“Hyacinth; Normandy cider-like apple; mint; and fresh lime feature on the nose and juicy, buoyant palate of Bodenstein’s 2010 Riesling Smaragd Achleiten. It combines extract and an attendant sense of residual sugar-free sweetness with, for Smaragd, surprising levity with transparency to both inner-mouth floral perfume and stony nuances that is typical for this great site. The rarified, cooling, soothing personality brings less energy to bear than many of the vintage’s best Rieslings and displays nowhere near the lusciousness of fruit of its Grüner Veltliner counterpart, but is nonetheless utterly winsome. Plan to savor this over the next 6-8 years.”
— Wine Advocate, Oct 2011