Tement Morillon Ried Zieregg Grosse STK Lage 2021

98 points Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "The 2021 Ried Zieregg Steilriegel GSTK comes from 41-year-old Morillon vines in the west-facing part of the grand cru that is 400 to 480 meters in altitude. The wine blends in some percentages of Sauvignon Blanc as well. It opens with a deep, intense and complex bouquet of ripe fruit that intermingles with the coralline limestone notes of the Zieregg and the sur lie notes perfectly well. The wine is full-bodied, rich and intense as well as powerful and sustainably structured, revealing remarkable finesse, mineral liveliness and tension. The finish is huge, expressive and very salty, whereas the body is structured by substance, minerals and fine tannins. This is a wine to be enjoyed from a big glass. It's still very young but a giant in the making. It was bottled unfiltered with 14% stated alcohol and sealed with a glass stopper. Tasted in Lech/Arlberg in December 2024 and in September 2024 in Grafenegg. Drink: 2025-2055. (6/26/25)"

97 points Peter Moser (Falstaff): "Pale golden yellow, silver reflections. A fine hint of fresh apricot, delicate yellow apple, candied oranges, some kumquats, background of a little honey blossom. Juicy and silky, white stone fruit, fine structure, fine nutty aromas on the finish, a highly elegant, light-footed wine of great complexity and length, as if from a single mold. Alcohol 13.5%. (6/24/24)"

95 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "Lots of smoked-bacon character but also a note of apples caramelized in butter make this surprisingly rich and full-bodied chardonnay for this high-altitude region stand out. Only in the bright, long finish does the mountain freshness of the Steiermark come through, and how delightful it is to smell its dew-laden meadows. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold. Glass stopper. (9/10/24)"