Durnsteiner Gruner Veltliner 2022 Pichler

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (92)

Bottled in April and partly from the first pickings in the terraces of the top vineyards and partly from the latest picking on the valley floor, FX Pichler's 2021 Dürnsteiner Grüner Veltliner offers a beautifully clear, intense and elegant nose with a stony and even flinty character and the typical coolish Wachau spiciness. On the palate, this is a medium to full-bodied, dense and elegant, vital and lively Veltliner with structured fruit, grip and stable, saline acidity that carries the wine to a sustainable and tensioned finish. Stimulating bitter notes here. 13% stated alcohol. Screw-cap closure. Tasted at the domaine in September 2022.

Winespectator (94)

Here’s a wonderful wine for those who generally find gruner veltliner too broad and soft. Still very youthful on the nose, with Amalfi-lemon and mirabelle aromas. Although it has some of the white-pepper character of the grape, this is very delicate. Impressive concentration and a lightness of touch is also an unusual combination for the grape. Long, focused finish. Mostly from younger vineyards in the top sites of Dürnstein. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

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