#22 of PRIMA’s ’24 for 24’ Best Wines Of The Year

This wine has a ton of fans at PRIMA, both with you and us.  In fact, it was one of our ’24 for 24’ Wines of the Year.  More importantly, it’s practically Brandon’s and Fran’s House White!  And they know of what they drink!  Bone dry and super crunchy, this Austrian is everything you need for spring quaffing!  The name Pichler, of course, is synonymous with the top wines of the Wachau: F.X.’s, for their incredible single vineyard offerings and good ol’ Rudi for making a high-end, super focused, hyper-addictingly delicious Gruner the rest of us can afford!  No, this ain’t your mama’s Gruner!  It not only has the scintillating acidity and verve one expects from the grape, but it’s also sneaky rich, textural and deep.  Great with all kinds of fried foods (this will really make your schnitzel stand up and take notice!), it’s also great with herby salads- maybe with some goat cheese rounds- and with all things porky and poultry.  While it’s not the cheapest white in the store, it’s truly dynamite, and will even improve for the next five or six years in the back of your cellar.