“Aged 20 years now, the 1997 Ried Achleiten Riesling Smaragd shows a golden-yellow color and opens with an intense and nicely aged bouquet of mature Riesling, with concentrated apricot and lovely floral aromas. Full-bodied, pure and fresh, with vibrating minerals and a firm tannin grip, this is an intense and concentrated dry Achleiten Riesling with a long, pure, salty, aromatically complex and slightly minty finish. The well-structured finish shows some delicate bitter notes that might come from the aging under natural cork, which adds some tannins and makes this a perfect Riesling with food. It is powerful but with no hints of either sweetness or creaminess.”
— Stephan Reinhardt, Aug 2017