Domane Roland Chan - Riesling - Smaragd Ried Achleiten - 2022
White
2022
Wachau
Wachau DAC
Riesling
Sustainable practices
Grape
100% Riesling
Tasting notes
Zesty lime and bright lemon lead the nose, joined by notes of quince. The palate is vibrant and intense, bursting with refreshing citrus fruit over a fine, stony texture, and builds in richness right through to a long, lingering finish. Fermented and aged in stainless steel and finished bone dry, it is a precise, mineral Wachau Riesling with the structure to age gracefully.
More About The Winery
Domäne Roland Chan is a boutique estate in the heart of Austria's Wachau, founded in 2017 by Austrian banker Roland Müksch and his wife Dr. Sharon Chan after a decade-long search for vineyards in this tightly regulated region. Their first vintage, 2018, came from just half a hectare of old vines in Ried Höll and Ried Bach. Today the family tends just over two hectares of steep, hand-worked dry-stone terraces across four sites – Achleiten and Klaus in Weißenkirchen, Bach and Höll in Wösendorf – within the UNESCO World Heritage landscape of the Danube valley. The estate's logo shows five zodiac animals encircling the family name "Chan" in Chinese.
The wines are made by Christoph Donabaum, with Markus Skopek in charge of the vineyards. The estate has been certified sustainable since 2019 and joined Vinea Wachau, the region's quality growers' association, that same year. Wines rest on their fine lees, are bottled unfiltered and are released only after time in bottle. Ried Achleiten in Weißenkirchen is one of the Wachau's most celebrated sites; the domaine's parcel sits at its westernmost and highest edge, where a steady breeze keeps the vines healthy and gives the Riesling its tension and minerality.
