Pichler, F.X. - Grüner Veltliner Loibenberg 2020

FALSTAFF: "Mittleres Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Dunkle Mineralik, feine Kräuterwürze, Nuancen von gelber Frucht, Anklänge von Marille und Mango, mit feinem Blütenhonig unterlegt. Komplex, stoffig, feine weiße Birnenfrucht, finessenreich strukturiert, salziger Touch im Abgang, bereits gut entwickelt, ein facettenreicher Begleiter bei Tisch, gutes Reifepotenzial."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2020 Ried Loibenberg Grüner Veltliner is clear and reductive on the nose and reveals pleasant phenolic notes along with clear and fresh fruit as well as stony, tobacco, floral and spicy notes. Juicy, elegant and finessed on the palate, this is a warm and powerful Loibenberg that luckily is structured by crystalline acidity. However, this is a 2020 for Austrians who tend to prefer the rich and round wines to the edgy and mineral ones. Tasted as a sample in June 2021. To be bottled in July. 2020 is the first vintage Lucas Pichler doesn't use the predicates of the Vinea anymore since he left the group earlier this year."