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Weingut Emmerich Knoll, “Schütt” Riesling Smaragd

Wachau, Austria 2017 (750mL)
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Weingut Emmerich Knoll, “Schütt” Riesling Smaragd

Knoll’s whites rank among the very best (and most sought-after) in the world. The estate’s 15 hectares of vineyards are scattered around the village of Dürnstein, considered to be one of the top areas in the Wachau. The rich and unique soils here contain loess (wind-blown silt) and gneiss (granite-like), which lend vivid minerality to the wine. The famous label depicts St. Urban, a patron saint of winegrowers, and this sumptuous dry Riesling hails from the Schütt vineyard, a south-facing site rich in gneiss. Fermented and aged mostly in steel, it explodes with white peach, mixed citrus, green herbs, and wet stone aromas, carrying over to a richly textured (but dry) palate.
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Austria

Northeastern Austria

Weinviertel

Considered by most to be the oldest growing zone in Austria, Weinviertel is also, geographically, the largest in the country and covers the vast, northeastern expanse of Lower Austria, stretching from the western border of Slovakia, following the Danube inland and veering up to the southern border of Czechia. Its name, which translates to “wine quarter,” reflects the region’s rich, ancient wine heritage and, according to the Weinviertel DAC website, there are “7,000 years of artifacts to prove it.”

Northeastern Austria

Wachau

Austria’s Wachau appellation is the country’s most acclaimed region. About an hour northwest of Vienna along the Danube River, the vista of the steep, terraced vineyards of the Wachau creates a magnificent landscape akin to a verdant, ancient amphitheater—it is a UNESCO World Heritage site, after all. With rich and unique soils here of löess and gneiss, which lend vivid minerality to the wine.

Eastern Austria

Burgenland

The Burgenland appellation, running along Austria’s border with Hungary southeast of Vienna, has a diverse topography and a mix of soils, with more primary rock and slate at higher locations and dense loams in the rolling hills that extend toward the Pannonian plain.

Southeastern Austria

Steiermark

The region of Styria (Steiermark) is in southeastern Austria which sits near the border with Slovenia. This area is studded with long-extinct volcanoes whose deposits are a key component of the local soils and the vineyards benefit from a classic Austrian push-pull of cool Alpine air and warmer “Pannonian” currents from the east.

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