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1997 Riesling Smaragd Achleiten

Wine Details
Producer

Prager

Place of Origin

Austria

Weissenkirchen

Wachau

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Riesling

Vintages
201620152014201320122011200820072006200520042003200220012000199919981997
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Toni Bodenstein and his multiplicity of great terroirs teamed up in '97 for one of the most exciting collections of dry rieslings (plus one phenomenal gruner veltliner) I've ever tasted. Bodenstein uses a starter fermentation to develop a yeast population capable of dealing with ripe juice, and he was happy that the wines came as close as they did to total dryness. Yet they are a bit lower in alcohol than the top '97s at many other Danubian estates.