Weingut Emmerich Knoll - 2013 Riesling, Ried Kellerberg, Smaragd Magnum

Price: $150.00
Size: 1500ml
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Type of Wine: White
Grape(s): Riesling
Style: Mineral, Medium Body
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Terroir: Regal and profound in nearly every aspect from structural elements to the balance of power and subtlety, this wine has no notable weakness. The hill faces south to southeast. It’s exposed to an open ravine that brings in a rush of cool air during the night and also allows the fruit to mature to ripeness without giving it excessive fruitiness. Knoll’s parcel is located in the easternmost part of the vineyard with and east/southeast exposition in an old vine section toward the bottom of the valley. The topsoil is on average a mix of gneiss (75%) and loess (25%) on gneiss bedrock; gneiss brings tension and focus and loess more rounded and soft elements. Kellerberg has the youngest average vines of Knoll’s Smaragd vineyards.

Vinification: Smaragd Grüner Veltliners and Rieslings are treated more or less the same in the vinification. Grapes are hand harvested, then crushed to break all the berries and macerated with stems for 1-8 hours (rarely longer); considerations are based on the season, grape temperature and logistic needs in the winery. The grapes are not gently pressed/handled in order to encourage the extraction of more phenolic compounds. The juice is settled overnight, racked off the heavy sediments to another tank or large foudre (1000l-4500l). Fermentations last 7-10 days and are either spontaneous (≈20%) or with cultured neutral yeast (≈80%)—temps between 24-27°C. The first sulfite addition is made a week or more after fermentations are complete, usually at the first racking. Malolactic fermentation is not desired and rarely happens.

Aging: Aged on fine lees for about 7-8 months without bâtonnage. Smaragd wines have more or less the same percentage of wood: Grüner Veltliner in 80% large foudre/20% stainless steel and Riesling in 40-50% large foudre (1000l-4500l) and the difference in stainless steel. The oldest foudres are from the late 1950s and get replaced when needed. Grüner is fined and filtered. Riesling is not fined but filtered.

(Subjective and based on young wines)

Ageability:

Drink YoungShort-Term BenefitsLong-Term BenefitsUnknown

Technical Precision:

NatureModerateNurture

Tannin:

NoneLightMediumFull

Wood Presence:

NoneSubtleNoticeable

The Vineyard

Soil:

A mix of metamorphic bedrock of orthogneiss and to a lesser degree loess, a wind deposited fine-grained sedimentary soil with some quantity of calcium carbonate.

Farming:

SustainableOrganic CertifiedBiodynamic CertifiedUncertified Naturalist

Irrigation:

ForbiddenNeverSometimes

Vine Age:

Oldest planted in 1991 and some are as young as 10 or so years (2019)

Altitude (meters):

204-336

Aspect:

NE/E/SE

Slope:

Extremely Steep (up to 65%)
(typical numbers; not vintage specific)

Enological Additions:

Sulfur Dioxide

Total SO2:

None AddedVery LowLowMediumHigh

Alcohol:

12.5 - 13.50

pH:

N/A

Titratable Acidity:

6.0-8.0

Residual Sugar:

>6

Notes compiled in 2019 by Ted Vance (The Source) and Emmerich Knoll with some technical references from Vinea-Wachau.at