2004 Weingut Knoll Riesling Smaragd Ried Kellerberg

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  3/2/2018 - cct wrote: 92 Points

  Golden color. A herbal and mineral driven nose with orchard flirts, some early petrol development, and subtle florals. I am not sure if it was the power of suggestion, but tarragon on the nose. This is medium to full bodied, but its acidity keeps its clean and very fresh. A powerful, yet precise and beautifully balanced wine that stays light on its feet. A great pairing for a tarragon and parsley based herb salad. At peak .

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  3/26/2013 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 88 Points

  My last bottle and glad as just starting to lean out - but still very enjoyable.
  Nose of aromatic peach/pineapple with hint of riesling diesel. The pineapple aromatics carry forward to the flavour with a good minerality, but lacks the viscous mouth feel of previous bottles finishing a bit lean ?crab apple.
  Drink up ASAP and enjoy while still showing ok. A 91+ at its peak.

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  8/15/2012 - sawira wrote: 90 Points

  Enjoyed over three days. Slightly dull, brass hued deep yellow, almost gold. Intruiging classic Austrian riesling nose of yellow and white orchard fruits, with a liberal dusting of minerality. Bitter subdued ripe peach/apricot entry, with a spicy, lanolin, smoky, slightly oxidized style. Dry, medium, though somewhat hollow finish. Its initial somewhat dull lifelessness, along with the cashew and caramel tones, tells me this is slightly closed still. I'd also guess this has some mild botrytis influence, with subtle honey and bitter peach pit notes. Corked the bottle in my cellar.
  Day two and three - nose emerges with lemon and orange citrus notes, along with substantially more brightness. Tertiary notes of talc-like minerality, waxy bitter earthen elements, dryish candied ginger and the like support the understated peach/apricot foundation. Missing some acid zing, this is a bit short on the finish and hollow on the mid-palate to make it to the top level, but this is still a gorgeous Smaragd in a lighter bodied and drier style. 2-5 more years of positive evolution then another decade or so after that.

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  1/2/2012 - Nanda wrote: flawed

  Seemed slightly oxidized and lifeless. Likely just a bad bottle.

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  10/2/2011 - rbr3 wrote: 89 Points

  I had very high expectations for this...
  It´s either in a dumb fase, or at some point last something precious..
  A bit to yellow in the glass which makes me a bit sceptic.
  Very muted on the nose, some citrus and wet mineralstone in the sun. Some crushed white flowers(hylleblomst?) coming now in hour three.
  Not a broad wine in the mouth, but quite firm without giving the extra nuances you would have hoped for.
  I´ll save a glass for tomorrow evening.

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