Zieregg Weissburgunder
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared Dover sole with brown butter, roasted veal sweetbreads with morel mushrooms, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the steep, south-to-southwest-facing amphitheater of Ried Zieregg, this single-vineyard bottling draws its identity from shallow soils of coralline limestone and calcareous marl ('Opok'). Hand-harvested biodynamically cultivated Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) vines yield concentrated fruit with high natural acidity. In the cellar, vinification follows a low-intervention approach with spontaneous ambient yeast fermentation in neutral large oak casks (neutral oak foudres), followed by extended maturation on the fine lees for upwards of 18 to 24 months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered, resulting in a tense, mineral-driven, textural expression.
🍾 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
Weissburgunder
🍷 ABV
12.5% - 13.5%