Rossberg Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
grilled freshwater fish, spicy Asian cuisine, roasted pork
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the steep, wind-swept slopes of Southern Styria, Weingut Tement's expression of the Rossberg vineyard showcases the estate's mastery of cool-climate viticulture. The Rossberg site is renowned for its high elevation and distinctive 'Opok' soils—a local term for compacted clay silt and limestone marl. While Styria is globally celebrated for Sauvignon Blanc, Tement applies their meticulous biodynamic practices to Riesling here, capturing an incredibly tense, mineral-driven profile. The grapes are hand-harvested from these challenging slopes, spontaneously fermented with native yeasts, and aged on the fine lees in neutral oak casks. This minimal-intervention approach coaxes out a crystalline purity, electric acidity, and a deep, stony minerality that reflects the dramatic alpine-influenced terroir of the region.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1959, Weingut Tement is a benchmark family-owned estate situated on the steep, dramatic hills of Südsteiermark along the Austrian-Slovenian border. Propelled to international renown under Manfred Tement and now steered by sons Armin and Stefan Tement, the winery practices certified biodynamic viticulture across mineral-rich limestone and coralline limestone soils. Renowned for their precision, longevity, and profound terroir expression, the estate specializes in world-class Sauvignon Blanc and Morillon (Chardonnay), with iconic single-vineyard bottlings hailing from top cru sites such as Ried Zieregg and Ried Grassnitzberg.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling