2018 Riesling Ried Loibenberg Smaragd Trocken
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A dense, layered white with apple, pear, flint and gunpowder aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied, dry and flavorful. Bitter lemon, too. Very intense and flavorful. Drinkable now, but better in a year or so when it opens up.
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Jancis Robinson MW
James Suckling
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The 2018 Loibner Riesling Ried Loibenberg Smaragd is ripe and intense on the nose yet pure and fresh, displaying clear floral/herbal aromas. On the palate, this is an elegant and linear, crystalline and salty dry Riesling with grip and tension and a persistent finish. Not that clear and bright, though, and slightly bitter. Tasted at the domain in September 2019.
Peppery nose and better acidity than the Grüners but not yet settled and integrated. Lime notes and some freshness. Almost bitter chewiness on the end. (JR)