Spatburgunder Rotwein Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared duck breast with cherry reduction, roasted chanterelle mushrooms, or rosemary-crusted rack of lamb.
✨ Technical Specifications
Cultivated on the limestone-rich clay marl slopes of the southern Wonnegau, this dry Spätburgunder estate bottling reflects biodynamic canopy management and low-yield viticulture. Following selective manual harvesting, the fruit undergoes spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in open vats, accompanied by gentle maceration to extract fine phenolic structure. The wine matures primarily in neutral German oak Stück and Doppelstück casks alongside a modest portion of used French barriques, allowing micro-oxygenation to soften tannins while preserving crystalline limestone-derived tension.
🍾 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
Spätburgunder
🍷 ABV
12.5-13%