What it pairs with
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Wiener Schnitzel
The wine's crisp acidity and white-pepper spice cut through the breaded crust and butter. -
Roasted pike-perch (Zander)
Mineral salinity echoes the freshwater fish character; the body matches the richness. -
White asparagus with hollandaise
Classic Wachau pairing: the wine's herbal notes bridge asparagus bitterness; acidity cuts the sauce.
History
The Kellerberg Ried sits directly above the F.X. Pichler cellars in Oberloiben on deep gneiss and primary rock. F.X. Pichler began bottling it as a single-Ried Smaragd in the early 1980s when the Vinea Wachau quality tier system was being codified.
- 1983 — Vinea Wachau Nobilis Districtus founded; Kellerberg Smaragd becomes part of the inaugural quality tier programme
- 1995 — Lucas Franz Pichler joins the estate, refining fermentation to larger oak Fuder for this cuvée
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut F.X. Pichler
- Grapes
- Grüner Veltliner
- Classification
- Wachau DAC
- Oak
- Stainless steel and large old oak casks (Fuder); no new oak
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- €60-90 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5-15 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1980
- Biodynamic
- Biodynamic Practicing
- Organic
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