What it pairs with
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Fried chicken schnitzel
The wine's crisp acidity and pepper-spice energy cut through the fried coating beautifully. -
Green salad with herb vinaigrette
Crunchy acidity and citrus blossom echo the freshness of the greens and vinaigrette. -
Smoked salmon
The wine's mineral salinity and citrus balance the richness of smoked salmon.
History
Steinwand is a single-vineyard site in the Loiben cluster worked by F.X. Pichler on steep primary-rock terraces. The name refers to the stone-wall terrace construction typical of the Wachau's UNESCO-listed vineyards.
- 1992 — First Steinwand bottling from terraced primary-rock parcels above Loiben
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut F.X. Pichler
- Grapes
- Grüner Veltliner
- Classification
- Wachau DAC
- Oak
- Stainless steel and large old Fuder; no new oak
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- €50-75 at retail
- Drinking window
- 4-12 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1992
- Biodynamic
- Biodynamic Practicing
- Organic
- ORGANIC CERTIFIED