About Emmerich Knoll
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2016 Emmerich Knoll Riesling Schütt Smaragd
Emmerich Knoll
Viticulturist: Knoll family
Location: Wachau/ Dürnstein
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: 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
October, 2017
jamessuckling.com
96 points
Super-ripe and super-fresh with hints of all the citrus fruits and some stone fruits, too. The finish has a ton of dried citrus and staggering vitality that suggests this wine has decades of ageing potential.
December, 2018
Vinous Media
94 points
Ripely scented and succulent white peach and mirabelle are mingled with high-toned almond extract, smoky black tea and piquant peach kernel in a bottling that practically glows in finishing intensity while delivering an animating dynamic of fruit/mineral interaction. Smoky, stony, alkaline and mouthwateringly saline elements all play a part. This is going to have a formidable future.
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