Darren Dittrich

9.2

Really nice balance of citrus, mineral, and sweetness. This is a dry wine, but for the sugar-averse, there’s a little r/s here. Paired perfectly with our veggie-based stew and handled pork meatballs as well. Easy to drink, low alc. Hard not to love this wine. SommSelect — 6 years ago

Brian S

9.3

Yellow apple, over ripe pear, white raisin, green plum. — 8 years ago

Michael Elmore

9.2

Off vintage and still stunning — 9 years ago

Jania Cardoso

9.0

Austria's icon and finest wine producer - FX Pichler. One of the top wineries in Austria, specifically located in the Wachau Valley. The winery itself was created on 1898. Of the 18 hectares owned by a family, almost a half are planted to Riesling, the rest is almost entirely Grüner Veltliner.
The wine:
Riesling Federspiel Loibner Burgstall
This wine is strong and clear, fruit-driven Riesling with mineral notes. Love it. — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

Electric gruner. So vibrant and sharply cutting it's almost rieslingesque, with the gruner character showing not so much in its tone or shape but rather in the whole garden of spring flora blooming around the fruit. So evocative I feel like I need to go on a bender of bullshit tasting note descriptors to do justice to all the outdoorsy freshness here. Hibiscus! Water lillies! Lilacs! I don't know if I have ever smelled these things but I am going with them anyway because they're euphonious enough and the imagery sounds right. — 10 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.1

Lovely. Nice acid and a hint of sweetness make this a perfect pairing with any spicy fish dish. — 10 years ago

Michael McGeary

9.1

Still drinking really well. — 11 years ago

Michael Elmore

9.1

2003 - Cara cara creamsical and waxy texture. 100% in tact and put together, but drink now. — 11 years ago

Carlo Mondavi

Owner/Winegrower RAEN Winery, Partner Continuum

9.2

Rich, bright and delicious... Excellent Grüner — 11 years ago

Michael Anton

9.5

Lovely, lighter and conversational, violets with blueberry skin, a hint of pepper and slightly under ripe cassis. — 13 years ago

Terry Pfortmiller

9.3

Very nice with a hint of pepper and nice mineral flavors. — 7 years ago

Evie Olson

9.8

One of the most profound & satisfying gruner’s I’ve had. Notes of white pear, daffodils, green peas, white pepper, with floral and almost marzipan qualities all come together harmoniously & dance on the tongue & drives home with an intense mineral backbone. Beautiful. — 7 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.3

Minerals and stone fruit on the nose well balanced nice acidity very summery! Ripe peaches and nectarines with some wet stone. Petroleum on the nose — 9 years ago

Alexander Niehenke

9.3

Perfumey. — 10 years ago

with Shannon

Christy Canterbury MW

Master of Wine

9.2

Such great value in this producer's wines! Love the direct, direct, mineral style, too. — 10 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.0

Bright and lean classic Gruner from great producer in a great year. — 10 years ago

with Sarah

John Van Trijp

9.8

Just a little bit too short in aftertaste to be perfect but what a wine!! From Magnum. Still very young — 11 years ago

Cindy Cammack

9.1

Thanks for sharing a taste. Dry with nice berry flavors. — 11 years ago

with Lori

Jim Wagonfeld

9.8

Really interesting SB. Flamboyant, exotic and tropical. Very rich. Perfect with pan sautéed scallops. — 12 years ago

Freddy Foot

Sommelier Restaurant Gary Danko

9.6

2009 - ZOMG! Had this with some roquefort and it was seriously like angels fornicating in my mouth!! — 13 years ago

Matthew Davis

8.9

Really full for a white, some sweetness, but the bitterness of the smell is odd. — 7 years ago

with Navin and Rivka

Bob Bath

Master Sommelier & Educator CIA Greystone

9.2

With Tawfiq Khoury — 8 years ago

Marta Jackowska

9.7

Lemon citrus smell, nutty taste, creamy texture... yes and it is in Le Bernardin — 8 years ago

with Neville

Matt

9.0

Precise, mineral, legumes, spice, great citrus and stone fruit character. — 10 years ago

Galen Hasler

9.2

2009 Wow. My ideal Riesling — 10 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

This is listed here as a riesling but it's actually a gruner veltliner, 2003 vintage, one of the rare times they did this if not the only. I would say nobody would be able to peg this as a 2003 but I gave a blind pour to Peter Weygandt and he nailed it. Regardless, it's luminously bright and bracing, textured like rough gothic stone with sharp angles and spires. With air the fruit gets fuller and fleshier, taking on more primary pear-like and banana flavors and clean aloe cream scents. — 10 years ago

Marc On

Writer Originalverkorkt, Lobenbergs Gute Weine

9.1

Not as good as the 12, still a beautiful wine though. — 11 years ago

Michael Schamis

9.5

Beautiful deep aromas of beeswax with notes of ripe melon and candied ginger. Full, rich, creamy and slightly off-dry on the palate. Citrus and tropical fruit fill the mouth followed by deep, gripping minerality and a touch of spice. — 11 years ago

with Kati

Luke Kenning

Sommelier/Wine Director Farallon Restaurant

9.4

2001 at Michael Mina delish — 12 years ago

Richard Betts

Master Sommelier/Winemaker/Mezcalero Saint Glinglin, Sombra

9.5

NOM NOM NOM — 13 years ago