Durnsteiner Kellerberg Riesling TBA
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, traditional Austrian apricot tart (Marillentorte)
✨ Technical Specifications
The Dürnsteiner Kellerberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) from F.X. Pichler represents the absolute zenith of Austrian sweet winemaking, produced only in rare vintages when climatic conditions allow for the perfect development of noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). The Kellerberg vineyard, a legendary steep, stone-terraced amphitheater rising above the Danube, possesses a unique microclimate where warm Pannonian air currents collide with cool breezes from the northern Waldviertel. This dramatic temperature swing, combined with autumn mists from the river, coaxes the Riesling grapes into a state of shriveled, honeyed concentration. Each berry is painstakingly hand-selected, grape by grape, resulting in a nectar of monumental complexity. Historically, the Kellerberg has been prized since the Middle Ages, and this TBA expression captures its intense, smoky minerality fused with exotic stone fruit, vibrant acidity, and an almost eternal finish.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1898 in the village of Oberloiben in Austria's prestigious Wachau region, Weingut F.X. Pichler is globally celebrated as a benchmark producer of world-class white wines. Elevated to international renown by Franz Xaver (F.X.) Pichler and guided today by Lucas Pichler, the estate adheres to a meticulous viticultural philosophy centered on terroir precision, minimal cellar intervention, and the expression of ancient, primary rock terraces. Sourced from legendary steep vineyard sites such as Kellerberg, Loibenberg, and Steinertal, their dry white wines showcase extraordinary concentration, minerality, and tension. The winery is particularly famed for its powerful, age-worthy Grüner Veltliner and Riesling bottlings, highlighted by monumental flagship cuvées like 'Unendlich'.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling