serious but still vibrant
and it shows Foillard's signature at its most charming and drinkable: silky
with some Irouléguy-specific strains that make this wine unique even within its category
Pour it cool in a small glass after dinner
A finely structured Grand Cru that balances depth and lift from one of Burgundy’s rising stars
Franz Hirtzberger, Riesling Ried Steinporz Smaragd, 2024 german_wines-template serious but still vibrantSteinporz is one of the great primary rock crus of Spitz, and in Hirtzberger's hands it makes a Smaragd Riesling that's more vertical than wide all elevation, mineral, and lift. The site is steep, terraced, gneiss based; the wines are built around tension rather than richness. 2024 delivered a vintage of poise and clarity, and this bottle shows it: stone fruit edged in citrus zest, a wash of crushed rock, the savory mineral grip that Wachau Smaragd