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PICHLER-KRUTZLER
Pichler-Krutzler from Austria's famed Wachau region is husband and wife Erich Krutzler and Elisabeth Pichler-Krutzler, the son-in-law and daughter of F.X. Pichler. Erich is a very serious and talented winemaker in his own right, having inherited a great Blaufränkisch vineyard in Südburgenland from his family estate, Krutzler, where for several years he was the winemaker, and has had a couple of international award-winning projects in Slovenia.
Erich and Elisabeth now have 10 hectares of vines. They practice organic viticulture. They use no insecticides, only organic manure as fertilizer, and gentle tilling of the soil. In the vinification, they use indigenous yeasts for all cuvees except in an occasional year for the spring-bottled wines. For all of the top wines, like Supperin, Loibenberg, Pfaffenberg, Kellerberg, fermentation is done with indigenous yeasts in wood foudre from Stockinger of varying sizes up to 1500l., between 1 and 8 years, no toast. Because Erich has a vineyard of Blaufränkisch in the Südburgenland, they are not members of Vinea Wachau Nobilis Districtus. This gives Erich the flexibility, though, to do things in vinification that he feels are more natural, and indeed he is very proud that they use no additives like finings in their wines and keeping their wines sometimes on the fine lees with very low SO2 for up to a year.
Pichler-Krutzler Grüner Veltliner DurnsteinCase: 12Volume: 750mL
Pichler-Krutzler Grüner Veltliner Ried KellerbergCépage: Grüner VeltlinerCase: 12Volume: 750mLVine Age: Between 20 and 35 years old.Soil: Weathered primary rock with gneiss on terraces
Pichler-Krutzler Grüner Veltliner Ried KlostersatzCépage: Grüner VeltlinerCase: 12Volume: 750mLVine Age: Between 20 and 40 years old.Soil: Sand and sedimented primary rockFermentation: Stainless steelAging: Stainless steel, large oak barrels
Pichler-Krutzler Grüner Veltliner Ried LoibenbergCase: 12Volume: 750mL
Pichler-Krutzler Grüner Veltliner Reid Pfaffenberg Alte RebenCase: 12Volume: 750mL
Pichler-Krutzler Grüner Veltliner Ried Rothenhof Alte RebenCase: 12Volume: 750mL
Pichler-Krutzler Riesling Ried KellerbergCépage: RieslingCase: 12Volume: 750mLVine Age: Between 20 and 35 years old.Soil: Weathered primary rock of gneiss on terracesFermentation: Stainless steelAging: Stainless steel
Pichler-Krutzler Riesling Ried LoibenbergCépage: RieslingCase: 12Volume: 750mLVine Age: Between 30 and 50 years old.Soil: Weathered primary rock of gneiss and loess sediments on terracesFermentation: Stainless steel, large oak barrelsAging: Stainless steel, large oak barrels
Pichler-Krutzler Riesling LoibenCase: 12Volume: 750mL
Pichler-Krutzler Riesling Ried PfaffenbergCépage: RieslingCase: 12Volume: 750mLVine Age: Between 25 and 50 years old.Soil: Primary rock containing gneissFermentation: Stainless steelAging: Stainless steel
Pichler-Krutzler Riesling Ried Pfaffenberg Alte RebenCase: 12Volume: 750mL