Sauvignon Blanc, “Alte Reben”

Neumeister’s legendary “Alte Reben” (“old vines”) is produced from the two oldest Sauvignon Blanc plantings in Styria: a 1937 east-facing parcel on Buchberg’s “Stradener Himmelsburg” situated at 360 meters altitude in poor, limestone-dominated soils; and an east-facing planting from 1967 in premier cru Klausen’s calcareous sandstone. Christoph ages the “Alte Reben” a staggering three years in used 500-liter barrels, allowing it to develop stunning textural breadth and aromatic nuance. We are fortunate to be able to obtain a handful of cases every so often, and this is one to be snagged swiftly if it is encountered in the wild.