1999 F.X. Pichler Riesling Smaragd Ried Kellerberg

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  5/27/2021 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Second bottle and in much better condition than the first.
  Pale hue, bright intense aromatics; hard to believe this Riesling is 22 years old.
  Intense, mineral nose; concentrated without being heavy.
  full range of aromas: citrus fruit, mango, floral
  Substantial palate weight but enough acidity to keep it from coming across heavy.
  Powerful wine, long clean finish.
  Will go another 10 years. Great.

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  11/20/2020 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 92 Points

  First bottle from a case of 6.
  Low fill, suspicious cork with some seepage. No signs of TCA.
  Hue of a 5 year old Riesling.
  Great brightness and freshness on nose. Citrus fruit, stony, floral.
  Really nice texture, excellent acidity, alcohol not perceptible despite 13.5 %, long clean finish.
  Really nice and the worst looking of the 6 bottles. No hurry to drink

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  11/29/2018 - cannym Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Great wine. Still very alive, very complex. Citrus, mainly lime, pineapple, honey, limestone. Great acidity. Length, depth and concentration.

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  8/22/2018 - Lars1974 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Citrus, mineral, petroleum, honey and green peppers. Heavy and elegant taste. An acidity that fells 10 years younger. Lime and passionfruit. looooong aftertaste. Love it!

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  8/9/2018 - mdefreitas wrote: 95 Points

  Just... wow... Deep yellow gold color, with a lovely nose of dried citrus skin and earl grey tea. Rich and expansive in the mouth, but the sharp acids keeps this in perfect balance. A lengthy wash of minerals in the finish. So poised, so packed with flavor... this could be at peak.

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