Sauvignon Blanc Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–12 years from release
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea bass with fennel, goat cheese tartlet with fresh herbs, roasted poultry with wild mushrooms
✨ Technical Specifications
Grown across steep, mineral-rich slopes in southern Styria characterized by calcareous marl ('Opok') and weathered limestone, this reserve-tier Sauvignon Blanc showcases meticulous estate farming and low-intervention cellar practices. Grapes undergo spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in large neutral wooden casks, followed by extended maturation on the fine lees without fining or filtration. The result is a savory, deeply structural expression marked by flinty reduction, crystalline minerality, and tension.
🍾 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
Sauvignon Blanc
🍷 ABV
13-14