Weinstock Welschriesling Alte Reben
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared river trout with brown butter, roast poultry with herbs, Wiener Schnitzel with lemon and potato-field salad
✨ Technical Specifications
Old vines anchored in weathered calcareous marl and limestone soils form the bedrock of this specialized cuvée, redefining Welschriesling from an everyday quaffer into a serious, age-worthy terroir wine. Fruit from these deep-rooted parcels is harvested manually and undergoes spontaneous ambient-yeast fermentation followed by prolonged maturation on the fine lees in large neutral neutral oak casks (neutral Fuder and halbstück) without fining or filtration, yielding a structured, saline, and textured expression of the variety.
🍾 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
12%