What it pairs with
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Wachau apricots with curd cheese
A local Dürnstein classic: light peppery Grüner with the region's famous apricots. -
Light vegetable soup
Refreshing everyday Grüner for light vegetable preparations. -
Grilled Wachau Zander
The definitive local pairing: freshwater pike-perch with peppery Grüner.
History
The Konrad estate in Dürnstein sits literally beneath the castle ruins where Richard the Lionheart was held captive. The estate has sold wine directly to Dürnstein visitors for generations, making the Federspiel Grüner its most commercially important cuvée.
- 1955 — First commercial Federspiel Grüner Veltliner from the Konrad Dürnstein estate
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Konrad
- Grapes
- Grüner Veltliner
- Classification
- Wachau DAC
- Oak
- Stainless steel; no oak
- ABV
- 11.5%
- Price
- €15-25 at retail
- Drinking window
- 1-4 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1955