Wine from Austria

Vinous, 94 points: (93-94 points) Whereas its 2012 predecessor was bottled in April 2015, this 2013 was still several weeks out from bottling when I last tasted it in June 2016. The combination of richness with juiciness and levity, as well...

Wine Enthusiast, 92 points: A panoply of pear notes: the freshly cut peel of Conference, the juicy flesh of Bartlett, the scented fruitfulness of Comice. These full-fruited notes dominate nose and palate beautifully and are deftly framed with zesty...

Vinous, 90 points: Picking for this was very late for its genre, but in the high-elevation terraces that dominate this bottling, must weights remained very modest, resulting in what a time traveler visiting from the 1980s would recognize as...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: A barely-there glimpse of lemon bids you to step closer and take a sip. The palate unfolds in a still tightly contained bundle of lemon zest and juiciness. There is an undertow of riper texture, reminiscent of bitter...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: Intense in color (straw-golden) and bouquet (ripe and concentrated yet precise fruits, with stony/flinty flavors), the 2012 Riesling Steiner Hund shows some earthy and herbal flavors along with white fruits. Aged for 2.5...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 91 points: Though harvested around the end of September and in the context of a concerted effort to achieve moderate alcohol, at 12.5% the Pichler 2012 Gruner Veltliner Federspiel Klostersatz is on the border of what would when that...

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: Wonderful aromas of lychee and citrus with some fresh herbs such as rosemary. Sweet figs, too. Full-bodied, richly fruit and incredibly mineral with slate and sliced pears. Some petrol as well. Flavorful and intense on...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The 2015 Riesling Smaragd Wachstum Bodenstein is from the Seiberberg (420 to 460 meters) that was planted in 1990 with a high variability of Riesling plants. Picked very late (late October), this Riesling displays great...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Pichler's 2013 Riesling Smaragd Weissenkirchner Achleithen combines its deep and spicy minerality with intense (almost dried) apple aromas on the nose. On the palate this rich, full-bodied and tightly woven Riesling is a...

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: Even richer wine than the 2016 riesling Smaragd from the great Klaus site. Sleek for 14% alcohol with enormous depth and concentration, but also a minty note and great candied lemon and mineral freshness at the long...

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: This has a very alluring sheen of mineral aromas, across ripe peaches and papaya. The palate has such intensity with purity, bringing freshness and power to the finish. Wow-factor wine. Drink or hold.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Precise and concentrated in its ripe, bright, lemon-fresh and intense Riesling aromas, the 2013 Riesling Smaragd Steinriegl has a full-bodied, highly elegant and densely textured palate with an enormously long and...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: A lush, ripe style, with plenty of rich smoky notes to the ripe peach, nectarinem and melon and prosciutto flavors. Offers a broad structure, with an intense finish of tarragon cream and spice. Drink with roast pork...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: 97+ Bottled in late April 2019, the 2017 Ried Zieregg Sauvignon Blanc offers a deep and coolish, spicy, flinty and herbal, very intense but well-defined and elegant bouquet with interwoven fruit, juniper and stony aromas...