Sauvignon Blanc Smaragd
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Goat cheese, grilled sea bass, roasted poultry
✨ Technical Specifications
While the Wachau is globally synonymous with Riesling and Grüner Veltliner, F.X. Pichler's Sauvignon Blanc Smaragd is a rare, cult-status masterpiece that showcases the region's versatility. Sourced from steep, hand-harvested stone terraces along the Danube, this wine benefits from the unique microclimate where warm Pannonian winds meet cool air currents from the Waldviertel. The 'Smaragd' designation, named after the emerald-green lizards that dart among the warm vineyard stones, represents the highest tier of Wachau dry wines. Pichler's meticulous craftsmanship yields a Sauvignon Blanc of extraordinary structure, combining intense herbal and tropical fruit complexity with the deep, smoky minerality of 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
Sauvignon Blanc
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14.5%