Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Smoked trout with horseradish, fresh goat cheese salad with herbs, Wiener Schnitzel with lemon.
✨ Technical Specifications
Drawing from biodynamically cultivated parcels across steep Styrian slopes, this cuvée represents an early-drinking, terroir-driven white blend that reflects the cooler alpine-Adriatic meso-climates of southern Styria. Hand-harvested fruit undergoes spontaneous native-yeast fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks alongside neutral wooden casks, followed by several months of maturation on the fine lees. The winemaking emphasizes pure fruit clarity, vibrant tension, and mineral depth while maintaining a lighter, refreshing frame.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1959 by Josef and Edina Tement, Weingut Tement rose to global acclaim under Manfred Tement, who transformed the family's modest holdings into an international benchmark for Austrian viticulture. Perched atop the rugged limestone ridge of Ried Zieregg along the border of Slovenia in Südsteiermark, the estate commands precipitous slopes composed of coralline limestone, marl, and schist. Today directed by Manfred alongside sons Armin and Stefan, the domaine converted fully to biodynamics, earning Demeter and respekt-BIODYN certifications. Cellar philosophy hinges on unhurried, low-intervention vinification, spontaneous native-yeast fermentations, neutral oak casks, and prolonged maturation on fine lees without fining or unnecessary filtration. The estate's benchmark bottlings—most notably Ried Zieregg Sauvignon Blanc, Ried Zieregg IZ Reserve, and site-driven expressions of Morillon and Weissburgunder—display tension, saline minerality, structural depth, and profound aging potential.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Sauvignon Blanc, Welschriesling, Gelber Muskateller
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
11.5-12.5%