Steinertal Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
pan-seared trout, roasted pork belly, spicy Thai green curry
✨ Technical Specifications
Ried Steinertal is one of the most distinctive vineyards in the Wachau, situated in a narrow, amphitheater-like valley at the easternmost edge of the region. Here, the vines are exposed to a dramatic climatic tug-of-war: warm Pannonian air currents meet cold, nocturnal winds channeling down from the northern Waldviertel forest. This unique microclimate, combined with steep terraces of highly weathered Gföhl gneiss and minimal topsoil, forces the Riesling vines to struggle, resulting in berries of extraordinary concentration. F.X. Pichler masterfully captures this terroir, utilizing traditional large oak casks to craft a dry Riesling defined by its crystalline structure, electric acidity, and intense, smoky minerality. It is a wine that beautifully illustrates the tension between power and elegance, a hallmark of the estate's artisanal heritage.
🍾 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
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13-13.5%