2020 Weingut Knoll Ried Pfaffenberg Steiner Kremstal Riesling

The Weingut Knoll has been one of the absolute top of the Wachau and Austria for many years. The winery has been owned by the Knoll family since 1825 and has around 16 hectares in top vineyards in and around Unterloiben (including Schütt, Kreutles, Pfaffenberg, Loibnerberg and Kellerberg).

Knoll's main grape varieties that grow on the vineyards are Grüner Veltiner and Riesling, both accounting for about 45%. The remaining 10% is divided between the muskatelier, chardonnay, traminer and even pinot noir varieties. Of all the vines, a third are on the steep terraced vineyards where everything has to be done by hand because tractors cannot reach here. The vineyards are naturally cultivated and the wine is also made in the wine cellars in a very traditional way because fermentation and aging is done in casks or stainless steel tanks, certainly not on barriques. Weingut Knoll's wines are, as the label suggests, very traditional. In their youth, the wines are already delicious, but often still a bit closed (decanters are recommended in that case). It is advisable to let Knoll's wines mature for a while after buying them because then they show their true class. The wines are very pure and show an enormous concentration and mineral perseverance.

Knoll's wines are as baroque as the beautiful label that has adorned bottles since the 1960s. In their youth, the wines are already delicious, but often still a bit closed The wines are very pure and show an enormous concentration and mineral energy. Knoll's labels are recognizable by Saint Urbanis and have remained unchanged since the 60s, as has their top quality. This label comes from a painting made by a Wachau artist, which was bought by the Knoll family. To the left and right of Urban is a poem written in Gothic letters:

Tut mir nur den / Wein nicht taufen

Lasst ihn doch als / Heiden laufen

Nur der Durst / soll christlich sein

So erweist man / Ehr dem Wein