Tement, Sauvignon Blanc Grassnitzberg Riff Erste Lage Sudsteiermark, 2022

Name: Tement, Sauvignon Blanc Grassnitzberg Riff Erste Lage Sudsteiermark, 2022
Brand: David Bowler Wine [DBW]
SKU: NYC-DBW-` DB3348-22`-042026-2
Price: 52.99 USD
Availability: InStock

White Wine from Other Austria, Austria

by Tement

$52.99

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Tement is one of Austria's most celebrated estates, and the Grassnitzberg vineyard is where the family's story began. Planted in the early 1950s, this south-southeast-facing site sits on a massive 16-million-year-old coralline limestone reef in the Sudsteiermark. Riff is a specific cooler block within Grassnitzberg, classified Erste Lage in the Austrian STK hierarchy, the tier just below the Grosse Lage Zieregg. Naturally fermented and aged 24 months on lees in large neutral oak, this Sauvignon Blanc shows everything Tement does best: deep limestone minerality, citrus precision, and a salty, savory length that has nothing to do with the grassy-tropical Sauvignon cliche. A serious wine from a serious site, in a more accessible idiom.

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Robert Parker

94 points

"The 2022 Ried Grassnitzberg Riff 1STK Sauvignon Blanc is enormously aromatic on the nose, with passion fruit, papaya and ripe, lush peach aromas. Full-bodied, intense and fresh on the palate, with remarkable finesse and purity and highly stimulating salinity with tonic lemon notes, this is a beautifully distinctive Sauvignon Blanc from east/southeast-facing terraces climbing from 330 to 399 meters above sea level (inclination: 33% to 40%). The wine is remarkably light, finessed and elegant and thoroughly Styrian in its coolish and even herbal character. 13% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at 1,450 meters above sea level in Lech/Arlberg in August 2025." —Stephan Reinhardt

More about Tement

Austria's largest biodynamic Demeter-certified winery, farming over 100 hectares across Styria and Slovenia. Armin and Stefan Tement made Styrian Sauvignon Blanc world-famous—Der Feinschmecker crowned their Zieregg the world's finest in 1991. Benchmark producer for a reason.

Wine Details

Grape Variety

Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage

2022
Size

750ml
Farming Practice

Biodynamic
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Medium Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Try with grilled white fish, oysters on the half shell, schnitzel with lemon, or chicken paillard with herbs. Goat cheese, asparagus, fresh ricotta with peas, and crab cakes also work beautifully alongside this saline, mineral wine.

Tasting Profile

Lemon zest, grapefruit pith, white currant, caper, crushed shells, and chalk. Medium-bodied, taut, and saline, with a long, mineral-driven finish. Stylistically far from grassy New World Sauvignon: restrained, savory, and built around limestone.