2020 | Pichler | Ried Loibenberg Gruner Velltliner Smaragd

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White Wine: 2020 | Pichler | Ried Loibenberg Gruner Velltliner Smaragd

Medium green-yellow. Ripe notes on the nose, extremely fine stone fruit notes, fine mineral nuances. Perfectly balanced, fine lemony nuances, sticks for minutes stands at the beginning of a great career.

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Producer: Pichler

Ratings: WS | 95

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Grner Veltliner

Country/Region: Austria, Wachau

Medium green-yellow. Ripe notes on the nose, extremely fine stone fruit notes, fine mineral nuances, needs some air to open up. Juicy on the palate, very multifaceted, very fine sweetness, which is countered by a corresponding acid structure and perfectly balanced, fine lemony nuances, sticks for minutes stands at the beginning of a great career, shows itself in an uncanny lightness, has enormous potential.

Reviews:

• Wine Spectator: A wide spectrum of ripe citrus fruit, plus tobacco leaf, smoke and rosemary. Huge ripeness and concentration, but this gruner veltliner remains so clean and straight, with very great depth at the bold yet very fresh finish, where subliminal tannins underline the magnificent whole.

Producer Information

Weingut F.X. Pichler is a wine producer based in the Unesco World Heritage Site of Wachau, Austria. It specialzes in producing a range of complex, intensely flavored wines wines from Grner Veltliner, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. The estate vineyards are located on steep stone terraces, predominantly located on the southern side of the Danube river. There is a total of 20 hectares (49 acres) of vineyards planted to Grner Veltliner, Riesling and small amounts of Sauvignon Blanc and Gelber Muskateller. These vineyards are steeped in history the Loibner Burgstall vineyard appears in documents dating back as early as 1248. F.X. Pichler was established in 1898 in Drnstein and in 1976, the estate passed to Franz Xaver (F.X.) Pichler. The winery created its eye-catching Unendlich Riesling in 1998, and features a star-studded blue label inspired by Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s stage setting for Mozart’s The Magic Flute opera. The label was specially designed in order to reflect the meaning of the word “unendlich”, which translates as never-ending. The modern cellars were built in 2009, and were designed to reflect the historic 12th and 13th Century steep stone terraces typical of Wachau.