2024 Riesling, Smaragd, Wachstum Bodenstein, Prager, Wachau, Austria

The 2024 Riesling Wachstum Bodenstein Smaragd is grown at altitude on the Hochseiber, planted in 1990 with a wide genetic variety sourced from Germany, Austria and Alsace. This site was also hit by late spring frost, losing a third of its yield. The nose is initially shy but gives off wet stone, citrus and a suspicion of tropical fruit. The palate is simply exquisite, strait-laced and arrow-like, so concentrated and bright. Purity, verve, poise, direction and such pervasive slenderness.