Pichler, Weingut F.X.
Wachau, Austria
"M" Smaragd
Riesling
2002
$82.99
13.5%
While washed out some, sits firmly in the glass and what golden hue is there has vigor at the core. Soft, round nose of whipped cream, rose petals with mango, pineapple fruit and pink grapefruit scents, an echo of minerality, no great fireworks but pleasingly consistent. Full-bodied, doughy and yeasty, bigger presence here in the pineapple, papaya, nectarine fruit as well as that pink grapefruit. The acidity is on the soft side but it has wonderful flow. Can be slightly smoky to flinty and displays briny notes on the finish. Well-perfumed, lingers after you swallow. Probably just on the other side of its apex.
90 points