Ciringa, Pruh 2019

Wine description for Ciringa Pruh 2019 by Tement

Colour & appearance

Radiant golden yellow – the visible fruit of 46 months of patience on the fine lees.

Nose

A wine that makes no secret of its origins in coral limestone: wet stones and sea breeze lay the foundation before the variety reveals itself – elderflower, the skin of gooseberries, lime zest and lemongrass. No fireworks of aroma, but rather the concentrated stillness of a quarry.

Palate

Discipline perfected. The Pruh enters with a firm bite and a ripe spine of acidity that sends an electric pulse through the palate. A fulminant texture meets near-cool precision – every aromatic note sits exactly where it should, without a single superfluous gram of fruit.

Finish

Cathedral-cool and impressively long – a finale that traces the limestone soil for minutes afterwards.

Terroir & origin

The Pruh parcel – an old quarry within the Domaine Ciringa vineyards – lies at 340 to 480 metres, directly adjacent to the legendary Zieregg, that Grand Cru vineyard site which straddles both sides of the Austrian-Slovenian border. The vines are rooted in poor soils of clay-rich marl (known as Flysch or Opok) and coral limestone, covered by fertile brown earth. Fossilised marine creatures in the rock recall the ancient sea that once surged here.

Variety & vinification

Sauvignon Blanc, spontaneously fermented after a long period of skin contact, matured for 46 months on the fine lees and bottled unfiltered. At 12.5% ABV and vinified dry, this is a wine of remarkable tension between accessibility and depth.

Food recommendations

Oysters with currants and parsley mirror the salty minerality. Arctic char in elderflower broth with chervil finds its echo in the wine’s elderflower scent. And for those who prefer something more earthy: smoked rabbit with gooseberry and fennel confit – a combination that demands courage in the face of acidity and rewards it handsomely.

Special features

That a wine of such precision can emerge from an old quarry bears witness to the signature style of the Tement estate. The Ciringa line carries the Demeter logo – the biodynamic work on the Slovenian side is far more than a footnote here; it is the very foundation.