Steirische Klassik Welschriesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic Styrian Brettljause with cured meats, pan-fried freshwater trout with lemon and herbs, fresh goat cheese salad.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from high-elevation, steeply sloping parcels across southern Styria rooted in weathered coralline limestone and clay marl, this regional expression showcases the tension and vivacity characteristic of Steirische Klassik viticulture. Farmed under strict biodynamic standards with manual harvesting, the fruit undergoes gentle pressing followed by spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. Maturation occurs on the fine lees for several months without oak influence or fining, preserving primary alpine aromatics, vibrant citrus drive, and crisp mineral salinity.
🍾 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
Welschriesling
🍷 ABV
11.5-12%