Signature Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout with lemon and herbs, fresh goat cheese crostini, or sushi and sashimi.
✨ Technical Specifications
Cultivated according to strict biodynamic standards in the rolling limestone-rich hills of southern Rheinhessen, this dry estate Riesling captures the crystalline minerality and vibrant tension characteristic of the Wonnegau. Hand-harvested fruit undergoes gentle pressing followed by spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in temperature-regulated stainless steel tanks and large, neutral German oak Stück casks. Prolonged fine lees contact imparts subtle textural depth without obscuring the piercing purity of citrus and crushed stone.
🍾 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
12.0%