What it pairs with
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Wiener Schnitzel
Classic Viennese pairing; the wine's acidity lifts the fried meat and its pepper notes enhance the lemon garnish. -
Pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce
Herbal and mineral notes in the wine work with earthy mushroom; acidity balances the cream sauce. -
Grilled carp
Classic Danube fish pairing with a full-flavoured Grüner Veltliner.
History
Axpoint is a cooler site producing Grüner Veltliner with a more linear, pepper-driven character. Bottled separately from the early 1990s as part of Hirtzberger's focus on site expression.
- 1990 — Axpoint first bottled as a separate Grüner Veltliner Smaragd
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Franz Hirtzberger
- Grapes
- Grüner Veltliner
- Classification
- Wachau DAC
- Oak
- Stainless steel; no oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 40-58 at retail
- Drinking window
- 4-14 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1990