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Weingut Jager Riesling Smaragd Ried Achleiten 2023

$4999 $5599
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Achleiten is one of the Wachau's most celebrated vineyards, a steep southeast-facing wall of amphibolite and gneiss above Weissenkirchen, and it stamps its wines with a smoky, almost flinty character that growers here will tell you is unmistakable in a blind tasting. Roman Jäger, fifth generation at this family estate, farms a piece of it and treats it plainly: native yeasts, long cool fermentation in stainless steel, no oak, nothing to get between the rock and the glass. Smaragd is the ripest of the Wachau's three categories, above 12.5% alcohol, named for the emerald green lizards that sun themselves on the terrace walls — it means concentration and depth, not sweetness, and these wines are dry. Jäger makes only around 50,000 bottles a year across nine hectares, so there is never much of this. Give it a year or two if you can, or decant it now; it will still be improving in a decade.

Shipping

Every step of the journey is managed to uphold the integrity of each bottle.

  • Nationwide Access: Flat-rate shipping available to most U.S. states with delivery in 3-5 business days.
  • Temperature-Monitored Shipping: We closely monitor weather conditions and make informed decisions to ensure shipments travel safely, with insulated packaging and refrigerated transport available when required.
  • Wine-Specific Protective Packaging: Specialized materials designed to maintain label integrity and prevent breakage during transit.
  • Provenance Assured: All wines are maintained in climate-controlled conditions at our shop until the moment of dispatch.

Returns & Exchanges

We stand behind every bottle we sell.

  • If the wine is less than 10 years old and it is corked, you may return it to us for a full refund or exchange within 60 days of purchase. You must show us proof of purchase. We understand that you may not live near a shop and that it is difficult to ship open bottles of wine to us, so if there's any problem feel free to Contact Us and we'll work it out.
  • For wines older than 10 years, the consumer bears the risk of a faulty cork, but we accept returns of older bottles if the wine is faulty as a result of improper storage. Please come by the store or Contact Us if there is a problem.
  • We may, at our discretion and to the extent permitted by law, accept returns of unopened wines within 30 days of purchase if they were properly stored by the purchaser, subject to a 15% re-stocking fee.

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Phone: (415) 780-1405


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More about Weingut Jager

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Riesling

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast pork with crackling, char with brown butter, lobster with drawn butter, or aged Gruyère. Richer enough to handle a cream sauce, dry enough to cut it.

Tasting Profile

Ripe apricot and yellow peach over grapefruit, with a distinct smoky, flinty mineral note. Dry and full-bodied for Riesling, with concentrated fruit held in check by firm acidity, and a long, stony, faintly salty finish.