Westhofener Moorstein Riesling Spatlese
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Typically best enjoyed 5 to 25 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Spicy Thai curry, glazed roast pork, blue cheese
✨ wine.spec_sheet
The legendary Morstein vineyard, first documented in 1282, lies on a south-facing slope in Westhofen, where its heavy clay-marl soils are underpinned by dense, water-storing limestone. Weingut Wittmann's Westhofener Morstein Riesling Spätlese is a masterclass in the tension between noble sweetness and electric acidity. Crafted from biodynamically farmed old vines, the grapes are hand-harvested at optimal ripeness. In the estate's historic 1829 vaulted cellar, the juice undergoes a slow, natural fermentation in traditional large oak casks. The resulting Spätlese is a profound expression of its terroir, balancing rich stone fruit and honeyed complexity with a crystalline, salty mineral finish that reflects the deep limestone bedrock of the Morstein.
🍾 wine.about_producer
With a winegrowing heritage in the Rheinhessen village of Westhofen dating back to 1663, Weingut Wittmann is a pioneering force in German biodynamic viticulture, having committed to organic practices in 1990 and biodynamics in 2004. Managed today by Philipp Wittmann alongside his family, the estate is globally revered for its precise, terroir-driven dry Rieslings sourced from legendary Grosses Gewächs sites like Morstein, Kirchspiel, and Aulerde. In their historic vaulted cellar built in 1829, the wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in traditional large oak casks, resulting in structured, mineral-rich expressions of outstanding longevity.