Ried Hochkittenberg Weisser Burgunder
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-roasted trout with brown butter and capers, roasted veal tenderloin with chanterelles, creamy Austrian mountain cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched at elevations reaching roughly 400 meters, Ried Hochkittenberg is distinguished by crystalline slate, shale, and gravelly mica-schist soils interspersed with red clay, imparting exceptional tension and savory undertones. Harvested entirely by hand under strict biodynamic standards, the Pinot Blanc (Weisser Burgunder) fruit undergoes gentle whole-cluster pressing followed by spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The wine matures on its fine lees in large neutral Austrian oak casks for an extended period, bottled unfined and unfiltered to preserve its mineral backbone and tactile phenolic grip.
🍾 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
Weisser Burgunder
🍷 ABV
12.5% - 13.5%