Steinbach Gelber Muskateller
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Typically best enjoyed 2–8 years from vintage release.
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spicy Asian dishes, fresh goat cheese, light seafood appetizers
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Hailing from the steep, wind-swept slopes of the Ried Steinbach vineyard in Gamlitz, this wine showcases the dramatic terroir of Southern Styria. The vineyard is characterized by its unique soil composition of weathered loess, gravel, and red sandy clay, which imparts a distinctive mineral tension to the grapes. Gelber Muskateller is one of the world's oldest cultivated grape varieties, historically prized by nobility for its intoxicating perfume. While often vinified sweet elsewhere, Weingut Tement crafts this as a bone-dry, highly sophisticated masterpiece. Utilizing biodynamic farming, spontaneous fermentation, and patient aging on the fine lees, they transform what is often a simple aromatic grape into a structured, deeply complex white wine that balances explosive floral notes with a tight, salty minerality.
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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.