96 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

“Dense and powerful but with a light touch, this is a remarkable grüner veltliner with intense mirabelle, smoke and wild herb aromas. A very long and powerful finish that's still clean and animating. From vines planted in 1937 – and Stockkultur refers to the ancient training.” -- 12/11/2017

94 Stephan Reinhardt - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

“From a vineyard planted in 1938, the 2016 Ried Achleiten Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Stockkultur has an intense citrus color and opens with a deep, dense and smoky bouquet of perfectly ripe and concentrated fruits that show a tropical touch along with flinty-mineral flavors of crushed crystalline rocks in the background. Full-bodied, lush and highly elegant on the palate, this is a rich, complex, salty, perfectly balanced and powerful but stimulatingly fresh and piquant Grüner Veltliner. The power of the 13.5% alcohol is well balanced. The finish, with tropical fruit aromas and a nice bitterness, is rich but also pure in its precision and delicate minerality. Tasted in July 2017.” -- 08/31/2017