Weisser Burgunder Nr7
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout with brown butter and almonds, roast chicken with tarragon cream, or creamy asparagus risotto.
✨ Technical Specifications
Grown across the limestone-laced clay and loess parcels of the southern Wonnegau, this Weißburgunder bottling highlights the region's suitability for Burgundian grape varieties. Cultivated strictly according to biodynamic standards, the hand-harvested grapes undergo gentle pressing followed by spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Maturation takes place primarily in traditional large neutral German oak Stück and Doppelstück casks alongside stainless steel, resting on the fine lees to develop a creamy, textural mouthfeel balanced by vibrant limestone-driven 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
Weisser Burgunder
🍷 ABV
12 - 12.5%