acidity underpinning, lingers for a long time, a perfectly balanced food companion, great length and secure development, certain ageing potential.
98 points, Peter Moser, Falstaff (Jun 2025)
The 2024 Riesling Achleiten Smaragd, from the western slope, is tender on the nose, allowing just a touch of tangerine peel to escape. The palate is taut and elongated, concentrated. Crystalline and yet edged with tangerine oil, it plunges deeper and seems to set itself into the palate with its freshness. There is an extra dimension here that goes deeper.
97 points, Anne Krebiehl, Vinous (Jun 2025)
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