Welschriesling Sudsteiermark Weinstock Alte Reben

Austria
Styria
2020

The Tements make incredibly complex Welschriesling. They started bottling two single-vineyards in 2011. The Weinstock Alte Reben Welschriesling comes from a small parcel in the Zieregg vineyard (plot Steinbruch). The vines were planted in 1978 and grow on coralline limestone soil and have southern exposure with a slope of 40-50% at 430-460 meters above sea level. Aged for 24 months in small, neutral oak barrels. Alc 12,5 % vol. 1,3 g/l residual sugar - dry 6,9 g/l acidity.

93 points
"From brown earth soils on coralline limestone and aged in Burgundian pièces, the 2020 Weinstock Alte Reben opens with a pure yet intense and slightly flinty, lemon-fresh nose with sur lie and elegant phenolic aromas. Enormously saline and grippy on the palate, this is a crystalline and tensioned white with complexity and elegant, ripe and balanced fruit. It has a very long and elegant, sustainable finish. 12.5% stated alcohol. Glass stopper. Tasted in May 2023."
Stephan Reinhardt,
Wine Advocate
September 29, 2023

SKU/Code: 
DB3636-20
Product Line: 
National Portfolio
Wine
White
Varietal: 
Welschriesling
Farming Type: 
Organic