{"product_id":"emerich-knoll-riesling-smaragd-ried-kellerberg-2022","title":"Emmerich Knoll Riesling Smaragd Ried Kellerberg 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRied Kellerberg rises steeply above the village of Dürnstein and is widely considered one of the greatest vineyards in the Wachau, if not all of Austria. The site faces south to southeast between roughly 200 and 340 meters, built on hard Gföhl gneiss shot through with pockets of loess. That combination, primary rock for tension and minerality, loess for depth and flesh, is what makes Kellerberg wines so structured. Steep terraces, full southern sun, and cold night air rolling off the Danube give Riesling here both power and nerve. This is a Grand Cru site in everything but name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100% Riesling at the Smaragd level, the ripest and most serious tier in the Vinea Wachau system, bottled fully dry. Fermented with ambient yeasts and raised in the traditional Wachau way in large old oak and stainless steel. Crushed stone and lime, wild mint, white peach and apricot, and a deep saline intensity that builds through a long, taut finish. This is a tightly coiled, powerful Riesling with a firm acid spine, the kind that can feel almost closed in its youth and unfolds over years. Patience pays: give it air now or cellar it for a decade or more. The 2022 vintage in the Wachau was warm and ripe while still holding good acidity, well suited to a site with Kellerberg's natural drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Knoll family has farmed the Loiben and Dürnstein villages since the early 1800s, working roughly 15 hectares in the Wachau's most celebrated sites, Kellerberg and Schütt among them. Led today by Emmerich Knoll, the estate bottles under the unmistakable baroque St. Urban label and belongs to Vinea Wachau, whose rules define the Steinfeder, Federspiel, and Smaragd categories. Knoll's wines are famously precise, mineral, and built for the long haul, and they sit at the top of collector and restaurant lists year after year. The family also runs the 400-year-old Loibnerhof restaurant nearby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA serious Riesling for a serious plate. Roast chicken with herbs and lemon, seared scallops, pork schnitzel, or a rich Thai green curry where the wine's cut and stony depth balance the heat and coconut. It also stands up beautifully to smoked trout and aged Alpine cheese. Decant it, or cellar it and reach for it in ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old World","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572332368095,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/P7160693.jpg?v=1784262501","url":"https:\/\/denverwinemerchant.com\/products\/emerich-knoll-riesling-smaragd-ried-kellerberg-2022","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}