100 Hugel Grauer Burgunder Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout with brown butter and almonds, roasted poultry with tarragon, or creamy asparagus risotto.
✨ Technical Specifications
Cultivated across the rolling limestone-rich slopes of southern Rheinhessen, this dry Pinot Gris captures the textural purity characteristic of biodynamic farming. Fruit is harvested selectively by hand and gently pressed before undergoing fermentation with indigenous yeasts in temperature-regulated stainless steel tanks alongside traditional neutral oak casks. Extended contact on the fine lees imparts roundness and subtle savory depth, balancing vibrant acidity with the variety's inherent richness without heavy oak intervention.
🍾 About the Producer
With ancestral roots in Westhofen documented to 1663, Weingut Wittmann stands as a monumental force in the modern renaissance of Rheinhessen viticulture. Situated in the rolling Wonnegau district, the estate encompasses prestigious VDP Grosse Lage terroirs including Morstein, Kirchspiel, Brunnenhäuschen, and Aulerde. These steep, sun-drenched parcels feature deeply layered upper limestone and clay-marl colluvium over fractured subterranean limestone bedrock, fostering remarkable minerality and tension. Guided by cellarmaster Philipp Wittmann and his wife Eva Clüsserath, alongside his pioneering parents Günter and Elisabeth, the estate spearheaded organic cultivation in 1990 before achieving full Demeter biodynamic certification in 2004. In their vaulted 1829 cellar, hand-harvested fruit undergoes gentle pressing and spontaneous native-yeast fermentation in traditional large neutral oak Stück and Doppelstück casks. Renowned for chiseled, dry Rieslings and textural Burgundian varieties, Wittmann produces cellar-worthy benchmarks defined by intense saline depth, purity of fruit, and aristocratic limestone energy.
🍇 Grapes
Grauer Burgunder
🍷 ABV
12% - 12.5%