Estate Riesling Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout with lemon and herbs, fresh goat cheese crostini, smoked mackerel pâté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Cultivated across estate-owned biodynamic vineyards across the undulating hills of Westhofen, this dry estate bottling reflects the chalky limestone and marl soils of the Wonnegau. Hand-harvested grapes undergo gentle pressing followed by spontaneous fermentation driven by indigenous yeasts. The wine ages on fine lees in a combination of stainless steel and traditional neutral German oak casks (Stück and Doppelstück), resulting in a crisp, tension-filled Riesling defined by bright citrus, flinty mineral precision, and fine textural grip.
🍾 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
Riesling
🍷 ABV
11.5-12.5%