Got me curious there. So I looked through our catalog and found that in
all cases Smaragd or equivalent wines have a number with the year being
after the vintage year. Some Federspiel wines have the same year, some
the following, and all the Steinfeder wines have the same year. I
realize this doesn't answer the question as to whether the year is for
when the sample was submitted or Pr=FCfnummer granted, but I thought I'd
share anyhow.

It would be really great if they posted the chemical analyses for the
wines online and folks could search using the Pr=FCfnummer. I'm looking
at a stack of these right now and I find them quite interesting.

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