Pichler, F.X. - Riesling Ried Loibenberg 2020

James Suckling: "Ravishing pineapple and orange-peel nose with a hint of mint wafting over the deep fruit. Stunning combination of juiciness, concentration and vibrancy that runs right through the very long finish. So uplifting with great aging potential. Drink or hold."

Falstaff: "Helles Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Feine weiße Blüten, weißer Pfirsich, Nuancen von Maracuja, zart nach Limetten, verführerisches Bukett. Saftig, zeigt gute Komplexität, wieder nach reifem Weingartenpfirsich, feiner Säurebogen, seidig, leichtfüßig und mineralisch im Abgang, bereits gut entwickelt und lange anhaftend, sicheres Reifepotenzial."

The Wine Advocate: "The 2020 Ried Loibenberg Riesling opens very spicy, fresh and almost hard, with intense aromas of white peaches and apricots. Dense, intense and powerful on the palate, this is a massive, close-meshed and tannin-rich Riesling with concentrated juice yet a still-bitter, dry grippy finish. This 2020 needs some years to extract its talents, which are there, but at this early stage it is pretty difficult to give an exact forecast. 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."