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Pichler-Krutzler

Wachau

Grner Veltliner

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(Robert Parker’s rating: 92 points)
2018 Supperin Grner Veltliner 85 2019 8 Veltliner

Elisabeth Pichler-Krutzler from the Wachau and Erich Krutzler from the Burgenland founded their own wine estate in the Wachau in 2006. Both husband and wife originated from famous wine-making families. Together, they craft wines of great soul and individuality, based on a respect form nature and sustainable viticultural practice.

All this is a continuation of the path that Erich Krutzler set out on in the 1990s when he helped his family estate produce outstanding and characterful red wines in the Sdburgenland. This is why a Burgenland Blaufrnkisch finds its place in the range alongside Riesling and Grner Veltliner.

The Pichler-Krutzler wines are pure, unadulterated and made without compromise to quality. Each wine is the reflection of its own terroir, harvested, raised and bottled without blending. Since there is no chaptalization, no juice concentration, no fining or additives of any sort, all the wines express their origins plain and clear. Just high-grade handcraft without any fancy trends.

Region
Wachau, Austria

Country of Origin:
Austria

Type:
White/Blanc (Still)

Grape Variety:
Grner Veltliner

Terroir:
RiedSupperinhas been first documented in the year 1493. Gently sloped down from the old city wall of Drnstein in the north to the river Danube in the south. The framing natural stone walls working as a kind of heat reservoir. This position and the special soil which is a mixture of weathered gneiss and fine gravel sediments, generates a singular expression of Grner Veltliner: not just fruity but always backed by spicy and saltiness, equipped with matchless acidity. The vines there are up to 85 years old and above!

Fermentation and Ageing:
Manuel harvest. 8-10 months in big oak casks ( 900-1500L ).

Tasting Notes:
(Robert Parker’s rating: 92 points)
From vines up to 85 years old on alluvial soils and crystalline mother rocks and vinified in large oak vats until August 2019, the 2018 Ried Supperin Grner Veltliner is clear, deep and flinty on the ripe and concentrated but distinctively spicy and stony, very elegant and complex nose. Round and creamy on the palate, this is a mouth-filling, ripe, lush and intense, perfectly balanced Veltliner from a warm year. The finish reveals fine tannin structure and long and intense fruit as well as promising aging potential. However, this Supperin already drinks very well.