About Emmerich Knoll
About
2013 Emmerich Knoll Grüner Veltliner Schütt Smaragd
Emmerich Knoll
Viticulturist: Knoll family
Location: Wachau/ Unter-Loiben
Elevation/ Altitude: 240m
Exposition: Foot of the mountain
Soil type: Pure primary rock, Gneiss based
Vineyard’s style: most minerality, very focused, straight and powerful wines
Methods of training: Modified Moser training System
Density of planting: 3,500 - 4,000 per hectare / 2.40 – 2.80m row spacing
Average vine age of this vineyard: 10 to 48 years; average 25 years
Harvesting: By hand; selective harvest; green harvest if necessary
VINIFICATION
Pre-fermentation: no destemming, skin contact, no carbonic maceration, pneumatic press
Yeast: cultured and natural yeast
Fermentation vessel size & material: cask and stainless steel tank from 500 to 5,000 litres depending on batch quantity
Fermentation length & temperature: 5- 15 days, 23 - 26 degrees
ELEVAGE/ MATURATION
Lees ageing: 6 - 8 months, no bâtonnage
Racking: twice
FINISHING
Clarification/Filtration: filtration
Closure: natural cork
jancisrobinson.com
17.5/20
Very broad and rich. Lovely stuff! Smoky. Cask sample. Very persistent. Drink 2014-2020.
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About Emmerich Knoll
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