Zweigelt Selektion
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-roasted duck breast with cherry reduction, grilled pork loin with rosemary, or classic Austrian beef goulash.
✨ Technical Specifications
Cultivated on steep, gravelly and calcareous marl slopes across southern Styrian vineyards, this rare red offering from an estate renowned primarily for pristine white wines showcases Zweigelt's alpine potential. The hand-harvested fruit undergoes spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled vats, followed by maturation in large neutral Austrian oak casks and used barriques. Unfined and minimally sulfur-adjusted, the wine preserves vivid brambly fruit, refreshing natural acidity, and fine-grained, mineral-edged tannins.
🍾 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
Zweigelt
🍷 ABV
12.5-13%