A lovely Alpine white wine with a deep minerality
Brothers Stuart and Charles Smith have farmed this same steep volcanic hillside at 1
and crowd-pleasing with generous fruit and a creamy
The 2024 shows excellent balance: ripe yet dry and mineral
The range starts with the intensely fragrant
2024 Rudi Pichler Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Terrassen California A lovely Alpine white wineYellow tropical fruit, pineapple, candied mandarin zest, meadow herbs, and a deep savory undercurrent full and textured on the palate, with apricot, blossom honey, and a long salty mineral finish that keeps going. The 2024 Rudi Pichler "Terrassen" Smaragd is the Wachau's top ripeness classification bone dry, minimum 12. 5% ABV, no chaptalization ever drawn from five to seven of Pichler's best terraced sites across Wsendorf and Joching, where south