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2023 Grüner Veltliner Ried Loibenberg Smaragd, Weingut Knoll

2023 Grüner Veltliner Ried Loibenberg Smaragd, Weingut Knoll

Wachau, Austria

Stone Power

This is serious Wachau Grüner Veltliner from one of Austria’s most revered white-wine estates. From the great Loibenberg vineyard, it opens with ripe pear, yellow apple, white peach and citrus peel, then moves into white pepper, meadow herbs, yeast, wet stone and a savoury hint of miso. It has the weight and presence of Smaragd, but still carries itself with Knoll’s unmistakable precision.

The palate is broad, powerful and beautifully mineral, with ripe orchard fruit, grapefruit, pepper spice and a firm stony core. There is richness, but no heaviness. The wine expands through the middle, then tightens again into a long, fresh, quietly commanding finish. This is Grüner with depth, structure and proper ageing potential.

For when you want Grüner Veltliner with grandeur, spice and serious vineyard character.
Pairs with roast pork, schnitzel, smoked trout, scallops, asparagus, veal, chicken with herbs, mushroom dishes, or hard alpine cheese.
If this wine were… a texture, it would be warm stone dusted with white pepper.

Weingut Knoll is one of the defining names of the Wachau, based in Unterloiben and celebrated for clear, precise, mineral-rich Riesling and Grüner Veltliner from great terraces including Kellerberg, Schütt and Loibenberg. The family farms around 16 hectares, and the wines are known for structure, longevity and a deeply traditional sense of place. Loibenberg itself is one of the Wachau’s classic sites, with gneiss and loess-influenced parcels giving this Grüner both power and texture.

Whats in the bottle
Grüner Veltliner

Notable Awards
James Suckling, Stuart Pigott: 97 points

£56.00 - £56.00
£56.00
£56.00 - £56.00
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Weingut Knoll is one of the most revered names in the Wachau, based in Unterloiben and celebrated for white wines of precision, depth and remarkable longevity. The family farms around 16 hectares, including some of the region’s great terraced sites such as Loibenberg, Kellerberg, Pfaffenberg and Schütt, producing Riesling and Grüner Veltliner that are clear, mineral-rich, structured and built to develop over years, often decades.

The estate’s style is traditional in the best sense: patient, detailed and deeply tied to place. Knoll’s wines do not chase easy fruit or fashionable gloss. Instead, they express the Wachau’s steep slopes, rocky soils and long growing season through texture, spice, savoury complexity and a firm mineral line. The famous St. Urban label has become a quiet badge of Austrian quality, recognised by wine lovers around the world.

What makes Knoll so compelling is the combination of power and restraint. These are serious wines with presence, but also clarity, freshness and poise. From Grüner Veltliner Smaragd to the estate’s great Rieslings, Weingut Knoll represents the Wachau at its most classical, ageworthy and quietly magnificent.