La Borne Riesling Alte Reben Auktion
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-roasted turbot with beurre blanc, dry-aged roasted veal with morel mushrooms, langoustines with fennel and lemon emulsion.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced exclusively from a superior, elevated plot of old vines within the Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen vineyard, La Borne Alte Reben is a rare auction bottling that captures the intense chalky essence of Wonnegau limestone. The parcel is defined by terra fusca marl over massive fractured Muschelkalk bedrock with a high active lime content. Hand-harvested with extreme sorting, the fruit undergoes spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts followed by prolonged aging on the fine lees in traditional neutral German oak Stück and Doppelstück casks. Bottled dry, it showcases exceptional structural tension, dense phenolic weight, and lingering saline minerality.
🍾 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
12.5% - 13.5%