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| Type of Wine | White |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Region | |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (12%) |
| Drink window | 2024 - 2032 |
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The Wittmann Riesling Trocken 2023 is a pale yellow wine with a light green tinge. On the nose it is subtle, with aromas of melon, apricot, fresh herbs and a clear minerality. The earthy minerals are strongly evident in the mouth, and despite the lack of residual sweetness, the wine has a full structure that is greater than an average Riesling. The acids are ripe and not bitter, and in the aftertaste the acids and minerals compete for attention. This wine stimulates saliva production and invites you to eat.
This Riesling is of an exceptionally high level, with beautiful juice and a refreshing liveliness.
The grapes for this wine are grown biodynamically on the calcareous soils of Westhofen. The vineyards are carefully managed, with manual selection of the grapes and various biodynamic-friendly measures throughout the year.
After harvest, the grapes are gently pressed, followed by traditional vinification methods. The wines are mainly fermented in large traditional barrels, which contributes to their unique character.
Our estate Riesling is a true representative of its Rheinhessen roots. Grown on the chalky soils of Westhofen, it offers an uncompromising terroir experience. The wine has a salty, spicy and slender structure, with a dancing character of yellow Riesling.
Philipp Wittmann (responsible for the cellar and export), together with father Günther (vineyards) and mother Elisabeth (sales), has built a fantastic wine company in Westhofen, Rheinhessen. Since 1990, we have been working first organically and later biodynamically. The starting point for the wines is therefore: terroir expression through healthy soil. A low yield per hectare, manual selection of the best grapes and a very slow vinification with natural yeasts without the addition of sulphite on large wooden foeders do the rest. The house is 'the standard' for Rheinhessen and now also a standard for German white in general. This is evident from the enormous flow of international appreciations that the wines receive, both higher and lower. Philipp has already been named the best white winemaker in Germany twice by the authoritative Eichelmann in 2003 and 2013. In 2014 he received the same title from Gault Millau. Philipp is married to Eva Clüsserath who owns her own wine estate in the Moselle.
| Block Bundle Options | No |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | White |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Rheinhessen |
| Winery | Weingut Wittmann |
| Grape | Riesling |
| Biological certified | Yes |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2032 |
| Alcohol % | 12 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | No |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Screw cap |
| Promotion | Tier Price |
| Parker rating | 91 |
| James Suckling rating | 93 |
| Tasting Profiles | Aromatic, Floral, Fresh, Fruity, Light, Mineral, Tense, White fruit |
| Drink moments | Borrelen, Met vrienden, Summer party, Terras, Voor alledag |
Rating
91
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
2020 - 2030
Reviewed by
Stephan Reinhardt
Issue Date
13th Aug 2020
Source
August 2020 Week 2, The Wine Advocate
The 2019 Riesling Trocken is bright, very clear, deep and intense on the precise, reductive and slightly flinty nose. On the palate, this is a juicy, well-concentrated and silky-textured yet firmly structured dry Riesling with lingering salinity and lovely mineral purity. Very long, perfectly round and highly stimulating. 12% alcohol. This is Wittmann's estate wine, and 60,000 bottles were produced, so 30,000 less than in 2018. Tasted in March 2020.
Philipp Wittmann himself is torn as to which of his GGs he likes best in 2019. In my tasting, in May the choice was easy. The Brunnenhäuschen GG shows all the merits of the vintage at its best: highly elegant, refined and complex yet weightless, with immense finesse and energy. However, Morstein and La Borne are hardly behind, they just weren't as developed. Without a doubt, Wittmann's 2019s, especially these three Riesling GGs, are great wines, even greater than the 2018s, possibly even the finest of the last 20 years, even though he himself sees 2001 and 2002 at the same high level. And that, according to Philipp, borders on "a miracle" because the 2019 vintage was "quite turbulent." Only at the time of harvesting the "perfectly ripe and healthy grapes" did it become clear that 2019 could bear great wines. "The berries were not overripe at all and were really crunchy when we picked them," says Philipp.
