2021 Weingut Tement Grassnitzberg Sauvignon Blanc Erste STK Lage, Steiermark, Austria Starlight Distillery chloritic schist and sandstone

chloritic schist and sandstone

and that's also reflected in the price

but lots of ripe fruit flesh

not for flashing posh terms

featuring a collection of village and premier cru wines from Beaune

2021 Weingut Tement Grassnitzberg Sauvignon Blanc Erste STK Lage, Steiermark, Austria Starlight Distillery chloritic schist and sandstoneThe single vineyard Grassnitzberg was the first vineyard owned by the Tement family and was planted in the early 1950's. It's a special site with coralline limestone soil with south southeast facing slopes. After natural fermentation, the wine is aged for 18 months on the lees in big neutral oak casks. Bottled unfiltered.