Der Berg Chardonnay Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled lobster with butter
✨ Technical Specifications
Wittmann's Der Berg Chardonnay Reserve represents the pinnacle of the estate's exploration into Burgundian varieties within the premier limestone terroirs of Westhofen. While the estate is globally renowned for its legendary Rieslings, the cool-climate, calcium-carbonate-rich soils of the Rheinhessen provide an exceptional canvas for Chardonnay. 'Der Berg' (The Mountain) refers to the elevated, wind-swept vineyard parcels that yield grapes with intense concentration, vibrant acidity, and a distinct chalky footprint. Cultivated under strict biodynamic principles, the grapes are hand-harvested and fermented with indigenous yeasts in French oak casks. This meticulous process yields a white wine of immense structure, deep mineral tension, and a refined, subtly reductive character that beautifully bridges German precision with classic Burgundian elegance.
🍾 About the Producer
With viticultural heritage in Westhofen dating back to 1663, Weingut Wittmann is one of Germany's most influential pioneers of organic and biodynamic viticulture in the Wonnegau sub-region of Rheinhessen. Under the visionary leadership of Philipp Wittmann, alongside his family, the estate transitioned to organic farming in 1990 and achieved full biodynamic certification in 2004. Wittmann's philosophy centers on intense vineyard care, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, and aging in traditional neutral oak casks to express the profound limestone-rich terroir of legendary VDP.Grosse Lage sites such as Morstein, Kirchspiel, Aulerde, and Brunnenhäuschen. Renowned globally for benchmark Grosses Gewächs dry Rieslings characterized by crystalline precision, tension, and chalky minerality, the estate also crafts exceptional noble sweet botrytis wines and refined Pinot Noir.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay