2024 | Weingut Franz Hirtzberger Chardonnay Smaragd | Wachau | Austria Marlborough The 2011 has had over

The 2011 has had over a decade to settle and is drinking in its sweet spot now

Drink now–2015

Smaragd-ripe → the estate's Rieslings are worshiped worldwide → at $90

there is an incredible sense of tension between soft acidity and lavish tannins

2024 | Weingut Franz Hirtzberger Chardonnay Smaragd | Wachau | Austria Marlborough The 2011 has had overA rare dry Chardonnay from a Wachau grand master the top "Smaragd" tier, concentrated and mineral. Weingut Franz Hirtzberger, in Spitz, is one of the two pillars of the Wachau, five generations tending vines planted since the 13th century. Best known for profound Riesling and Grner Veltliner, the estate also makes a small amount of dry Chardonnay in the top Smaragd ripeness category organic, concentrated and stony, a Wachau icon's rare take on the