{"product_id":"2019-rudi-pichler-riesling-achleithen-smaragd","title":"2019 Rudi Pichler Riesling Achleithen Smaragd","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"451\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"357\"\u003eA world-class Riesling from one of the Wachau’s most legendary vineyards \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"451\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"357\"\u003eBrilliantly intense, endlessly complex, and sculpted with absolute precision\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"451\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"357\"\u003e98 Points – JamesSuckling.com | 98 Points – Falstaff\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"360\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"379\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"451\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"379\"\u003eWachau, Austria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"382\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"451\"\u003eRRP $140 | Single-Vineyard Riesling | Iconic • Mineral • Profound\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"611\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"611\"\u003e“A world-class Riesling from one of the Wachau’s most legendary vineyards — brilliantly intense, endlessly complex, and sculpted with absolute precision.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"618\" data-end=\"643\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"643\"\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"645\" data-end=\"1176\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"645\" data-end=\"660\"\u003eAppearance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brilliant pale gold with green-silver glints — radiant and crystalline.\u003cbr data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"735\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"745\"\u003eAroma:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pure, expressive notes of lime, white peach, apricot blossom and crushed slate layered with wet stone, herbs and a hint of jasmine.\u003cbr data-start=\"877\" data-end=\"880\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"891\"\u003ePalate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tense and refined — concentrated citrus and stone-fruit flavours glide across a backbone of flinty minerality and electric acidity. 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