2023 | Weinhofmeisterei Mathias Hirtzberger Riesling Ried Kollmitz Smaragd | Wachau | Austria Schloss Gobelsburg Silvio likes to open older

Silvio likes to open older bottles at the end of a tasting and it's pretty obvious that these age remarkably well

silico-gravel terroir

bark and lemon peel

A single-contrada Nero d'Avola from the estate that proved Sicily's native grape could be great — in magnum

2023 | Weinhofmeisterei Mathias Hirtzberger Riesling Ried Kollmitz Smaragd | Wachau | Austria Schloss Gobelsburg Silvio likes to open olderA top single vineyard Smaragd Riesling from a rising Wachau name 9496 points from a barren, high paragneiss site. Mathias Hirtzberger, of the renowned Wachau family, crafts these heraldic labeled wines from his own Wsendorf estate. The Riesling "Ried Kollmitz" Smaragd comes from a high, barren, weathered paragneiss vineyard a taut, mineral, ageworthy Riesling in the top Smaragd category that Falstaff rated 9496 points. Single vineyard Smaragd Riesling