Albalonga TBA
⏳ Drinking Window
2028 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roquefort or Stilton blue cheese, classic duck liver terrine, apricot tart with candied citrus peel.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted from botrytized berries of the rare crossing Albalonga (Rieslaner x Müller-Thurgau), this Trockenbeerenauslese exemplifies the heights of noble sweet winemaking in the limestone-rich Wonnegau district. The variety is naturally predisposed to high acidity and intense aromatics, allowing it to retain piercing freshness despite extraordinary levels of botrytis concentration. Grapes are meticulously hand-selected berry by berry, pressed with extreme gentleness, and fermented very slowly at cool cellar temperatures in stainless steel or neutral wooden barrels to safeguard purity and unctuous concentration.
🍾 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
Albalonga
🍷 ABV
7.5% - 9.0%