2024 | Weinhofmeisterei Mathias Hirtzberger Grüner Veltliner Ried Smaragd | Wachau | Austria Denis Durantou La Chenade A healthy dollop of Malvasia

A healthy dollop of Malvasia Nera adds savory notes and a good deal of grip

with dark cherry

Truly one of the greatest Chevals ever

and almost dry

an approach normally reserved for the wines of Domaine Guffens-Heynen

2024 | Weinhofmeisterei Mathias Hirtzberger Grüner Veltliner Ried Smaragd | Wachau | Austria Denis Durantou La Chenade A healthy dollop of MalvasiaSingle vineyard Smaragd Grner from the next generation Hirtzberger complex, mineral Wachau at its source. Mathias Hirtzberger, of the renowned Wachau family, opened his own "Weinhofmeisterei" in Wsendorf, just downstream from the family's Spitz estate. His heraldic labeled wines honor the medieval St. Florian monastery. This top Smaragd Grner comes from a single Ried at the foot of the slope a very complex, mineral expression from one of Austria's