The year started late in the vineyards, and the flowering around June 10th was also rather late compared to the two previous years. A "turbo summer" followed with nothing but sunshine, under which the vines caught up. The fruit set was low after the above-average yield in 2018 and should be at 45 hectoliters per hectare at the end of the harvest. This benefited the vintage just as much as the cool nights from mid-August until the end of the harvest on October 5, during which the characteristic acidity of 2019 was not only preserved but also remained lively and refreshing. The fruit is clear and ripe but also rather cool, elegant and extremely precise. The wines are fresh and vital, enormously stringent and reflect their respective terroirs in an exemplary manner.
In the absence of pressure during the harvest, Wittmann was able to sort the fruits wonderfully, so that he was able to collect many pieces for the final blend. "For the first time, we even harvested according to the age of the vines, and processed and vinified all grapes from vines younger than 15 years separately. Only the grapes from older vines went into the crus from Erste and Grosse Lagen." That was a good idea considering the dry summer, even though the soils in Westhofen are deep anyway and especially the Brunnenhäuschen and Morstein have underground springs.
The harvest began on September 16th with the Pinots, and the Rieslings were harvested from the 25th. Despite the hot summer, this is 20 days later than 2018, which was already finished on October 2nd, but of course had a longer harvest season. Of the warm vintages of this century, 2018 is the best according to Philipp, but 2019 is the greater vintage because of the cool precision. The alcohol values are all in a moderate range of 12.4% to 12.7%. Of the older vintages, 2007 is now drinking very well; this too was a year with a long, sunny autumn, with almost four months between flowering and harvesting of the GGs. 2012 also shows his class in a very puristic, fresh way, while 2015 is still much too young to drink.
I am looking forward to tasting Wittmann's 2019 GGs again soon from the bottle. The report will follow in autumn. However, readers should not hesitate to buy now before the wines are gone. Wittmann is a reliable and great producer who hasn't disappointed me in 20 years. Try the impressive estate Riesling or the exceptional Westhofener, and you'll know the road you have to travel: up into the sky.
Rating
92
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
2020 - 2032
Reviewed by
Stephan Reinhardt
Issue Date
7th May 2020
Source
May 2020 Week 1, The Wine Advocate
The 2018 Riesling Trocken is super clear, intense and elegant on the nose. On the palate, this is a stunning, very intense, highly finessed and sooty dry Riesling with fine tannins. This spectacular dry Riesling is their estate wine, and it will be be hard to find any better Rieslings at this price point. Very salty, pure and stimulating on the finish. Rich. Tasted at the domaine in March 2020.
Philipp Wittmann is one of the top producers of dry Rieslings in Germany, but that's no news. I was surprised to see which steps forward he has made with his Pinot Noir, which is produced like a grand cru yet marketed with no specific origin. However, he has two hectares with Pinot Noir in the Guntersheimer Höllenbrand that were planted five to 15 years ago with Burgundian genetics and are the source for the Reserve. Another holding is in the Westhofener Steingrube, which is used for the generic Pinot Noir that already delivers a lot of character for a moderate price. The yields are kept as low as 30 hectoliters per hectare, and to keep the freshness, the harvest started as early as August 28, which is typical for the terroir in the hillsides of the Wonnegau.
Regarding the Riesling Grosses Gewächs Morstein and La Borne as well as Brunnenhäuschen, they are world-class wines in 2017 and 2018. They combine power and concentration with tension and mineral freshness. The 2017s are perhaps even more dense, but the purity and shining chalky character of the 2018s is thoroughly amazing. In 10 years, the particular vintage characters should come out significantly more clearly.
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Located in Westhofen in the Rheinhessen wine region, Weingut Wittmann produces biodynamic wines with terroir expression and extreme precision. The Wittmanns and their ancestors have been wine growers in Westhofen since the 17th century. The experience of some 350 volumes of more than 15 generations is great in the priceless heritage of the family. Time and rest are essential ingredients for making a good wine. And this is exactly what the wines get in abundance in the vaulted cellar, built in 1829. Winemaker Philipp Wittmann watches over his wines, under constant temperature and humidity conditions, while maturing in 80 wooden barrels. The oldest of these barrels is from the year 1890 and has already housed many great vintages. Each barrel contains the harvest of 1 single vineyard plot.
