Westhofener Morstein Riesling GG Auktion
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared turbot with beurre blanc, roast sweetbreads with morels, dry-aged pork loin with caramelized fennel
✨ Technical Specifications
Originating from the finest parcel selections within the historic Morstein vineyard in Westhofen, this auction cuvée captures the most concentrated essence of the site's fractured limestone bedrock and heavy clay-marl colluvium. Situated on south-facing slopes at elevations reaching up to 280 meters, the vines benefit from prolonged diurnal shifts and deep-rooted access to subterranean water channels. Fermentation occurs spontaneously via indigenous yeasts in neutral wooden Stück and Doppelstück casks, followed by prolonged maturation on the gross lees without temperature acceleration. The resulting wine is an exceptionally compact, chiseled expression of dry Riesling endowed with immense tension and aristocratic chalk minerality.
🍾 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%–13.5%