Grüner Veltliner Smaragd 2012

93-95/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2013
Mittleres Grüngelb. Mit frischen Wiesenkräutern unterlegte gelbe Apfelfrucht, zart nach Mango, dunkle Mineralik klingt an, feine tabakige Nuancen. Saftig, angenehme Extraktsüße, feiner Säurebogen, bleibt sehr gut haften, kraftvoll, aber balanciert, feine Zitrusanklänge im Finish, sehr gutes Reifepotenzial.

92/100 Punkte Robert Parker Apr 2014
With his 2012 Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Steinertal, says Lucas Pichler, the aim is to showcase the vineyard, which is a cool site, whereas in Loiben, really, things are (generally) a bit too warm. Prior to this solo debut spurred by the acquisition of a second parcel the Pichlers Gruner Veltliner from this site went into their Loibenberg (and M). This solo Steinertal projects delightfully luscious and exuberant pear and melon fruit along with saliva-inducing, metaphorically cooling suggestions of stalk celery. A sweet-smoky bite of Szechuan pepper lends invigoration and cut to a juicily protracted finish. A model of elegance and lift allied to fundamentally rich ripeness, it should perform beautifully through at least 2022.