2001 Alzinger Riesling Smaragd Steinertal

Community Tasting Notes (5) Median Score: 89 points

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  8/21/2020 - coremill wrote: 93 Points

  I've had disappointing bottles of the 09 and 02 in the last year, but this was stunningly good. Fully of classic, ripe green/yellow fruit with that sweet herbal/basil overlay, light in frame but still impressive in concentration with great mineral intensity. Doesn't really seem "mature" but it is nicely integrated.

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  9/18/2018 - aagrawal wrote: 95 Points

  Dinner with the wine group (Cafe Boho): Highly aromatic, petrol, smoky; palate is medium bodied, dry, intense complexity, great fruit and depth; long mouthwatering finish. One of the best dry rieslings I’ve had. 93-94
  With food, the acid picks up even more. This is rocking, just stunning. 95

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  9/14/2011 - salil wrote: 88 Points

  Steinertals at Seasonal (Seasonal, NYC): This is remarkably mature for an '01 with the fruit quite developed and tinged by orange peel, butterscotchy and honeyed flavours. This doesn't have the same vivid minerality or the sense of clarity and freshness as most of the other Steinertals, certainly enjoyable but a little disappointing given expectations.

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  9/14/2011 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 89 Points

  Steinertal Vertical (Seasonal): This was the first bottle that actually started to show the deeper tones of bottle age. Actually, it came across more aged and less fresh than the older vintnages that followed it with a touch of something butterscotchy, and while it certainly had the intrigue to reward drinking, there was something about it that seemed a bit listless. Certainly it had none of the tightly coiled tension that nearly all the other vintages had; this came across a little plump and bulbous in comparison.

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  8/15/2010 - j45 wrote:

  Deep lemon gold color. Evident glaze of botrytis, which makes the grapefruit, quince and melon fruit waxy textured and a bit candied - kind of like the glossy sugar glaze on a nice fruit tart - but still casting a dry palate impression. Fortunately there's enough acidity and stony, smoky minerality to counter the botrytis effects. Hints of cinnamon, lemon balm, salty chicken broth and sappy aromatic herbs emerge with aeration. This is a good, but not great, Alzinger Steinertal.

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