2016 Weingut Knoll Ried Loibner Loibenberg Riesling Wachau

Winemaker Notes:  Hardly any other winery has shaped the perception of the Wachau as a high-quality wine-growing region as much as that of the Knoll family. Viticulture has been practiced for generations, the first bottles were filled in the 1950s, Austria's most famous label, the baroque motif of St. Urban, was first stuck onto a bottle of Knoll wine in 1962. Today the family farms 16 hectares, including vineyards that have long since become common property in the minds of local and international wine drinkers: Kellerberg, Loibenberg, Pfaffenberg and above all the Schütt form the basis for Rieslings and Veltliners, which are fundamentally clear, precise, mineral and structured and often only fully reveal their potential years and decades later. There are also other grape varieties and wine styles that expand the spectrum of the winemaker and the Wachau. Muskateller and Gelben Traminer have been pressed for years, and almost every year since 1988 Grüner Veltliner has been used to fill a wine cellar, which has been supplemented by a second Riesling since 2000 - both could be described as dry Auslese wines. Sweet Auslese and Prädikat wines are also part of Emmerich Knoll's repertoire and you should definitely have tasted the essences that open up there.