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2014 F.X. Pichler Riesling Loibenberg Smaragd
F.X. Pichler
This is one of the steepest and most austere primitive-rock sites encountered in Loiben. Loibnerberg, one of Wachau's largest coherent single vineyards, is fully exposed to the south and accordingly warm and sunny. The wines derived from this site are shaped by the unique composition of this first-class primitive-rock soil, which imparts longevity to them. Here, opulent, intense and yet subtle wines develop – Riesling showing a fruity texture (peach, apricot) and Grüner Veltliner being full-bodied with underlying minerality, even slightly smoky and tobacco notes.
February, 2016
Vinous Media
94 points
Fresh and distilled mirabelle, red raspberry and white peach combine for an ethereally high-toned and penetrating aroma followed by a lusciously fruity, expansive palate impression. Yet for all of its generous fruitiness, this also reveals mineral elements including shimmering crystallinity and sheer stoniness. A salty, piquant impression of peach close to the core, along with zesty, bittersweet orange and lemon peel, make for a memorably intense yet mouthwatering and far from severe finish. As usual, Pichler raised this wine entirely in tank, successfully counteracting the site’s tendencies toward excessive breadth and loss of levity.
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