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2001 Riesling Smaragd Hochrain

Wine Details
Place of Origin

Austria

Spitz

Wachau

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Riesling

Vintages
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Spitz seems to have endured somewhat less Septemberx000D rain than its downstream neighbors, in contrast with 2000, when things were thex000D other way around. The Hirtzbergersx000D lightly thinned both the vegetation and their crop during September,x000D particularly to improve ventilation. Theirx000D harvest began on October 15 and lasted until the final days of November. Hirtzberger's 2001s, which are for the mostx000D part highly nuanced - and by vintage standards at times understated - certainlyx000D justify this estate's elevated place in the Austrian wine pecking order. (Vin Divino) Also recommended: 2001 Gruner Veltliner Federspiel Rotes Tor, 2001 Chardonnay Smaragd Schlossgarten.