“Served from the magnum, the 2008 Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Wösendorfer Kollmütz (from a coolish year) was macerated for 30 hours and offers a clear and elegant bouquet of dried fruits. Ripe and very elegant on the palate this is a medium to full-bodied but finesse-full and very elegant wine with a lot of grip, tension and lingering salinity. Gorgeous!”

“Rudi Pichler's 2008 Ried Hochrain Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, from Wösendorf's southeast-facing terraces, is clear, bright and fresh on the deep and concentrated nose that also displays some crystalline notes. Clear, crisp and elegant on the palate, this is a bright and finessed Veltliner with refreshing piquancy and minerality on the intense, well-structured, long and tensioned finish.”