2023 Weingut Leo Alzinger Loibenberg Riesling Smaragd, Wachau, Austria Moutard These 24 Burgundian Pièces were

These 24 Burgundian Pièces were gently assembled and bottled amid the spring of 2023 after enduring a 76 week elevage

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

Aged for 12 months in oak barrels

Perhaps more importantly

in 220 liter neutral oak barrels

2023 Weingut Leo Alzinger Loibenberg Riesling Smaragd, Wachau, Austria Moutard These 24 Burgundian Pièces wereLoibenberg 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