Vom Loss Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout with lemon and herbs, sushi and sashimi, or roasted asparagus with goat cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from wind-blown, deep loess deposits typical of the Westhofen hills, this estate-grown dry Riesling highlights an accessible, fruit-forward expression distinct from the fractured limestone crags nearby. Hand-harvested biodynamic fruit undergoes slow, spontaneous fermentation with ambient yeasts inside temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks and large, neutral German oak casks. Maturation on the fine lees preserves energetic varietal fruit alongside a rounded, textural mouthfeel supported by precise, saline acidity.
🍾 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% - 12.5%