2024 Weingut Tement 'Kalk & Kreide' Sauvignon Blanc, Sudsteiermark DAC, Austria Place of Changing Winds Vinification: Manual harvest

Vinification: Manual harvest

It is crazy that vineyards were ever planted in Chalone in the first place

especially in the way it straddles the line between still and sparkling wine

Apprentice Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie had the bright idea to import Virgin Oak barrels from Kentucky

Breakfast wine

2024 Weingut Tement 'Kalk & Kreide' Sauvignon Blanc, Sudsteiermark DAC, Austria Place of Changing Winds Vinification: Manual harvestTement is specialized in making exceptional single vineyard wines, but the flagship is the regional Sudsteiermark Sauvignon Blanc Kalk & Kreide. It is a blend from fifty sites and the name describes the main terroir, limestone and clay. Like all of their wines, the grapes are harvested by hand, undergo a maceration of twelve to twenty four hours and then fermentation happens spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel. Kalk & Kreide is