M Gruner Veltliner
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, Wiener Schnitzel, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'M' in F.X. Pichler's legendary Grüner Veltliner stands for 'monumental'—a fitting descriptor for a wine born from a desire to capture the absolute peak of concentration and complexity in the Wachau. First created in 1989, this cuvée is not tied to a single vineyard but is instead a masterclass in selection, harvested from the family's oldest, most prized steep stone terraces such as Kellerberg and Loibenberg. The grapes are picked at extreme ripeness, sometimes with a touch of noble rot, resulting in a dry white wine of immense power, structural density, and deep mineral tension. It represents the pinnacle of Austrian winemaking, balancing rich, exotic fruit with the fierce, stony minerality of the Danube's primary rock soils.
🍾 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%