Prager Zwerithaler Kammergut Grüner Veltliner

Grüner Veltliner Ried Zwerithaler Kammergut Smaragd bottle image

Wine Description

Franz Prager, co-founder of the Vinea Wachau, had already earned a reputation for his wines when Toni Bodenstein married into the family. Bodenstein’s passion for biodiversity and old terraces, coupled with brilliant winemaking, places Prager in the highest echelon of Austrian producers.

Smaragd is a designation of ripeness for dry wines used exclusively by members of the Vinea Wachau. The wines must have minimum alcohol of 12.5%. The grapes are hand-harvested, typically in October and November, and are sent directly to press where they spontaneously ferment in stainless-steel tanks.

Zwerithaler is a sub-site of Buschenberg and sits to the east of Weißenkirchen. The name Zwerithaler, meaning "nestled between the valleys," is a near monopole of Weingut Prager. It has a complex soil of paragneiss with alternating layers of dark and calcareous rock.  Zwerithaler Kammergut is a 0.34-hectare parcel planted before WWI. The wine from these ungrafted, 100-year-old vines was bottled separately by Prager for the first time in 2015.

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Acclaim
“The 2022 Ried Zwerithaler Kammergut Grüner Veltliner Smaragd shows a clear, bright, fresh and elegant, slightly smoky nose of light fruit. It's juicy, spicy and salty on the taut, tightly meshed palate, yet it's very delicate. There is ripe, even overripe fruit on the finish, yet it's quite stimulating and slightly astringent.” — Wine Advocate, May 2024
“The aromas of this old-vine gruner veltliner leap out and shake you to the core. Full-bodied and full of weighty and balanced layers of papayas, mangoes, nectarines, chives, white tea and oranges. Fantastic concentration, giving so much pleasure already, but it will keep blossoming if you give it time. From vines planted in 1907.” — James Suckling, Dec 2023
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Ried Zwerithaler Kammergut
Soil composition
Paragneiss, calcareous and stony
Elevation:
679-915 feet
Exposure:
Southern
Year vineyard planted:
1914
Harvest time:
November
First vintage of this wine:
2015
Bottles produced of this wine:
1,500
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
100% Grüner Veltliner
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Type of aging container:
Stainless steel tanks
Total SO2
130
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Analytical Data
Acidity:
7 g/L
Alcohol:
13.5 %
Total SO2
130
Residual sugar:
4 g/L