Riesling Auslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, fruit tarts, spicy Asian cuisine
✨ Technical Specifications
In the sun-drenched, limestone-rich hills of Westhofen in the Rheinhessen, Weingut Wittmann crafts their Riesling Auslese as a testament to the region's historic sweet wine legacy. 'Auslese' translates to 'selected harvest,' requiring meticulous hand-selection of noble-rot (botrytized) or exceptionally ripe golden berries. Sourced from premier limestone parcels, these grapes undergo a gentle pressing before fermenting naturally in the estate's historic 1829 vaulted cellar. The resulting wine is a masterclass in tension, where the intense, honeyed sweetness of botrytis is perfectly countered by a piercing, salty minerality and vibrant acidity characteristic of Westhofen's ancient soils.
🍾 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
Riesling