The Klostersatz vineyard is one of the oldest in the Wachau region and can trace its roots back to the old Bavarian and Salzburg monasteries. With such a legacy, no one should be surprised that this brilliant Grüner Veltliner is such a superstar - as a Federspiel style it leads to the more fresh and frisky end of the Grüner spectrum but it's also wildly fruity - apples, lime curd, fresh peaches, it's a bowl of ripe fruits washed basking in an alpine stream.

Truly one of Austria's most iconic producers, the giant bottles of F.X. Pichler Riesling & Grüner are benchmarks of what the stunning slopes of the Wachau region can deliver. The wine world often likes to use the word 'minerally' to describe any white wines, but if you want an example of what a super pure wine tastes like, these crystalline whites are near perfect. Unquestionably, the renowned old vineyards on the side of the Danube are a big part of the story at F.X. Pichler, but at every step, this is winemaking with no compromise. Grapes are picked in multi-stages to get perfect ripeness, and the long, slow maturation in traditional large oak barrels all adds up to sublime expressions of Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. Oh yes, this is the top top shelf of Austrian white wine!