Weingut Emmerich Knoll : Riesling Ried Loibenberg Smaragd 2023

If you don’t deeply inhale the exotic floral bouquet of this great riesling, you’ll have missed out. Rich and powerful on the barely full-bodied palate with a wonderful creaminess that’s sensuous but not a bit too much. Mandarin-orange and fresh-papaya aromas cascade over you in the extravagant, yet astonishingly precise, finish. Drink or hold.

Unterloiben. Big, warm vineyard, nearly 36 ha ranging west to south-east. Certified Sustainable Austria. Intense lime inscribed with salinity. Very dense, compact, the fruit encased in stony mineral tones. Give it time to emerge; the fruit inside feels pristine, fresh, alive. Going back to it, it's really intensely salty. In a good way. (TQT)