2016 Emmerich Knoll Grüner Veltliner Kreutles Federspiel

Emmerich Knoll

Austria / Wachau / Emmerich Knoll

"This winery has produced so many cult wines over the last decades that it would not be a problem to fill an entire book with their tasting notes." So goes the Falstaff Ultimate Wine Guide's entry on Knoll, one of the finest producers of the Wachau. Kreutles is a fairly flat site of mostly loess mixed with gneiss, situated behind the Burgstall vineyard in Loiben. This Federspiel from the Kreutles site is a superb example of medium-bodied Grüner with a single-vineyard stamp.

October, 2017

James Suckling

jamessuckling.com

91 points

Intensely herbal with a hint of licorice this is a very distinctive mid-weight wine with a lot more depth than the regular grüner veltliner Federspiel. Drink or hold.

September, 2017

Stephan Reinhardt

Wine Advocate

90 points

The 2016 Loibner Grüner Veltliner Ried Kreutles Federspiel has the typical clear, ripe and elegant fruit aromas you can expect from wines with this iconic label. The 2016 Kreutles is bright, fresh and spicy on the nose but also seductive. A classic! Medium-bodied, pure and fresh on the palate, with juicy fruit and the typical bitter lemon, lime and green apple flavors on the finish, this is a very elegant and refreshing picture book Grüner Veltliner with lingering salinity. Straight, pure, fresh, highly digestible as well as reliable year after year. One of the finest Federspiel bottlings I have tasted from the 2016 vintage. 12% alcohol.

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About Emmerich Knoll

"This winery has produced so many cult wines over the last decades that it would not be a problem to fill an entire book with their tasting notes." So goes the Falstaff Ultimate Wine Guide's entry on Knoll, pronounced with a K. The winery uses exclusively old oak foudres and implements a winemaking philosophy that places varietal site expression at the forefront. Emmerich Knoll senior is a thoughtful, quiet man; the opposite of Emmerich junior, cosmopolitan and modern in his approach. The Knolls have holdings in all the best sites, as exemplified by their success in the now infamous UK tasting where an aged Knoll Grüner beat a field of Grand Cru white Burgundies. The unmistakable labels bearing the image of Saint Urban, the patron saint of winegrowing, are a reminder that tradition is the watchword here. But what isn’t so obvious is that Emmerich Knoll’s wines are sheer joy to drink — now or far into the future.

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