Scheurebe Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout with lemon and herbs, Thai green papaya salad, fresh goat cheese crostini.
✨ Technical Specifications
Cultivated on the limestone-laced clay and loess soils of the southern Wonnegau, this dry Scheurebe reflects biodynamic farming methods and low yields that emphasize aromatic tension over overt fruitiness. Following selective manual harvesting, the grapes are gently pressed and fermented spontaneously with ambient yeasts, predominantly in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks alongside traditional neutral oak casks. Extended contact on the fine lees imparts textural weight and structural depth, yielding an expressive, bone-dry interpretation that balances classic varietal aromatics with mineral-driven salinity.
🍾 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
Scheurebe
🍷 ABV
11.5-12.5%