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F.X. Pichler

Wachau, Wachau, Austria

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    22:26 PM

  • Wine average?

    94 Tb

  • Country Ranking?

    4

  • Region Ranking?

    3

  • Popularity ranking?

    178

History

Wachau is a cultural landscape in the truest sense of the word. And this was officially documented by the admission of this 36-kilometer long riverside between Melk and Krems as a "cultural world heritage" by Unesco. Natural elements like the elegantly snaking Danube, bottom lands, rugged rocks, dramatically steep slopes and charming hillsides complement one another in thrilling harmony. And the works created by man, from the vineyards rising high along stony terraces to the picturesque communes harboring architecturally intriguing estates, mansions and churches and, finally, the abbeys of Göttweig, Dürnstein and Melk as historically outstanding monuments of cultural interest.

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Vineyards

We are proud of our single-vineyard sites. Proud, because the authenticity of our wines is individually based on each site. We believe in vineyard-designated wines – to us, they are challenge, goal and ideal all in one. It is primarily the steep mountainous terraces from the 12th and 13th centuries, which we cultivate and maintain with utmost respect – to us, an exceptional cultural asset.

 

Our vineyards comprise some 18 hectares. Of this, around 52 percent is planted to Grüner Veltliner, the major portion being the clones selected by Franz Pichler Sr., around 47 percent boasts Riesling vines and approximately 1 percent is reserved to Sauvignon Blanc. Some 45 percent of the area under vine sprawls across the steeply rising terraces, which can be worked only by hand.
The remaining plots extend at the foot of the mountains and in the plains of the Loiben basin, between Dürnstein and Rothenhof, at the eastern end of Wachau.

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Winemaking

Our philosophy is to get the best out of the excellent potential nature offers us. A responsibility not only towards our family, but also towards nature, history and the wine, because our capital is the vineyards, the vines and the understanding gained from tradition in association with intuition and world-openness.

 

What we want is to craft wines that reflect the year,
the soil and the special microclimate of Wachau.
The subtle nuances of each single vineyard are to be experienced and tasted in their multi-layered uniqueness. This presupposes multi-pass manual picking of premium-quality, physiologically highly ripe grapes; careful grape processing, traditional upbringing of the wines in large oak casks; and aiming for naturalness and distinctiveness by doing consistently without chaptalization, fining and concentration. Our vinification is based on the Codex Wachau guidelines. We compare the vintage cycle and vinification to the birth of a human being. The wine also requires affection, care and the guidance to perfection.

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24 different wines with 77 vintages

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