Neumeister Sauvignon Blanc 'Ried Klausen' Trocken Vulkanland Steiermark 2020 Size:750ml 60% Grenache planted in the

60% Grenache planted in the 1950s and 2000s and 40% Syrah from the 1980s are destemmed and vinified separately with wild yeasts in concrete vats over three weeks with periodic pumpovers

Xavier included just 10% whole clusters in the vinification of the lighter-framed 2021

are destemmed before crushing

Vinified and aged in steel with no added sulfur at any point

Neumeister Sauvignon Blanc 'Ried Klausen' Trocken Vulkanland Steiermark 2020 Size:750ml 60% Grenache planted in theThe premier cru Klausen sits on an east southeast facing mountain ridge at 340 meters altitude, with heavily calcareous sandstone soils and a drastic 65% gradient. Christoph owns seven hectares here, and he wrests a Sauvignon Blanc of fine, clinging minerality and ultra precise, green tinted fruit from its poor soils. After a two day maceration, this wine ferments spontaneously in 25 hectoliter oak barrels and spends 12 months on its fine lees before