2008 Stadt Krems Riesling Grillenparz

Stadt Krems

Austria / Kremstal / Stadt Krems

Growing area:
The terrace plantations are located in the legitimately delimited wine-growing-area “Kremstal”.
Location & removal:
The legendary vineyard “ Grillenparz “ is behind the beautiful old city of Stein. For the first time this vineyard was mentioned at 1180 called “ Ad Grillenporce “.
The Grillenparz vineyard is famous for Riesling grapes, because they grow on a special soil (conglomerates with high lime content) and so the Riesling is very good, mineral and fruity.

Kim Marcus

Wine Spectator

91 points

A plush white, with plenty of rich, creamy notes to the ripe pear, apple and peach flavors, featuring a rich finish of piecrust and spice. Drink now through 2017.

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About Stadt Krems

Weingut Stadt Krems boasts more than 550 years of history, making it one of the oldest wine producers in the whole of Europe. Since July 2003 it has been managed by a young, innovative team directed by Fritz Miesbauer. Its flagships are Riesling and Grüner Veltliner (over 90%). Fritz and the team cultivate 31 hectares of vineyards on the estate, whose holdings are exclusively on the best terraced locations of the city of Krems. Grüner Veltliner leads the plantings on the loess soil vineyards to the east of the city. To the west, bordering the Wachau, the landscape is mainly formed of small terraces on steep mountain slopes of gneiss and slate. This is where the vineyards of Pfaffenberg, Grillenparz, Wachtberg and Kögl are located. Riesling leads the way here, with good Grüner Veltliner also grown.

About

Fritz Miesbauer came to the Kremstal having built a stellar reputation for himself at Domäne Wachau (formerly known as Freie Weingärtner Wachau), which he turned into one of the world's finest cooperative wineries. Since 2003, he and his progressive team have been taking Weingut Stadt Krems to a new level. In addition, Fritz also runs the vineyards owned by the monastery at Stift Göttweig, with excellent support from cellarmaster Leopold Figl and Franz-Josef Gansberger. Fritz is a leader and visionary, adept at motivating his team into delivering the best from these world-class vineyards.