Wachau Without Compromise

The Wachau is a staircase of stone above the Danube, and Prager farms some of its steepest, most storied terraces. These are Smaragd bottlings - the ripest, most complete category the region allows - but there is nothing heavy about them: just cut, tension, and a mineral hum that carries for a full minute. One Grüner from the high Bodenstein terrace, and two Rieslings from crus that Austrian wine drinkers argue about after midnight - Achleiten's smoke and spice, Klaus's laser cut. The whole case for why Austria belongs in a serious cellar, in three bottles.

Includes one bottle each of:

• 2023 Prager Grüner Veltliner Wachstum Bodenstein Smaragd
• 2023 Prager Riesling Achleiten Smaragd
• 2023 Prager Riesling Klaus Smaragd