Selektion Tesdorpf Grauer Burgunder
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork loin, creamy mushroom risotto, pan-seared poultry
✨ Technical Specifications
This exclusive bottling represents a collaboration between the historic Rheinhessen estate Weingut Wittmann and Carl Tesdorpf, one of Germany's oldest wine merchants established in Lübeck in 1678. Crafted from Grauer Burgunder (Pinot Gris) grown in the limestone-rich soils of Westhofen, this wine showcases Wittmann's commitment to biodynamic principles and precise craftsmanship. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and raised in a combination of stainless steel and traditional large oak casks, it marries the natural creamy texture and yellow-fruit richness of the grape with the vibrant, chalky minerality characteristic of the region's limestone terroir.
🍾 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
Grauer Burgunder