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Tement Sauvignon Blanc Grassnitzberg Erste Lage 2020 750ml
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SKU 935584
$39.94/bottle
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This remarkable Styrian chardonnay has a deep nose of candied lemon and grapefruit peel with just a hint of toasty oak. On the palate it is full-bodied and rich, but with stunning chalky minerality that makes it feel lighter than it really is. Great energy at the long, salty finish. Excellent aging potential! From organically grown grapes. Unfiltered. Drink or hold. Glass stopper.
The green skinned grapes of the Sauvignon Blanc varietal had their origins in Southern France, where they are still widely grown and used for many of the excellent young and aged white wines the region is famous for. Today, however, they are grown in almost every wine producing country in the world, and are widely revered for their fresh and grassy flavors, full of tropical notes and refreshing, zesty character. Sauvignon Blanc grapes thrive best in moderate climates, and ripen relatively early in the year. This has made them a favorite for many wineries in the New World, where they can still produce healthy and high yields in the earlier part of the summer before the temperatures become too hot. Too much heat has a massively adverse effect on Sauvignon Blanc, as the grapes become dull in their flavor, and the wine produced from them loses all its unique character and high points. As such, Sauvignon Blanc farmers have had a lot of trouble from global warming and climate change, as they are being forced to harvest their crops increasingly earlier in the year when it is cool enough to do so.
Country
Austria
Archaeological evidence suggests that grapevines have been grown and cultivated in what is today modern Austria for over four thousand years, making it one of the oldest wine producing countries in the world. Over the centuries, relatively little has changed in Austrian wine, with the dominant grape varietals continuing to be Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, Pinot Noir and others. Austria is renowned for producing excellent and characterful dry white wines, although in the eastern part of the country, many wineries specialist in sweeter white wines made in a similar style to those of neighboring Hungary. Today, Austria has over fifty thousand hectares under vine, split over four key wine regions. The domestic wine industry remains strong, with Austrians drinking their local produce outside in the summer, and people around the world are beginning to once more rediscover this fascinating and ancient wine culture.
Region
Styria
Appellation
Sudsteiermark
JS95pts
James Suckling
This remarkable Styrian chardonnay has a deep nose of candied lemon and grapefruit peel with just a hint of toasty oak. On the palate it is full-bodied and rich, but with stunning chalky minerality that makes it feel lighter than it really is. Great energy at the long, salty finish. Excellent aging potential! From organically grown grapes. Unfiltered. Drink or hold. Glass stopper.
WA94pts
Wine Advocate
The 2020 Ried Grassnitzberg Riff Sauvignon Blanc 1STK comes from a cooler site on brown earth covering coralline limestone that was picked until mid-October, macerated for about 12 hours, aged in doppelstücks (2,400-liter oak vats) and bottled in December last year. It opens with an intense and concentrated, lightly flinty lemon aroma with stony notes. Full-bodied, intense and round on the palate, this is a super pure, tight, saline and crunchy Sauvignon with bright and elegant fruit, fresh phenolic grip and a youthful, still-challenging mineral tension. Enormously long and salty, this is a highly promising, coolish, tight and lemon-scented Riff that should develop very well in the bottle. 13% stated alcohol. Glass stopper. Tasted in May 2023.
Winery Notes
The single-vineyard Grassnitzberg was the first vineyard owned by the Tement family and was planted in the early 1950's. It's a special site with coralline limestone soil with south-southeast facing slopes. After natural fermentation, the wine is aged for 18 months on the lees in big neutral oak casks. Bottled unfiltered. May be enjoyed young, but after three to five years, the Grassnitzberg terroir begins to shine.
