The profundity of the sandy light soil type allows very fast growth through the vine roots in low lying, water bearing zones. On this terroir, Sauvignon Blanc usually develops vegetal, herbal aromas combined with softer fruit flavours.

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...

"Kalk & Kreide" is the flagship of the Tement winery. It's 100% Sauvignon Blanc, mainly grown on coralline limestone soil (kalk in German) with some chalk (kreide in German). After natural fermentation, the wine spends six months on the lees in stainless steel tanks. Certified biodynamic.

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...

100% Lambrusco Marani from 1.5ha, perfect for rosè with its light color and high acidity.  Harvest was on October 2nd. The grapes were direct pressed, without maceration.  Fermentation was in stainless steel. Malolactic did not occur. Secondary fermentation in autoclave.  6.5g/l residual sugar, but...

Certified HVE3*. From one of the highest acid grapes on planet earth, Gros Plant! (a.k.a. Folle Blanche).  This amazing wine is sourced from 40 year old vines planted in the mica-schist soils of the Pays Nantais where the Loire river spills into the Atlantic ocean. Bone-dry with crisp acids and...

100% Pinot Gris from two certified organic vineyards within the Willamette Valley: Oracle Vineyard in Dundee Hills AVA, and Resplendor Vineyard in Tualatin Hills AVA. The wine was fermented with native yeasts and aged on the lees for 8 months in neutral French oak (228L). Bottled unfined and...

60% Nero d’Avola, 40% Frappato.  13.4% abv.

Perricone, guyot, planted in 2015, harvested in early October at 42 hl/ha. Destemmed and crushed, with macerations lasting 8 days.  Soft-pressed, fermented and aged in stainless steel for 6 months.  Unfined/unfiltered. 3,300 bottles made. 13.9% abv.

Catarratto Lucido, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in September at 33 hl/ha.  Destemmed, pressed, fermented and aged in stainless steel.  Released in March 2022, unfined/unfiltered.  6,600 bottles made. 11.7% abv.

Catarratto Comune, alberello (bush vines), planted in 1993, harvested in September at 33 hl/ha. The grapes are destemmed and then left to macerate on the skins for 8 days, with fermentation and aging in stainless steel. Aged 8 months and released in Sept 2022. Unfined/unfiltered. 1,600 bottles made...

Schioppettino, From 0.5ha average age of vines: 20 to 60 years old. Maceration for 20/25 days in steel or cement, indigenous yeasts in large barrels or second passage barriques, spontaneous malolactic fermentation.

100% Verduzzo, harvested at normal maturity levels, then natural appassimento for 60 days, fermented in stainless steel, then aged one year in used barriques.  110g/l residual sugar.

100% Cabernet Franc, which Marco calls the “the foreigner who’s not a foreigner.”  Usually harvested in early Oct, fermented between steel and concrete, 20-25 days of maceration.  Aged for a year in big cask. 4,000 bottles made.

100% Friulano, the wine that most tells the tale of Marco’s territory.  Made similarly to the Ribolla, and similar levels of production.

Monte della Guardia is Marco’s cru, 0.5ha, super steep terraces descending from 300 to 175m.  80% Friulano, 20% Picolit on ponca (typical soil of friable, alkaline clay marls).  Harvested end of Sept. Direct-pressed, fermented in stainlees, aged in one 1000L cask (which happened to be new this year...