2012 F.X. Pichler Riesling Loibner Oberhäuser Smaragd

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Score 91/100 · Drink 2014-2018, David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, Apr 2014

The F. X. Pichler 2012 Riesling Smaragd Oberhauser projects site-typical ripe apricot tinged with basil, stone and apricot kernel. There is a seductive opulence and richness of texture and fruit character here entirely free of heaviness or heat and leading to a soothingly persistent finish. Plan to enjoy this through at least 2018. “In recent years,” notes Lucas Pichler, “we’ve been harvesting a little earlier in order to depress the alcohol levels a bit,” which in 2012 meant among other things beginning with Gruner Veltliner Federspiel already in the third week of September. After what I had tasted thus far of the vintage, I was amazed to find the Rieslings here in aggregate even finer than the Gruner Veltliners, a pattern that was to be dramatically accentuated at nearby Alzinger. (I did not get chance on my most recent visit to catch-up with Pichlers’ Sauvignon Blanc from this vintage.) Importer: Weygandt-Metzler Importing, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0700

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91
91/100

David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate

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White

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Dry

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