Weingut Tement Berghausen Grassnitzberg Sauvignon Blanc Erste STK Lage, Sudsteiermark, Austria

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Fermented in tank and matured in larger barrels, the 2006 Sauvignon Blanc Grassnitzberg reflects its cool site in a strong citricity and brisk, breezy personality. A pungent diversity of herbs and flowers inform the nose, and with fresh lime, cassis, and gooseberry make for a bracing and refreshing palate impression and invigorating, chalky persistence. Tement’s expansion has not stopped at the Slovenian border, and in 2006 he acquired the neighboring holdings of the Carmelites – where his father long worked as winemaker – and since replanted their 90 year old patchwork of vine varieties to insure more Zieregg Sauvignon for the future. Tement has begun using glass stoppers on his wines in lieu of corks. Given the extent of his offerings and given that I travel to Styria only every other year, I cannot pretend to have tasted Tement’s entire 2005 and 2006 collections, but only the subset (perhaps half) that he chose to show me in the time we had available. Tement is modifying his approach with Sauvignon – especially in the top sites – having decided that lower yields and the consequent ability to harvest somewhat earlier are more advantageous (not to mention less risky) than the long hang time he has traditionally practiced with this variety.Importer: Weygandt-Metzler Importing (www.weygandtmetzler.com), Unionville, PA; tel. 610-486-0800