L&T Welschriesling
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 1–3 years from release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Steirischer Backhendlsalat (crisp Styrian fried chicken with pumpkin seed oil), grilled trout with lemon and herbs, fresh goat cheese crostini.
✨ Technical Specifications
L&T represents 'Leicht & Trocken' (light and dry), crafted as an energetic, early-drinking expression of Welschriesling. Sourced from organically and biodynamically farmed vineyards across the rolling hills of Southern Styria, the grapes grow primarily on gravel, loam, and calcareous marl soils. Vinification takes place entirely in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks using spontaneous wild yeast fermentation, preserving the grape's racy natural acidity, crisp orchard fruit, and delicate floral lift with minimal fine lees contact and zero oak influence.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grapes
Welschriesling
🍷 ABV
11.5%