Südsteiermark
Steep green hills — Sauvignon Blanc
- Soil
- Steep, green, often hand-worked hills on limestone and slate in Austria's cool, rainy south, near the Slovenian border.
- Style
- Crystalline, herbal Sauvignon Blanc and textured Welschriesling — fresh, precise and increasingly age-worthy at 'Erste STK Lage' level.
- Top sites
- Top sites like Zieregg produce profound, Sancerre-meets-Pessac Sauvignon Blanc.
- Vintages
- 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Producers
- TementSattlerhofWohlmuth
Tip · Styrian Sauvignon trades cat's-pee pungency for stony, savoury depth.
Value pick
Sattlerhof Sauvignon Blanc 'Südsteiermark' · ~$25
Crisp, herbal, stony Styrian Sauvignon.
Collector pick
Tement Sauvignon Blanc 'Zieregg' · ~$70 · 2021
Profound, textured, ageworthy single-vineyard Sauvignon.