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2013 Franz Hirtzberger Grüner Veltliner Honivogl Smaragd
Franz Hirtzberger
The vineyard Honivogl is located at the bottom part of the Singerriedel. Every year we harvest here our best Grüner Veltliner grapes. The ground is rich in minerals, and this factor, coupled with its due south exposure gives us ideal conditions to produce this great wine.
18.5/20
RS 3.5 g/l. Spectacularly rich nose. Very ample, intense and flattering. Smoked meat! Kerpow! Not flabby. Great structure. Amazing. 14%. Drink 2014-2024
Wine Advocate
93 points
Super ripe, super rich, super fine and super elegant on the nose, the 2013 Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Honivogl is another (expensive) icon wine of the estate. Very rich, almost oily (at least viscous) and sweetish on the palate, this is a powerful and elegant though slightly saturating Veltliner. It will need some years to develop more freshness and transparency. Very baroque in style.
Wine Spectator
92 points
Very suave and lush-tasting, with a creamy richness to baked apple, ripe citrus and peach cobbler flavors. White pepper and baked lentil notes fill the finish. Drink now through 2020.
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