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Natural wines from Styria

Sustainable viticulture with organic biodynamic practices has a long tradition in Styria, led by the community "Schmecke das Leben", whose natural wines can be found in numerous wine lists worldwide.

Burgunder SA

winestyle-img Fresh & Juicy
Fruity
Like a fruit basket of fresh fruit: From citrus to peach, apple, pear, to cherry, raspberry or plum.
Mineralic
Juicy
13,50 €
18,00 €/L

Rebenhof 2018

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Fruity
Like a fruit basket of fresh fruit: From citrus to peach, apple, pear, to cherry, raspberry or plum.
Vegetative
Juicy, Lively
16,00 €
21,33 €/L
Sold out

Morillon Muschelkalk 2019

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Fruity
Like a fruit basket of fresh fruit: From citrus to peach, apple, pear, to cherry, raspberry or plum.
Elegant, Smooth
15,00 €
20,00 €/L

Silt Lieu Dit 2015

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Floral
Like a fragrant flower meadow with notes like rose and jasmine blossoms and delicate meadow herbs.
Vegetative
Fine-meshed, Oxidative
19,90 €
26,53 €/L
Sold out

Chardonnay vom Opok 2020

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Vegetative
Earthy
Like an energy bursting forest floor with aromas of mushrooms, moss, root vegetables but also dried aromas.
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Complex, Fine-meshed
18,50 €
24,67 €/L
Sold out

Blaufränkisch -H- 2013

winestyle-img Silky & Deep
Spicy
Like an embrace of strong, warmer aromas from pepper to coriander, cloves, vanilla to tobacco and leather.
Earthy
Like an energy bursting forest floor with aromas of mushrooms, moss, root vegetables but also dried aromas.
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Fine-meshed, Complex
19,90 €
26,53 €/L

Roter Traminer -H- 2019

winestyle-img Rich & Deep
Vegetative
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Fruity
Like a fruit basket of fresh fruit: From citrus to peach, apple, pear, to cherry, raspberry or plum.
Rich, Complex, Elegant
36,00 €
48,00 €/L

Gelber Muskateller "Sand & Slate" 2021

winestyle-img Fresh & Juicy
Floral
Like a fragrant flower meadow with notes like rose and jasmine blossoms and delicate meadow herbs.
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Aromatic
16,50 €
22,00 €/L

Sauvignon from Opok 2020

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Fruity
Like a fruit basket of fresh fruit: From citrus to peach, apple, pear, to cherry, raspberry or plum.
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Juicy, Fine-meshed
18,50 €
24,67 €/L

Sauvignon Blanc 2017

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Vegetative
Fruity
Like a fruit basket of fresh fruit: From citrus to peach, apple, pear, to cherry, raspberry or plum.
Smooth, Lively
22,00 €
29,33 €/L

Welschriesling vom Opok 2019

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Vegetative
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Fruity
Like a fruit basket of fresh fruit: From citrus to peach, apple, pear, to cherry, raspberry or plum.
Quaffable, Fine-meshed
16,00 €
21,33 €/L

MAISCHEVERGOREN 2017

winestyle-img Rich & Deep
Vegetative
Earthy
Like an energy bursting forest floor with aromas of mushrooms, moss, root vegetables but also dried aromas.
Complex, Oxidative
32,00 €
42,67 €/L

Sauvignon Hohenegg 2019

winestyle-img Rich & Deep
Vegetative
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Smooth, Fine-meshed
25,90 €
34,53 €/L

Maischevergoren Morillon 2017

winestyle-img Rich & Deep
Vegetative
Floral
Like a fragrant flower meadow with notes like rose and jasmine blossoms and delicate meadow herbs.
Elegant, Fine-meshed
34,90 €
46,53 €/L

Welschriesling vom Opok 2020

winestyle-img Fresh & Juicy
Vegetative
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Smooth, Fine-meshed
16,50 €
22,00 €/L
Sold out

Sauvignon Blanc "Kalk & Kreide" 2020

winestyle-img Fresh & Juicy
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Floral
Like a fragrant flower meadow with notes like rose and jasmine blossoms and delicate meadow herbs.
Structured, Elegant
15,00 €
20,00 €/L

Ciringa Fosilni Breg Sauvignon Blanc 2020

winestyle-img Fresh & Juicy
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Fruity
Like a fruit basket of fresh fruit: From citrus to peach, apple, pear, to cherry, raspberry or plum.
Elegant, Lively
15,90 €
21,20 €/L

Koregg Blaufränkisch 2020

winestyle-img Silky & Deep
Mineralisch
Fruchtig
Elegant
44,90 €
59,87 €/L

Morillon Muschelkalk 2020

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Fruity
Like a fruit basket of fresh fruit: From citrus to peach, apple, pear, to cherry, raspberry or plum.
Elegant, Smooth
16,90 €
22,53 €/L
sale

Get to know: Tauss!

