Winery Weingut Franz PichlerKollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
The Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd of the Winery Weingut Franz Pichler is in the top 70 of wines of Austria and in the top 20 of wines of Niederösterreich.
Taste structure of the Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd from the Winery Weingut Franz Pichler
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd of Winery Weingut Franz Pichler in the region of Weinland is a with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd of Winery Weingut Franz Pichler in the region of Weinland often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd
Pairings that work perfectly with Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd
Original food and wine pairings with Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd
The Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd of Winery Weingut Franz Pichler matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of endives au gratin without béchamel sauce, quiche without eggs or home-made coq au vin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Weingut Franz Pichler's Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd.
Discover the grape variety: Folle blanche
As its name suggests, the folle blanche is a white grape variety. Originally from the west of France, it was used to make Cognac and Armagnac brandies as early as the 17th century and was renowned for its finesse and fragrant nose. Replaced by Ugni Blanc following the phylloxera invasion, the folle blanche is now grown in small quantities. It is a grape variety with juicy, sweet, medium-sized bunches and berries with a white/green skin. Its worst enemy is grey rot. As it is an early variety and its buds come out early, it is particularly afraid of spring frosts. It likes short pruning, a method that limits the production of grapes but increases their quality. It also prefers mineral-rich soils, and its vineyards cover about 3,000 hectares. It is used in the production of the AOC Gros-plant du Pays nantais to produce a lively white wine with little alcohol but marked acidity.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd from Winery Weingut Franz Pichler are 2017, 2016, 2011, 2013 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Weingut Franz Pichler
The Winery Weingut Franz Pichler is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Niederösterreich to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Niederösterreich
Niederösterreich, or Lower Austria, is a wine region in the Northeast of Austria bordering Slovakia and the Czech Republic. It is the country's largest wine region, both geographically and in terms of production. There are around 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres) of vineyards. These are responsible for roughly half of Austria's total wine output.
The wine region of Weinland
Weinviertel DAC – whose name translates as "wine quarter" – is an appellation in Niederösterreich (Lower Austria). It is by far the largest Districtus Austriae Controllatus wine region in Austria. It was also the first Austrian wine region to be given that title, in 2002, with a DAC Reserve designation added in 2009. The designation applies only to white wines from the Grüner Veltliner Grape variety.
The word of the wine: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
