Riesling Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout with lemon and herbs, roasted pork tenderloin with apple compote, or fresh goat cheese crostini.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced primarily from biodynamically farmed estate parcels across the limestone and loess soils of the southern Wonnegau, this Gutswein serves as the foundational introduction to dry estate Riesling. Handpicked fruit undergoes spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks alongside traditional neutral German oak Stück and Doppelstück casks. Extended contact on the fine lees imparts textural depth and roundness while preserving the classic electric backbone, resulting in a bone-dry, focused expression driven by citrus vibrancy and crushed limestone 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
11.5-12.5%