About Emmerich Knoll
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2014 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
February, 2016
Vinous Media
94 points
Raised almost entirely in cask, this bottling exhibits lees-induced textural refinement and buffering of its bright citrus and mint-tinged honeydew and Persian melons. Bittersweet floral perfume and cooling herbal essences waft alluringly through the entire luscious performance, beautifully complementing what is for a Smaragd remarkable lift (at a bit under 13% alcohol). A saline, toasty and iodine-tinged evocation of shrimp-shell reduction lends mouthwatering savor to a superbly sustained finish of kaleidoscopic complexity.
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