The Zieregg “IZ” is a very special and limited wine. Manfred was very interested in achieving the greatest expression of origin in a bottle of wine. In 2005, he and Armin decided to experiment with intracellular fermentation. The grapes undergo an intracellular fermentation, hence “IZ” for...

NEW with vintage 2020. Ried Zieregg “Kapelle” is on a high plateau just above the winery at 470 meters above sea-level, just next to the Karmeliter Chapel. The area getes sun all day long and is protected by a forest’s edge. The terroir is water repellent, a heavy clay & loam on coralline...

Zieregg “Kår,” pronounced “koar”, is also new in 2020 and means “cold hill”. It comes from a 1.84 hectare steep slope with southwest exposure. It’s the coolest part of Zieregg as it’s the last area to get the morning sun. The terroir here is mostly blue calcareous marl with coralline limestone....

The part of single-vineyard Zieregg where the Morillon is planted changes from limestone to marl, which has more heat storage capacity and is ideal for a full-bodied wine. It’s very steep with a 50% gradiant. Cool winds favor the aromatic expression of the grape. Aged for 24 months on lees in small...

Starting with the 2020 vintage, the Tement’s added the name of the microparcel to the bottle Grassnitzberg “Riff”. The wine in the bottle has not changed; it still comes from the same steep, Erste Lage site. Like the Zieregg, it’s fermented and aged in large, neutral oak casks, but for slightly...

Ehrenhausen is one of the main villages where Tement has vineyards. The vineyards in Ehrenhausen are characterized by fertile coralline limestone soil that contains fossilized seashells, called muschelkalk in German. The mineral soil requires a particularly slow and gentle maturation time. After...

Morillon is the local name in Styria for Chardonnay. The “Muschelkalk” Morillon is a regional wine that comes entirely from Sudsteiermark vineyards. It’s predominantly grown on coralline limestone soil, or Muschelkalk in German. After natural fermentation, the wine is aged for 18 months on the lees...

A special collector’s pack that comes in a wooden case with two bottles each from three different microparcels from the famous Zieregg Grosse Lage. These wines are only available in the collector’s pack: Zieregg Steinbruch, Zieregg Dreieck and Zieregg Weisse Wand. 2020 is the last year that it will...

70% Müller Thurgau, 25% Grüner Veltliner, 5% skins of Sauvignon Blanc. Grown in Merschein and Loiserberg, cold, late ripening vineyard sites, mainly surrounded by forest. Whole bunch pressing of both varieties together in one press, skins of Sauvignon Blanc (no stems) are added within the first...

70% Müller Thurgau, 25% Grüner Veltliner, 5% skins of Sauvignon Blanc. Grown in Merschein and Loiserberg, cold, late ripening vineyard sites, mainly surrounded by forest. Whole bunch pressing of both varieties together in one press, skins of Sauvignon Blanc (no stems) are added within the first...