Urgestein Terrassen Gruner Veltliner Smaragd
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Wiener Schnitzel, roasted pork belly, spicy Southeast Asian cuisine
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted from the steep, hand-hewn stone terraces of the Wachau, this wine is a masterclass in mountain viticulture and geological expression. The term 'Urgestein' refers to the ancient, weathered primary rock soils—primarily Gföhl gneiss and granite—that define these dramatic slopes rising high above the Danube River. The 'Smaragd' classification, named after the emerald-green lizards that bask on the warm vineyard stones, represents the highest tier of dry Wachau wines, celebrated for their richness, complexity, and remarkable aging potential. F.X. Pichler utilizes traditional, large oak casks to allow the natural power and intense mineral tension of the terraced Grüner Veltliner to shine, resulting in a wine of profound depth, structural purity, and local 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
Grüner Veltliner
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13% - 14%