2008 Stadt Krems Riesling Kögl

Stadt Krems

Austria / Kremstal / Stadt Krems

FRUIT
The grapes of Riesling Kögl were picked on the 13th of November. The grapes were strictly selected. After they were destemmed and pressed carefully, the must was fermented under controlled temperature in a stainless steel tank.
CHARACTER
This wine is highly elegant and needs time to breathe to reveal its characteristics. It´s a wine with an excellent aura. It´s an outstanding terroir-wine with clear shist aromas.
ANALYSIS
Alcohol content 13,0%, acidity 6,5g, residual sugar 4,9g (dry)
DRINKING WINDOW
You can drink this wine within the first three years but you can also store this wine for fifteen years.
SERVING TEMPERATURE
10 - 12° Celsius
FOOD
This Riesling Kögl is an ideal partner for fried veal and chicken, but also to exotic food like sushi, Chinese food and Indian food.

Kim Marcus

Wine Spectator

92 points

A powerful white, with concentrated flavors of peach cobbler, ripe apple and plenty of buttercream. The lush finish is long and spicy, with a pure, minerally allure. Drink now through 2017. 92 points.

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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.