Franz Xaver Pichler, Loibner Loibenberg Gelber Muskateller Smaragd, Wachau

Franz Xaver Pichler · Niederosterreich › Wachau › Austria

White · Gelber Muskateller Riesling
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LWIN 1543052
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94 /100
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Taster #9498 · Mar 20, 2025
92/100
Farbe: goldgelb. Nase: vor allem tropische Früchte, etwas reife Zitrone. Mund: sehr schön eingebundene Säure, reife Orange/Zitrone und Pfirsich, etwas Minze/kräutrig. elegant/ruhig, nicht schwer oder überbordend. Es fehlt etwas Spannung. 92-93
2015 vintage
Taster #3365 · Aug 23, 2022
95/100
Ripe peach, lemon, white pepper, chalk, and floral notes on the nose. Nice acidity with more mineral notes and keeps the ripe fruit (peach, sweet apricot) in check, aided by more citrus flavors. Long finish. Definitely a big wine, showing the ripeness of the vintage, but also quite layered and balanced. I liked this more than the GV from the same vintage.
2015 vintage
Taster #7425 · Jun 30, 2021
96/100
Heavenly!
2015 vintage
Taster #6735 · Aug 19, 2020
93/100
Superior to the bottle I opened more than a year ago. This still shows super-bold, ripe Riesling fruit, but everything is in greater harmony, with ample acidity and pronounced minerality. This is a pretty big and grand impression of Riesling, and not a wine of great subtlety. But that's not a criticism any more than one would criticize Montrachet for being big and grand.
2015 vintage
Taster #6735 · Jun 23, 2019
91/100
This is a big, opulent Riesling with an underlying sweetness that borders on too much. But the savory herbal undertones, minerality, and striking acidity keep this drinkable. Grand cru weight on this one; may reach greater heights if it settles down with age.
2015 vintage
Taster #9712 · Jul 29, 2018
93/100
Rich, ripe apricot, nectarine and white peach fruit. Still a baby, this needs to shed some of its over exuberance of fruity flavor. A nice backbone of minerality is trying to peek through. This should age quite nicely.
2015 vintage
Taster #6466 · Sep 3, 2016
95/100
Tasted after Loibenberg Riesling Smaragd this shows equally ripe fruit on the nose, but another dimension of minerality, herbal undertones, floral notes. Very complex and intriguing. On the palate lots of ripe fruit, very powerful and intense, very mineral, fresh, but also quite tight just after being bottled. An impressive wine, despite its weight well balanced with amazing length. Needs time. 94-95+
2015 vintage
Taster #6466 · Apr 30, 2016
93/100
Floral, tropical fruit, nutmeg, expressive, rich, perfumed. On the palate quite big and round, nice richness, a little tight. Powerful and very long. A serious wine which needs a bit of time in the bottle. Excellent. 92-93+
2015 vintage