2023 Weingut Emmerich Knoll Riesling Smaragd, Wachau, Austria 2024 Holiday Collectible Vine Age: Planted from the

Vine Age: Planted from the 1970s to early 2000s

essential in the structure of the wines

The basic principle it to craft wines able to express the aromatic character that arise from the interaction between grape and terroir

alcoholic and malolactic fermentation

Referred to simply as "Foradori" by the Foradori when speaking of their various wines

2023 Weingut Emmerich Knoll Riesling Smaragd, Wachau, Austria 2024 Holiday Collectible Vine Age: Planted from theFrom steep, terraced vineyards around Loiben and Drnstein on primary rock soils of gneiss and mica schist, this is Knolls archetypal dry Riesling at the Smaragd levelfull ripeness balanced by crystalline acidity. The grapes are hand harvested, pressed gently, and fermented spontaneously in stainless steel and large neutral oak, where the wine rests on fine lees until spring bottling.