Unendlich Riesling
⏳ 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
Established in 1898 in Oberloiben, Weingut F.X. Pichler stands as one of the pinnacle estates of Austria's Wachau valley. Elevated to international legend status under Franz Xaver Pichler from 1971 onward, the domain is directed today by seventh-generation winemaker Lucas Pichler alongside his wife Johanna. The estate stewards approximately 20 hectares of vines, largely centered on precipitous, hand-carved dry-stone terraces of primary rock, weathered gneiss, amphibolite, and loess. Benefiting from the climatic tension between warm Pannonian airflows and cool Alpine drafts along the Danube, Pichler crafts monumental, dry white wines of chiselled mineral precision, depth, and longevity. The family shifted to certified organic viticulture and voluntarily departed the Vinea Wachau hierarchy to prioritize terroir-driven Wachau DAC site typicity. Its benchmark portfolio includes single-vineyard expressions from Ried Kellerberg, Loibenberg, and Steinertal, alongside the cult cuvées 'M' and the transcendent 'Unendlich'.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
13-14.5%