2023 Weingut Leo Alzinger Loibenberg Riesling Smaragd, Wachau, Austria Moutard No fining and no filtering

No fining and no filtering

mixed Dijon clones picked 10/3/22 and 33% X Omni Vineyard Chardonnay Block 5 and 4

in 220 liter neutral oak barrels

old-vine Chardonnay in one of Meursault’s finest premier cru sites

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2023 Weingut Leo Alzinger Loibenberg Riesling Smaragd, Wachau, Austria Moutard No fining and no filteringLoibenberg is Wachaus suntrap steep, south facing terraces that soak up the heat, balanced by cool air rolling in from the north. Its this push and pull that gives Alzingers Riesling its tension: ripe yet precise, concentrated yet finessed. The vines here dig into barren, primary rock soils, which shape a Riesling of structure and depth. Spontaneously fermented and aged mostly in steel with a whisper of neutral Austrian oak, the wine is layered and