Gruner Veltliner Smaradg Durnsteiner Kellerberg
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Wiener Schnitzel, roasted pork belly, Peking duck
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary Dürnsteiner Kellerberg, a steep, south-facing amphitheater of weathered Gföhl gneiss, this Smaragd represents the pinnacle of Wachau Grüner Veltliner. The vineyard's unique microclimate, where warm Pannonian winds meet cool air currents from the Waldviertel, yields grapes of extraordinary complexity and tension. F.X. Pichler meticulously hand-harvests these old vines, fermenting and aging the wine in large, neutral oak casks to preserve the intense mineral core. The result is a monumental white wine, combining rich textures of ripe stone fruit, white pepper, and smoky flint with a vibrant, laser-like acidity that reflects centuries of terraced viticulture history in the Danube valley.
🍾 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
Grüner Veltliner
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14.5%