2018 Weingut Knoll Riesling Smaragd Ried Schütt

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  6/30/2023 - kostaslonis wrote:

  10th MW Symposium, Wiesbaden - Day 2: Alcohol 13.5%, 4.6 g/l residual sugar, 6.4 g/l acidity, 3.2 pH
  Vineyard: Ried Schütt
  At the end of Mentalgraben, a small valley between Loibenberg and Höhereck, Ried Schütt is located on an alluvial fan. After warm days, in the night due to this north facing valley, downstreaming cool air keeps freshness and acidity.
  Yield: 45-55 hl/ha, 30+yo vines
  Soil Type: Alluvial fan of pure, maigre erodation of Gföher Gneis, with good depth.
  Vinification: After selective, manual picking the grapes are crushed with stems, macerated and after some hours pressed. Sedimentation without any additions overnight. Fermented in big, old casks of 10 to 40hl, mostly with selected yeasts at a temperature between 24°C and 27°C, first racking after about 2 to 3 weeks. The wines stay on the fine lees for around 6 to 8 months, they are then filtered and bottled.
  Maturation Yes.
  Oak influence: No flavouring effect, only aging.
  Months in bottle: 2
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  Hottest, warmest, earliest vintage, more opulent, milder, better for food
  Nice ripeness in the fruit, peach, apricot, vanilla, feels richer, stone fruit
  Palte shows tea and chamomile, med body, the acidity feels lower, again warmth, bigger palate than 2016 tried before, med finish

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  6/19/2021 - ThijsV Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Winetasting Exclusief at Utregs Wijnhuis (Utregs Wijnhuis): [Tasted blind] Incorrectly identified as high end Mosel Riesling from a warm vintage. Rather subtle on the nose for a Wachau Smaragd Riesling, completely different than the FX Pichler Steinertal Smaragd from 2018 I had. Much more opulent on the palate. Still very young of course, a very precise nose with flowers, grapefruit, white peach, spices and a light petrol touch. On the palate citrus,apricot, grapefruit, rich and full. High acidity, very long finish.
  
  Double decanted the day before the tasting

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  3/6/2021 - melvinyeowq wrote:

  Champagne dinner; 3/6/2021-3/7/2021 (Wah Lok): Surprisingly high acid and tension for an 18, hid the excesses of the vintage well as the fruit still leaned towards the green end of the spectrum. Slightly bitter finish made me think it was a GV at first.

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  11/23/2019 - br_winelover Likes this wine: 95 Points

  94-95(+?)pts. Very nice surprise, although the Vinothekfüllung from this same producer is even better. This reminded me somewhat of a few great Schäfer-Fröhlich GG I have had the pleasure to taste - lots of minerality and little fruit. Drink or hold.

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