A lean, stony white wine from the Lemberg vineyard site in Kremstal – hand-harvested, dry and, at just 10.0% abv, a Demeter Riesling of impressive coolness and structure.
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Bottler: HM Lang,Steinspreng 6, A-3500 Stein/Donau / Austria
In the glass
Colour
Pale yellow with green reflections and a silvery rim.
Nose
Floral notes of jasmine and lilac, accompanied by wet pebbles as after a summer rain; green apple, lime zest and small green pears.
Palate
Crystalline and razor-sharp on the palate, sinewy rather than fat; delicate fruit extract, taut acidity, tension and length despite a delicate 10.0% abv.
Character
As if carved in stone – cool, angular and highly mineral; an athletic Riesling with depth that reflects the barren terroir.
Pairing
Trout au bleu, ceviche with lime or a crisp asparagus salad.
Notes
Comes from vines around 30 years old on pure granite with barely half a metre of soil above the rock; a Demeter wine, unfiltered and aged on the fine lees for over two years. The estate is defined by Markus Lang’s engineering precision, from pressing over several days at up to 100 tonnes of pressure to harvesting according to pH values around 3.0.
Tasting note
Colour & appearance
Pale yellow with green reflections and a silvery rim — a wine that already appears cool and composed in the glass, like the rock on which it grew.
Nose
A fragrance as if carved in stone. Only with air do floral notes of jasmine and lilac open up, then the minerality makes its way through — wet pebbles after a summer rain. Alongside this, green apples, a hint of lime zest and small, plump green pears.
Palate
Crystalline like an ice-cold mountain stream, razor-sharp on the attack. Not a gram of fat on its ribs: almost sinewy, with the physique of a trained dancer — well-defined, powerful, without tipping into bulkiness. The fruit hides within the delicate extract, while the acidity provides tension and length. All this at just 10.0 % ABV — lightness as an attitude.
Finish
Long, cool, stony. What remains is the echo of rock and citrus peel — a finish that whispers rather than roars, yet is astonishingly persistent.
Terroir & origin
The barren vineyard site Lemberg in Kremstal, near Stein an der Donau: vines around 30 years old on pure granite, with barely half a metre of soil above the rock. The estate also includes the Steiner Schreck cru with vines aged 80 to 100 years — provenance with gravitas.
Grape variety & vinification
Hand-harvested Riesling, dry, unfiltered, aged on the fine lees for over two years. Markus Lang — once an Airbus engineer, today a biodynamic pioneer on the Danube (Demeter) — presses with a self-built tree press applying up to 100 tonnes of pressure, harvests according to a pH value of around 3.0 and lets the estate’s wines mature at a constant 9 °C in a bomb-proof tunnel deep within the gneiss. Precision engineering meets old vines.
Food recommendations
A wine for the razor-sharp and the clear: raw sole with lime, baked zander fillets on fennel, asparagus with vinaigrette or fresh goat’s cheese with herbs. Also an elegant counterpoint to Wiener Schnitzel of veal.
Special features
A Riesling of great density yet only 10 % alcohol — here, that is no contradiction but the very concept: freshness with length and structure. Vinified in one of Austria’s most unusual cellars, at an estate producing merely 12,000 bottles a year.
