Prager ‘Steinriegl’ Federspiel Riesling 2022 no dark chocolate and black cherries

dark chocolate and black cherries spring from the glass followed by some meaty earth like characters and spicy vanillin cedar

Finely balanced acidity with the fruit and alcohol

a sophisticated Riesling with striking persistence

In a 750ml bottle

scoring 94 points

Prager ‘Steinriegl’ Federspiel Riesling 2022 no dark chocolate and black cherriesFederspiel means a purely Wachau wine, fermented dry naturally between 11. 5% and 12. 5% alcohol. Steinriegl is the name of the vineyard sourced for this wine. It's a 12 acre site at an altitude of around 300m on calcareous, rocky and silty loam soils. Coming from the northern side of the Valley where there is a lot more chalk, the Riesling Steinriegl has a resulting texture that one would find in Sancerre. The wine is fermented and matured in