Knappstein Hand Picked Riesling 2011

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    Knappstein Hand Picked Riesling 2011 Front Label
    Knappstein Hand Picked Riesling 2011 Front Label

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    Vintage
    2011

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    750ML

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    Knappstein

    Knappstein

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    Knappstein, Australia
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    Knappstein Wines of Clare Valley South Australia is one of the most recognizable and popular Clare Valley wineries. We are a small producer of premium quality wines, and we manage our own vineyards. Our winery is the historic "Enterprise Brewery" building in the heart of Clare, deeply connected to the community and cultural life of Clare.

    The Knappstein name has been involved in the wine business in Clare since 1895, although our business is a youthful 30years old! The company was founded by Tim Knappstein, who began the business as Enterprise Wines, a name we have utilised for our premium Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard and thus honouring the Knappstein heritage as early winemakers connected with Clare for well over 100 years.

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    Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining its identity. A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, this versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Somm Secret—Given how difficult it is to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling from the label, here are some clues to find the dry ones. First, look for the world “trocken.” (“Halbtrocken” or “feinherb” mean off-dry.) Also a higher abv usually indicates a drier Riesling.

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    Clare Valley Wine

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    The Clare Valley is actually a series of narrow north to south valleys, each with a different soil type and slightly different weather patterns along their stretch. In the southern heartland between Watervale and Auburn, there is mainly a crumbled, red clay loam soil called terra rossa and cool breezes come in from Gulf St. Vincent. A few miles north, in Polish Hill, is soft, red loam over clay; westerlies blowing in from the Spencer Gulf influece this area's climate.

    The differences in soil, elevation, degree of slope and weather enable the region to produce some of Australia’s finest, aromatic, spicy and lime-pithy Rieslings, as well as excellent Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec with ripe plummy fruit, good acid and big structure.

    Clare Valley is an isolated farming country with a continental climate known for its warm and sunny days, followed by cool nights—perfect for wine grapes’ development of sugar and phenolic ripeness in conjunction with notable acidity levels.

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