"F.X. Pichler is the Château Latour, Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Zind-Humbrecht, Sandrone and Helen Turley of the Wachau"
(Robert M. Parker, Jr.)
LOIBNER KLOSTERSATZ – "Eine der ält...
"An exceptional wine. Beautiful, deep-red ruby colour, with the bright sheen of great Burgundies. Intense and fresh nose for the young wines. Primary notes of red fruit dominate, such as Morello cherr...
"Nose of overripe apricot and honeysuckle. Thick and glyceral, yet still juicy and fresh on the palate with the apricot augmented by tangerine zest, apricot pit and inner-mouth florals. Finishes with...
96+/100 PP
"The 1997 Riesling Vinothek Severin Fass was aged for 25 years in a large, traditional oak cask (filtered, though not on the lees) and opens with an intense yet pure, fresh...
"Intense, insistently fruity nose mingling peach, pear, banana. Riot of fruits spills onto the palate, laced with intense, bright citricity. Keeps overflowing with fruits in the finish, but with disti...
95/100 PP
The 1997 Chardonnay Cuvee Indigene (named so because it is fermented completely with indigenous vineyard yeasts) exhibits a light gold color, and a complex nose of smoky, leesy C...
90-92/100 PP
"The 2014 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Aux Boudots, matured in 50% new oak, has an endearing, quite luscious bouquet that actually reminds me of Patrice & Michèl Rion: dark...