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$40.25The Story
Morillon is the Styrian name for Chardonnay, and Zieregg is Tement's flagship vineyard — a calcareous shell-limestone ridge on the Austrian-Slovenian border that the family has championed as the equal of any white-Burgundy cru. Steilriegel (the steep ridge) is a southwest-facing parcel within Zieregg, planted to 40-year-old vines on a 50% slope at 400-480 meters above sea level, on a 16-million-year-old coral-limestone saddle. The wine is fermented spontaneously and aged 24 months in wooden barrels, bottled unfined and unfiltered. The result is intensely mineral Chardonnay — a Styrian answer to top-tier Burgundy, with the depth and patience to age a decade or more.
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Morillon is the Styrian name for Chardonnay, and Zieregg is Tement's flagship vineyard — a calcareous shell-limestone ridge on the Austrian-Slovenian border that the family has championed as the equal of any white-Burgundy cru. Steilriegel (the steep ridge) is a southwest-facing parcel within Zieregg, planted to 40-year-old vines on a 50% slope at 400-480 meters above sea level, on a 16-million-year-old coral-limestone saddle. The wine is fermented spontaneously and aged 24 months in wooden barrels, bottled unfined and unfiltered. The result is intensely mineral Chardonnay — a Styrian answer to top-tier Burgundy, with the depth and patience to age a decade or more.
