2024 | Weingut Franz Hirtzberger Grüner Veltliner Kirchweg Smaragd | Wachau | Austria Coteaux du Layon thanks to the abundant citrus

thanks to the abundant citrus

cloves and licorice

Colour: Intense ruby verging on garnet

Floral aromas

powdered sugar

2024 | Weingut Franz Hirtzberger Grüner Veltliner Kirchweg Smaragd | Wachau | Austria Coteaux du Layon thanks to the abundant citrusOld vine Grner Veltliner from a Wachau grand master the deep soil Kirchweg site in the top Smaragd tier. Weingut Franz Hirtzberger is one of the two pillars of the Wachau, five generations in Spitz. The Grner Veltliner "Kirchweg" Smaragd comes from ~20 year old vines on deep, heavy clay and loess, fermented with native yeasts and aged in large foudre lush, opulent, and built to age, in the Wachau's top dry ripeness category. Smaragd Grner from a