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Unendlich Riesling

by Franz Xaver Pichler
White Vintage 📍 Niederosterreich, Austria

⏳ Drinking Window

2023 - 2045

🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings

Pan-seared scallops, roasted veal, rich lobster dishes

✨ Technical Specifications

F.X. Pichler's 'Unendlich' Riesling is a monumental Austrian icon, born from the dramatic, steep stone terraces of the Wachau. The name 'Unendlich'—meaning 'infinite'—reflects both the wine's seemingly endless finish and its artistic inspiration: the star-strewn blue stage design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for Mozart's opera, 'The Magic Flute,' which graces the bottle's distinctive label. Crafted only in exceptional vintages from meticulously selected, fully ripe Riesling grapes, this wine undergoes traditional fermentation and aging in large oak casks. It represents the pinnacle of Wachau's unique microclimate, where warm Pannonian winds meet cool Alpine breezes, yielding a dry white wine of unparalleled power, structural complexity, and deep mineral tension.

🍾 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)

13-14.5%

🌿 Aromas & Flavor Descriptors

Green Apple Lemon Zest Flint Mineral White Peach