2014 Franz Hirtzberger Riesling Hochrain Smaragd
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The golden yellow-colored 2014 Riesling Smaragd Hochrain was picked on three days in October (3, 10 and 30), and offers a clear and pure, deep and stony bouquet with white ripe stone fruit aromas. Medium to full-bodied, this juicy, intense and elegant Riesling with its aromatic stone fruit flavors is very well balanced, and reveals a lingering salinity and purity of salty stones. Good power and concentration, but also finesse in the finish, very nice purity, grip and tension.
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Picked in three passes from the 3rd to the 30th of October, this features lime, green apple and gooseberry for a positively tart and invigorating performance. But there is ample textural polish and palpable extract to buffer the acids and knit together fruity and mineral elements. Wafting greenhouse-like notes of flowers and foliage as well as a hint of iodine add intrigue and apple pip piquancy provides invigoration, while stony underpinnings help set off the bright fruit in a sassily energetic, ringingly clear and fascinatingly interactive finish.