What it pairs with
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Veal medallions with cream sauce
The wine's full body and mineral core support creamy preparations without being overwhelmed. -
Grilled sea bass
Peach and fennel notes harmonise with the delicate herbal character of sea bass. -
Hard Alpine cheese (Bergkäse)
White pepper and stone fruit in the wine echo the nutty, spiced notes of aged mountain cheese.
History
Loibenberg is one of the largest and best-known Riede in the eastern Wachau, shared among several Loiben producers. F.X. Pichler's parcels on the upper terraces produce a slightly fuller, more generous style than the Kellerberg.
- 1982 — First separate Loibenberg bottling distinguished from the estate's village Grüner Veltliner
- 2005 — Wachau DAC status established; Loibenberg Smaragd qualifies under the new appellation rules
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut F.X. Pichler
- Grapes
- Grüner Veltliner
- Classification
- Wachau DAC
- Oak
- Stainless steel and large old oak Fuder; no new oak
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- €55-80 at retail
- Drinking window
- 4-12 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1982
- Biodynamic
- Biodynamic Practicing
- Organic
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