2004 Riesling Loibenberg Smaragd

The 2004 Riesling Smaragd Loibnerberg was bottled ten days prior to my tasting it. Aromas of lime, peppermint, peach, and white pepper lead to a sleek, glossy mouthful of juicy citrus, aromatic green herbs, and an astonishingly vivid, even tactile, sense of minerality by way of crushed stone, sea salt and white pepper. All of these flavors carry impressively if austerely into the finish, where a distinct note of peach pit bitterness acts as a sort of musical fermata. Importer: Weygandt-Metzler Importing, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800