Emmerich Knoll Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Ried Kreutles 2023 Wheat Sourced from the high-altitude vineyards

Sourced from the high-altitude vineyards of Limoux AOP

Pélican crafts some of the region’s most refined wines

The resulting style is restrained and structured rather than overtly fruit-driven

The Granite Lake site's elevation buffered the extremes more than the valley floor

with red berries

Emmerich Knoll Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Ried Kreutles 2023 Wheat Sourced from the high-altitude vineyardsThe Land Ried Kreutles sits near the village of Unterloiben, in the heart of Austria's Wachau along a dramatic bend of the Danube. This is a south facing parcel low on the slope, where deep sandy loess, dropped by ancient winds, sits over gneiss eroded out of the Alps by glaciers. That combination of warm, well drained loess and hard primary rock is ideal for Grner Veltliner, and the continental Wachau climate, hot days and sharply cooler nights off