2024 | Prager Klaus Riesling Smaragd | Wachau Michel Delhommeau then changing to violets

then changing to violets

grainy tannins and bold freshness supporting the maturing fruit

The finale is long with notes of burnt butter and toast

bitter finish creates balance

terroir-driven candidate

2024 | Prager Klaus Riesling Smaragd | Wachau Michel Delhommeau then changing to violetsThe 2024 Riesling Ried Klaus Smaragd, from a site chiefly composed of dark amphibolite, is all wet stone with a vestige of flint, but otherwise shy. The palate is equally slow to reveal itself in its stony demeanor, yet unfolds into a bright, ripe lemon tone of exquisite purity and poise, seemingly emanating from the dark stone. Somehow naked, yet absolutely disarming in its unadorned, stony state. 97 Pts Vinous