2021 Riesling, Auslese, Ried, Achleiten, Prager, Wachau, Austria

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Description

This 2021 Auslese is an absolute rarity. Prager actually stands for dry wines, but if the vintage permits, Toni Bodenstein also produces a residually sweet Auslese—completely clean grapes without botrytis. The grapes come from different plots of the top Achleiten site. Harvested and selected in several passes.

This is such a ravishingly fine, filigree-dancing Auslese with only very restrained sweetness. Subtle honey sweetness already in the nose, underpinned by white flowers. Orange peel and candied lemon, also a touch of ginger. Very crystalline with almost 10 grams of acidity and only about 35 grams of residual sugar - this actually drinks rather feinherb—enormous tension and thrust, just straightforward with fresh fruit interplaying with fine leafy saltiness.

Grandiose length - wow this reverberates for minutes in salty mineral precision, although this Auslese is anything but a concentrated heavyweight. An outstanding rarity from the house Prager!

Lobenberg (98+/100)

Colour White

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2021

Alcohol % 11.5%

Maturity Not ready (2027 - 2043)

Grape List Riesling (100%)

Body Medium Bodied

Producer Weingut Prager

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16/20

RS 35 g/l.

Very pale, like the drier wines. Not much nose. Medium sweet but still quite light. One of those wines I'd have a hard time fitting in to my drinking schedule. Too tart to serve with anything really sweet.

Drink 2024 - 2032

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Sep 2023)

Anne Krebiehl MW 95/100

The 2021 Riesling Ried Achleiten Auslese, made with around 20% botrytized fruit, immediately shows dried fruit, honeyed overtones, dried white currant and a touch of small, dried fig. The palate has sweetness and exquisite lemon-scented coulis of apricot. It is very pure, absolutely delicious and not too sweet at all. The 2021 is serene, bright, so fresh and utterly delicious with great length. This has absolute citric length and vivid purity. (Off-dry)

Drink 2028 - 2053

Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous.com (Jul 2024)

Stuart Pigott 96/100

This Wachau riesling fails to fit into the dry wine plan of the region’s winegrowers, but succeeds in making the final line up for the 2021 Wachau vintage beauty competition! Ravishing white and yellow peach aromas pour from the glass and the succulence on the medium-bodied palate is exactly balanced by racy acidity and saline minerality. Does not want to stop at the driving finish, which is barely off-dry. Sustainable. Drink or hold.

Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com (Jan 2023)

About this wine

Wachau

Wachau is a renowned Austrian wine region producing high-quality white wines, primarily Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. Its steep terraced vineyards along the Danube River create an excellent grape-growing environment. The wines are prized for their acidity, minerality, and fruitiness, with strict quality classifications in place.

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