Burgstall Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout, spicy Thai green curry, roasted pork belly
✨ Technical Specifications
Ried Burgstall is a historic vineyard perched on a sun-drenched, rocky plateau in Unterloiben, within Austria's majestic Wachau region. The name 'Burgstall' derives from a medieval fortification that once stood on this site guarding the Danube. Unlike the steeper, terraced slopes nearby, Burgstall sits on a high, flatter terrace characterized by primary rock (gneiss) topped with wind-blown loess and sand. This unique soil profile, combined with dramatic diurnal temperature shifts, coaxes an incredibly vibrant, mineral-driven expression from the Riesling vines. F.X. Pichler vinifies this fruit with minimal intervention, utilizing large, traditional oak casks to preserve its crystalline purity, electric acidity, and intense stone-fruit aromatics.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1898 in Oberloiben, Weingut F.X. Pichler stands as one of the pinnacle estates of Austria's Wachau valley. Elevated to international legend status under Franz Xaver Pichler from 1971 onward, the domain is directed today by seventh-generation winemaker Lucas Pichler alongside his wife Johanna. The estate stewards approximately 20 hectares of vines, largely centered on precipitous, hand-carved dry-stone terraces of primary rock, weathered gneiss, amphibolite, and loess. Benefiting from the climatic tension between warm Pannonian airflows and cool Alpine drafts along the Danube, Pichler crafts monumental, dry white wines of chiselled mineral precision, depth, and longevity. The family shifted to certified organic viticulture and voluntarily departed the Vinea Wachau hierarchy to prioritize terroir-driven Wachau DAC site typicity. Its benchmark portfolio includes single-vineyard expressions from Ried Kellerberg, Loibenberg, and Steinertal, alongside the cult cuvées 'M' and the transcendent 'Unendlich'.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
12.5%