Retail $50(?). Under cork. I visited the winery nearly a decade ago (April 2014) with my lovely wife and we tasted wines in the Knoll family kitchen with Anja Knoll, the lovely wife of legend Emmerich Knoll. It was a crazy (?) bizarre (?) tasting with Anja's kids running all over the place, but the wines were absolutely stellar. We bought three of the Riesling, the Chardonnay, and the Grüner, all Smaragd, all stellar. A bit golden in color, with tons of citrus fruit and petrol notes on the nose and the palate is glorious with ample fruit, intense tartness, and a finish that will top most. Outstanding.
Great, as always. Quite approachable right now, seems already in the preferred plateau. Rich, with equally ample acidity. Med+ finish. Enjoyed watching it evolve over 3 hours open. Like a favorite pair of shoes, so darn comfortable. Now and the next few years. highly recommended
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Lots of apricot pith and stone fruit and white flowers. Long finish. Quite powerful but light on it's feet at the same time. Needs more time though very pleasant already.
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Dry but not austere and beginning to show some age, in a good way. Plenty of Riesling fruit, very good acidity. With Alla, Michelle and AJ, paired with mildly spiced Indian vegetarian dishes, which was a good match.
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Flickinger Tasting at The Casino (Chicago, IL): I preferred the fleshier 2015 to this vintage. Like the 2012 Selektion, I thought that this had a really distracting aldehydic quality. But there was also some nice balance between fruit and acid. This never got waxy or heavy though.
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10/14/2023 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 95 Points
Retail $50(?). Under cork. I visited the winery nearly a decade ago (April 2014) with my lovely wife and we tasted wines in the Knoll family kitchen with Anja Knoll, the lovely wife of legend Emmerich Knoll. It was a crazy (?) bizarre (?) tasting with Anja's kids running all over the place, but the wines were absolutely stellar. We bought three of the Riesling, the Chardonnay, and the Grüner, all Smaragd, all stellar. A bit golden in color, with tons of citrus fruit and petrol notes on the nose and the palate is glorious with ample fruit, intense tartness, and a finish that will top most. Outstanding.
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5/28/2020 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
Great, as always. Quite approachable right now, seems already in the preferred plateau. Rich, with equally ample acidity. Med+ finish. Enjoyed watching it evolve over 3 hours open. Like a favorite pair of shoes, so darn comfortable. Now and the next few years. highly recommended
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6/7/2019 - Yassine23 Likes this wine:
Lots of apricot pith and stone fruit and white flowers. Long finish. Quite powerful but light on it's feet at the same time. Needs more time though very pleasant already.
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11/25/2018 - cweiss wrote:
Dry but not austere and beginning to show some age, in a good way. Plenty of Riesling fruit, very good acidity. With Alla, Michelle and AJ, paired with mildly spiced Indian vegetarian dishes, which was a good match.
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1/17/2018 - acyso wrote: 88 Points
Flickinger Tasting at The Casino (Chicago, IL): I preferred the fleshier 2015 to this vintage. Like the 2012 Selektion, I thought that this had a really distracting aldehydic quality. But there was also some nice balance between fruit and acid. This never got waxy or heavy though.
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