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2009 Franz Hirtzberger Grauburgunder Smaragd Pluris
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2009 Franz Hirtzberger Grauburgunder Smaragd Pluris

Producer: Franz Hirtzberger
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Pinot Grigio/Gris
Origin: Austria
Region: Austria

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , April 2011

Medium green-yellow. Dried pear, quince and smoky minerals on the nose. A racy acid structure give definition to the mid-palate and carries the apple, quince and pineapple through a lingering finish. Drink now to 2019. (Vin Divino, Chicago, IL)

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Austrian wine has rapidly gained in international stature in the past decade, mostly on the strength of Austria's dry white wines produced within a 20-mile radius of the small city of Krems on the Danube, less than 50 miles west of Vienna. The steep, terraced, riverside vineyards of the Wachau, immediately west of Krems, as well as geologically diverse sites on the edges of the city and to the north in the Kamptal, yield...
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Pinot Gris (aka Pinot Grigio)

Pinot Gris, called Pinot Grigio in Italy, is a noble variety that, unfortunately, doesn't always produce highly refined wine. At its best, in Alsace, where it's usually called Tokay Pinot Gris, the wines are extremely rich and honeyed, in either...
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