Westhofener Brunnenhauschen Riesling GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared turbot with beurre blanc, roast veal chop with wild chanterelles, or aged Comté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched at one of the highest elevations in Westhofen, Brunnenhäuschen features an east-to-southeast exposure that captures intense morning sunlight while benefiting from brisk winds that prolong the ripening cycle. The parcel's soil composition features a thin layer of clay marl intermingled with limestone rubble and iron-rich red terra fusca, situated directly over solid limestone bedrock. Fruit is cultivated under biodynamic farming, rigorously selected by hand, and pressed gently before undergoing spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The wine ages on its fine lees in neutral German oak Stück and Doppelstück casks, producing a dry Grosse Lage Riesling distinguished by cool, herbal tension, chiseled minerality, and structural density.
🍾 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
12.5-13%