Zieregg Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared turbot with beurre blanc, salt-baked sea bass with wild herbs, or aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched along the jagged border between Austria and Slovenia, the steep amphitheater of Ried Zieregg is formed of coralline limestone reefs (Korallenkalk) intermixed with brown marl. Sourced from biodynamically cultivated vines rooted deeply into these calcareous sediments, this single-vineyard flagship undergoes spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts followed by prolonged aging on fine lees in large, neutral oak casks (neutral oak foudres) for up to 24 to 36 months without fining or filtration. The resulting wine is renowned for its taut, saline, and chalky structural architecture rather than overt primary varietal fruit.
🍾 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
13-13.5%