Westhofener Morstein Riesling Auslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roquefort or Stilton blue cheeses, seared duck foie gras with spiced orchard fruit compote, classic tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on a south-facing slope overlooking the Wonnegau, the Morstein vineyard is characterized by dense clay-marl topsoil underlain by fractured limestone bedrock. For this Auslese, late-harvested botrytized and highly concentrated Riesling berries are selectively hand-picked at elevated must weights. Ambient yeast vinification in traditional neutral Stück and Doppelstück oak casks tempers the natural residual sugar, integrating high extract with energetic, limestone-driven mineral cut.
🍾 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
7.5%–9.0%