Franz Hirtzberger, Riesling Ried Steinporz Smaragd, 2024 german_wines-template or other classicists who like

or other classicists who like their Syrah unpolished but precise

Pour it cool in a small glass after dinner

with some Irouléguy-specific strains that make this wine unique even within its category

Decades later

Franz Hirtzberger, Riesling Ried Steinporz Smaragd, 2024 german_wines-template or other classicists who likeSteinporz is one of the great primary rock crus of Spitz, and in Hirtzberger's hands it makes a Smaragd Riesling that's more vertical than wide all elevation, mineral, and lift. The site is steep, terraced, gneiss based; the wines are built around tension rather than richness. 2024 delivered a vintage of poise and clarity, and this bottle shows it: stone fruit edged in citrus zest, a wash of crushed rock, the savory mineral grip that Wachau Smaragd