About Emmerich Knoll
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2007 Emmerich Knoll Riesling Schütt Smaragd
Emmerich Knoll
Viticulturist: Knoll family
Location: Wachau/ Dürnstein
Elevation/ Altitude: 240 m
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: 5 to 50 years, average: 25 years
Harvesting: by hand; selective harvest; rarely green harvest
VINIFICATION
No destemming, skin contact, no carbonic maceration, pneumatic press
Yeast: cultured and natural yeast
Fermentation vessel: cask and stainless steel tank from 500 to 5,000 litres depending on batch quantity
Fermentation length & temperature: 10 - 20 days, 23 - 26 degrees
ELEVAGE/ MATURATION
Lees ageing & batonnage: 6 - 8 months, no bâtonnage
Racking: twice
Vinous Media
95 points
Pale yellow-green. An extraordinary bouquet combines intense flinty minerals and pepper, pineapple and apricot jam, along with discreet notes of honey and smoke that continue onto the palate. Highly complex and downright voluptuous for a riesling, with a minerality so intense that it leaves a salty impression on the palate. This wine should open fully within a year or two and continue to offer tremendous drinking pleasure for many years to come.
Wine Advocate
93-94 points
The Knoll 2007 Riesling Smaragd Schutt smells of tangerine, lemon oil, white peach, along with pungent suggestions of quarry dust. Glossy in texture, rich in ripe orchard fruitiness, and brightly citric, this sassy yet seductive wine finishes long on peach, nut oils, and luscious, diverse citrus, accented by cyanic peach pit, white pepper, and crushed stone. A superbly concentrated Schutt, it should merit at least 7-9 years’ cellaring.
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