Best Ever Prager Federspiel for the Wine Spectator:
This white is defined by a line of tangy acidity, delivering lime, apple, kiwi and mineral flavors. Balanced, with a taut, linear profile and a mouthwatering finish. Drink now through 2028. 1,100 cases made, 20 cases imported.
Note that: such is the demand for this in top Austrian restaurants that only 20 of 1100 cases they made saw their way to America. Our nine cases represent almost half of that!
Also note: they rated this equal to Prager’s $90 Riesling Smaragd Ried Klaus, and above their top $90 Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Achleiten Stockkultur.
Also Falstaff 94 – their top Prager Federspiel ever:
Pale greenish yellow, silver glints. Fragrantly fine yellow fruit of peach and mango, delicate nuances of orange zest, mineral undertones. Juicy, elegant, nuances of pineapple, fresh acidic structure, remains persistent, mineral, followed by subtly salty nuanced reverberations. Excellent potential for further ageing. A solid food companion.
And 93 from the Wine Advocate – also their top Prager Federspiel ever, too:
From marble and calcareous soils on west-facing terraces in a coolish side valley, the 2020 Ried Steinriegl Riesling Federspiel opens coolish, clear and chalky on the very elegant and refined nose. Medium-bodied, refined and lemon-fresh on the palate, this is a round, refined and salty, highly stimulating but also complex Federspiel with great terroir expression. Highly stimulating. A fantastic, distinctive wine!
To complete the sweep, Suckling and the Wine Enthusiast rate this outstanding, too.