2016 Alzinger Grüner Veltliner Loibenberg Smaragd, Wachau

Salt & pepper, deep wort and vegetal components; profound body, concentrated, creamy texture and yet with elegant counterpoints.

Alzinger's 2016 Ried Liebenberg Grüner Veltliner Smaragd displays a clear, fresh and intense bouquet of ripe white fruits, citrus aromas and crushed stones. Full-bodied and round on the palate, this is an elegant, rich and intense but also finessed Grüner Veltliner with a long, fresh and salty, tensioned and grippy finish. An impressively pure and vital wine, this is perhaps the most complex and structured Veltliner from Alzinger in 2016. Tasted in July 2017, one week after the bottling.