Weissburgunder Reserve Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, pan-seared veal chops
✨ Technical Specifications
While Weingut Wittmann is globally renowned for its monumental Rieslings, their mastery of the Pinot family is equally historic. Sourced from estate vineyards in Westhofen, where the soils are dominated by premium terra rossa and weathered limestone from an ancient coral reef, the Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) Reserve is a testament to the estate's biodynamic philosophy. Hand-harvested and gently pressed, the juice is fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in traditional, large neutral oak casks (Doppelstück) in their deep, humid 1829 cellar. This traditional upbringing coaxes out a multi-layered complexity, balancing a creamy, textured mouthfeel with a vibrant, chalky mineral core that reflects the unique limestone terroir of the Rheinhessen.
🍾 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
Weissburgunder