Ried Steinberg Chardonnay Reserve

Score

93

"Smoky, leesy and lemony, this is a very elegant cool-climate chardonnay. Sleek and cool on the medium-bodied palate with a long, quite stony finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold."

Score

94

"The 2022 Chardonnay Reserve is grown in the Steinberg site, a cool plateau behind the Steinmassl site on paragneiss. It was fermented and aged in Burgundian oak, with about a third of new barrels. Oaky smoke, for now, defines the nose. The palate is beautifully stony, a riposte and counterpart to all the limestone-dominated Chardonnays in the world. It has stony stringency and noble austerity, tapering to a citric, stony finish. It is long and smoky. (Bone-dry)"