Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh goat cheese crostini, pan-seared river trout with herbs, or grilled asparagus with lemon vinaigrette.
✨ Technical Specifications
Cultivated on steep, biodynamically farmed slopes composed predominantly of weathered coralline limestone and calcareous clay-marl locally known as Opok. Following selective manual harvests across estate-managed parcels, fermentation proceeds spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in temperature-regulated stainless steel vats and neutral large oak casks. The wine rests extensively on its fine lees without fining or heavy intervention, enhancing textural mid-palate density while preserving the piercing, high-altitude aromatics and saline minerality quintessential to classic Styrian Sauvignon Blanc.
🍾 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
12.5-13%