Wine Advocate: 92pts
The 2015 Kirchweg Grüner Veltliner Smaragd is deep, ripe and piquant on the nose, with crushed stone and burnt milk aromas. Full-bodied, rich and powerful but also pure and fresh on the palate, this is a compact and tightly woven Kirchweg. Its piquant and racy acidity takes everything into a long mineral-flavored, very promising finish.