Westhofener Morstein Riesling BA
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roquefort or Stilton blue cheese, seared foie gras with spiced apricot compote, classic tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on a south-facing slope in Westhofen, the Morstein vineyard features heavy clay marl underlaid by fractured solid limestone bedrock, imparting intense mineral drive to this noble sweet Beerenauslese. Crafted exclusively from meticulously hand-selected, botrytis-affected Riesling berries, the fruit undergoes gentle pressing followed by slow, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in neutral vessels. The combination of intense natural sugars, high acidity, and concentrated noble rot yields an unctuous yet chiseled sweet dessert wine characterized by candied citrus, stone fruit nectar, and saline limestone 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
Riesling
🍷 ABV
7.5% - 9.0%