What it pairs with
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Pan-fried Danube carp
Classic match: mineral Riesling with the Wachau's river fish. -
Smoked eel with horseradish
The wine's mineral tension and herbaceousness stand up to the eel's richness. -
Aged Cheddar
After 10 years, the wine's mineral complexity finds a companion in sharp aged Cheddar.
History
Josef Jamek was one of the first Wachau producers to insist on dry, varietal wine styles in the 1960s, departing from the sweeter fashions of the era. His Klaus Riesling Smaragd from the steep Weissenkirchen terraces was an early single-site bottling within the region's dry-wine tradition.
- 1970 — Josef Jamek first produces a standalone Klaus Riesling Smaragd as part of his dry-wine focus
- 1983 — Estate joins Vinea Wachau Nobilis Districtus; Klaus Riesling becomes a founding Smaragd
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Josef Jamek
- Grapes
- Riesling
- Classification
- Wachau DAC
- Oak
- Large old oak Fuder; no new oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- €45-70 at retail
- Drinking window
- 6-20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1970