Rossberg Riesling
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from vintage release.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
grilled freshwater fish, spicy Asian cuisine, roasted pork
✨ wine.spec_sheet
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.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 1959 in the picturesque hills of Southern Styria, Austria, Weingut Tement is a family-run estate globally renowned for defining the modern standard of Austrian Sauvignon Blanc. Now managed by the third generation, Armin and Stefan Tement, the winery is situated on the steep, limestone-rich slopes of the legendary Zieregg vineyard. Operating under strict biodynamic principles, the estate focuses on minimal intervention, spontaneous fermentation, and extended lees aging in neutral oak casks to preserve the intense minerality of their terroir. Their signature single-vineyard wines, particularly the iconic Ried Zieregg Sauvignon Blanc and Ried Grassnitzberg, showcase an unparalleled tension and longevity that have cemented Tement's reputation as one of Austria's premier wine estates.