Tegernseerhof Riesling Ried Steinertal Smaragd 2019

Tegernseerhof Riesling Ried Steinertal Smaragd 2019

Most distinctive is Riesling’s aroma, due mainly to its high levels of monoterpenes (as is the case with Muscat, for instance). Riesling on the nose can run the gamut from citrus (lemon and/or limes are frequently noted), candle wax, white blossom and sheep’s wool/lanolin to honeyed, sometimes musky and spicy notes in botrytised or partially botrytised fruit.

On the palate, Riesling has a medium to light body with relatively low alcohol levels and high acidity. But it is in balancing these attributes that Riesling can become less straightforward.

Critical Acclaim

95 Wine Advocate

The 2019 Ried Steinertal Riesling Smaragd is coolish, fresh and really flinty on the stony nose. Lush and round on the palate, this is a gorgeously complex and silky textured, highly elegant and filigreed wine with a long and persistently salty finish. A fabulous Riesling of great finesse and terroir expression but also calmness. Highly recommended. 13% alcohol. Tasted at the domain in June 2021. Drink: 2021-2050.

95 Wine Enthusiast

Just a lick of reductive flint still plays on the citrusy nose. The palate reveals a riper streak of tangerine and Mandarin, as well as lovely, pithy, zesty concentration. Yet there is something light-footed and juicy about this. A fitting composition that unites ease and stoniness.