SAUVIGNON BLANC KALKMERGEL

Sauvignon Blanc is Southern Styria's calling card, but Kögl's version comes from vines rooted directly in Kalkmergel — the chalky limestone-marl that gives the region's best whites their electricity. The 2021 vintage scored 92 Falstaff points.

Tamara farms these slopes biodynamically, by hand, because the incline leaves no other choice. What lands in the glass is unmistakably Sauvignon Blanc — gooseberry, passionfruit, that green edge — but with a power and a salty, citrus-driven finish that comes straight from the soil underneath it. It's the wine to hand someone who thinks they've had every Sauvignon Blanc worth trying.