FX Pichler Loibner Gruner Veltliner Ried Loibenberg 2021 (750ML)

97 FS / 96 JS / 96 WA 

There’s a whole basket of yellow fruit here, including ripe apricot and King Alfonso mango, but there’s nothing loud about this beautiful high-end gruner veltliner, rather it opens slowly and steadily in the glass. Exact balance of ripeness and freshness, the latter accentuated by a note of tobacco leaf. Long and juicy, yet fresh and very precise finish that pulls you back for more. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.—James Suckling

The 2021 Loibner Grüner Veltliner Ried Loibenberg offers a fascinating, clear and pure, deep, intense and mineral-rich bouquet with just-ripe fruit but also grassy and herbal aromas with a hint of smoke, dates and tobacco leaves. Full-bodied yet vital and fresh on the palate, this is a rich and intense but also pure, refined and very elegant Loibenberg with a dense body uplifted by fine mineral acidity. It's an impressive, stimulating, saline and refreshing mineral and herbal GV with a sustainable and complex finish. Absolutely gorgeous Loibenberg. 13.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in September 2022.—Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate

Pale yellow-green, silver glints. Fresh apple fruit underpinned with savoury nuances, with hints of meadow herbs, a slight hint of bacon, mineral touch, and dark tones. Juicy, elegant, tightly woven, filigree structure, salty and compact, vibrant, chalky nuances, marked by a saline finish. Exhibits length and has potential.--Peter Moser, Falstaff