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Durnsteiner Ried Kellerberg Riesling

by Franz Xaver Pichler
White Vintage 📍 Niederosterreich, Austria

⏳ Drinking Window

2024 - 2040

🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings

Pan-seared scallops, roasted pork belly, spicy Thai green curry

✨ Technical Specifications

The Ried Kellerberg is one of the most legendary vineyards in the Wachau, rising like a dramatic, steep stone amphitheater behind the village of Dürnstein. Bathed in intense sunlight during the day and cooled by nocturnal drafts from the neighboring Waldviertel forest, this site experiences extreme diurnal temperature shifts. The soil is dominated by weathered Gföhl gneiss, a mineral-rich bedrock that imparts a profound, crystalline tension to the Riesling. F.X. Pichler's expression of this historic site—where viticulture has been documented for centuries—is celebrated for its multi-layered complexity, combining exotic stone fruit aromas with a deep, smoky minerality and a structural power that reflects the sheer determination required to farm these ancient, hand-built stone terraces.

🍾 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'.

📍 Oberloiben 27, 3601 Dürnstein, Wachau, Austria 🌐 https://www.fx-pichler.at

🍇 Grape Varieties

Riesling

🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)

13-14%

🌿 Aromas & Flavor Descriptors

Green Apple Lemon Zest Flint Mineral White Peach