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2012 - F.X. Pichler Steinertal Gruner Veltliner Smaragd
Austria, White

- Vintage:
- 2012
- Type:
- White
- Size:
- 1x75cl
- Condition:
- Loose
- Drinking Window:
- 2014-2022
- Appellation:
- Wachau
- Region:
- Austria
- Score:
- 92WA
With his 2012 Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Steinertal, says Lucas Pichler, “the aim is to showcase the vineyard, which is a cool site, whereas in Loiben, really, things are (generally) a bit too warm.” Prior to this solo debut – spurred by the acquisition of a second parcel – the Pichlers’ Gruner Veltliner from this site went into their Loibenberg (and “M”). This solo Steinertal projects delightfully luscious and exuberant pear and melon fruit along with saliva-inducing, metaphorically cooling suggestions of stalk celery. A sweet-smoky bite of Szechuan pepper lends invigoration and cut to a juicily protracted finish. A model of elegance and lift allied to fundamentally rich ripeness, it should perform beautifully through at least 2022.