Normal price 60,40 € Special Price 58,90 €
sale

Terroir Total!

Normal price 74,70 € Special Price 72,50 €

Sauvignon Blanc "Grassnitzberg" 2019

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Elegant, Tight
29,00 €
38,67 €/L

Sauvignon Blanc Urban 2017

winestyle-img Rich & Deep
Floral
Like a fragrant flower meadow with notes like rose and jasmine blossoms and delicate meadow herbs.
Mineral
Like the idea of a wet stone: sometimes cool, salty, slightly smoky and mostly a tight, grippy texture on the palate. Rather a mouthfeel than aromatics.
Vegetative
Rich, Complex, Elegant
33,00 €
44,00 €/L

Hochegg Morillon 2021

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Fruchtig
Würzig
Mineralisch
Engmaschig, Komplex
43,90 €
58,53 €/L

Legionärin Sauvignon Blanc 2021

winestyle-img Fine & Layered
Mineralisch
Fruchtig
Elegant, Lebendig
32,90 €
43,87 €/L

Pinot Noir Koregg 2020

winestyle-img Silky & Deep
Floral
Like a fragrant flower meadow with notes like rose and jasmine blossoms and delicate meadow herbs.
Fruchtig
Elegant
53,00 €
70,67 €/L

Natural wine from Styria: from the beginnings to today

Since the beginning of the 2000s, natural wines have been produced in the approx. 7000 hectare wine region of Styria, which have gained great popularity in recent years, especially internationally. Winegrowers such as Werlitsch, Muster, Tauss, Strohmeier and Karl Schnabel were early advocates of sustainable viticulture and are thus natural wine pioneers in this field - first and foremost the value community "Schmecke das Leben" and Otto and Beate Knaus, who were founding members of Bio Steiermark.

Styrian natural wines are known for their aroma and juiciness, for their spiciness and their incomparable minerality. They are wines that are extremely determined by their origin, by the temperate, low-wind, high-rainfall overall climate that allows for any number of microclimates. The region is characterised by weathered volcanic rock soils, soils of solid rock such as slate and gneiss, soils on limestone, on gravel and conglomerate, on sand and sandstone and the well-known Opok.

The best-known grape varieties include Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Muskateller, Welschriesling and for some years now, the potential of red grape varieties such as Pinot Noir, Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt has also been recognised.

Regionally rooted - internationally acclaimed: "Schmecke das Leben"

Franz & Christine Strohmeier and Alice & Roland Tauss were pioneers of organic and biodynamic viticulture, respectively, at the beginning of the new millennium, when the organically farmed vineyards in Austria was just 2 to 3 percent. The Tauss and Strohmeier wineries belong to the community "Schmecke das Leben" (alongside Werlitsch, Muster and Tscheppe), whose path leads them to explore a holistic understanding of nature.

Building on the ideas and guidelines of biodynamics, the winemakers engage in an intensive dialogue about new ways and insights regarding the careful handling of nature and sustainable winemaking. As a group they share their knowledge in handling and use synergies. No pure yeasts, no or only minimal use of sulphur, no fining-a striving for quality that has long been present among top winemakers.

Styrian Natural wines can be found in the best wine lists around the world.

Over the years, the number of organic and biodynamic wineries has increased enormously. New, younger wineries include Karl Schnabel's Ermihof, Hartmut Aubell’s Rebenhof on the southern Styrian wine route, Jasmin and Daniel Jaunegg on the Eichberg, Kaariegel and Warger Hack in Kitzeck and many others. 

The Weingut Tement is one of the best-known wineries in Styria and was founded back in the 1980s. When Manfred Tement's father died prematurely in the 1990s, new standards for sustainable viticulture were set and the first successes were not long in coming. Today, the sons Armin and Stefan Tement lead the winery into the modern age.