Zieregg Kapelle Grosse Lage Sudsteiermark Sauvignon Blanc

Austria
Styria
2021

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 limestone, formed from a primordial sea 16 million years ago.  After natural spontaneous fermentation, 30 months on the fine lees in small old oak barrels; bottled unfiltered.

97 points
"Already, the striking nose of curry and wild thyme marks this as a very special sauvignon blanc. So concentrated but also incredibly elegant on the medium-bodied palate. Then comes the mind-blowingly intense, long finish in which chalk and limes are almost perfectly interwoven. A masterpiece that’s still very young."
James Suckling,
JamesSuckling.com
November 2024
97 points
"Tement's 2021 Ried Zieregg Kapelle GSTK is deep, precise and elegant on the coolish and substantial nose that intermingles ripe black cassis aromas with iodine notes that represent the particular soils perfectly: heavy clay on coralline limestone. Full-bodied, refined and elegant on the palate, this is a generous yet uplifted and even delicate, refined and persistently saline Sauvignon Blanc with enormous savoriness and fine but remarkably expressive mineral acidity. Very tensioned and long on the palate, this is a giant in the making."
Stephan Reinhardt,
Wine Advocate
July 2025

SKU/Code: 
DB5338-21
Product Line: 
California Portfolio
National Portfolio
Wine
White
Varietal: 
Sauvignon Blanc
Farming Type: 
Organic