Star winemaker Philipp Wittmann (responsible for the cellar and export), together with father Günther (vineyards) and mother Elisabeth (sales), have built a fantastic wine company in Westhofen, Rheinhessen. Since 1990, work has been done biologically and later biologically dynamically. The starting point for the wines is therefore: terroir expression through healthy soil. A low yield per hectare, manual selection of the best grapes and a very slow vinification with natural yeasts without the addition of sulfite on large wooden feeds do the rest. The house is 'the standard' for Rheinhessen and now also a standard for German white in general. This is evident from the enormous flow of international valuations that the wines receive, both higher and lower. For example, Philipp has already twice been named the best white winemaker in Germany by the authoritative Eichelmann in 2003 and 2013. In 2014 he received the same title from Gault Millau. Philipp is married to Eva Clüsserath who owns her own wine estate in the Moselle. Philipp is said to hate August: he has to divide his Grosse Gewächse. This is especially annoying because the demand is increasing and the supply is small. So he actually has too little for everyone. Not surprising, given that his GGs earn up to 96 points from Parker, he was crowned Germany's best white winemaker twice by Eichelmann, winemaker of the year at Gault Millau in 2014, and at Schlemmer Atlas in 2015 and annually in Mainz during the GG tasting as one of the very best!
Wittmann has consistently opted for quality, which means that he only releases the finest fruit from his vineyards as GG. The rest goes in the Westhofener and even the Riesling Trocken is partly made with this noble fruit.
The Wittmann Riesling Trocken 2023 is a pale yellow wine with a light green tinge. On the nose it is subtle, with aromas of melon, apricot, fresh herbs and a clear minerality. The earthy minerals are strongly evident in the mouth, and despite the lack of residual sweetness, the wine has a full structure that is greater than an average Riesling. The acids are ripe and not bitter, and in the aftertaste the acids and minerals compete for attention. This wine stimulates saliva production and invites you to eat.
This Riesling is of an exceptionally high level, with beautiful juice and a refreshing liveliness.
The grapes for this wine are grown biodynamically on the calcareous soils of Westhofen. The vineyards are carefully managed, with manual selection of the grapes and various biodynamic-friendly measures throughout the year.
After harvest, the grapes are gently pressed, followed by traditional vinification methods. The wines are mainly fermented in large traditional barrels, which contributes to their unique character.
Our estate Riesling is a true representative of its Rheinhessen roots. Grown on the chalky soils of Westhofen, it offers an uncompromising terroir experience. The wine has a salty, spicy and slender structure, with a dancing character of yellow Riesling.
Philipp Wittmann (responsible for the cellar and export), together with father Günther (vineyards) and mother Elisabeth (sales), has built a fantastic wine company in Westhofen, Rheinhessen. Since 1990, we have been working first organically and later biodynamically. The starting point for the wines is therefore: terroir expression through healthy soil. A low yield per hectare, manual selection of the best grapes and a very slow vinification with natural yeasts without the addition of sulphite on large wooden foeders do the rest. The house is 'the standard' for Rheinhessen and now also a standard for German white in general. This is evident from the enormous flow of international appreciations that the wines receive, both higher and lower. Philipp has already been named the best white winemaker in Germany twice by the authoritative Eichelmann in 2003 and 2013. In 2014 he received the same title from Gault Millau. Philipp is married to Eva Clüsserath who owns her own wine estate in the Moselle.
| Block Bundle Options | No |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | White |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Rheinhessen |
| Winery | Weingut Wittmann |
| Grape | Riesling |
| Biological certified | Yes |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2032 |
| Alcohol % | 12 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | No |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Screw cap |
| Promotion | Tier Price |
| Parker rating | 91 |
| James Suckling rating | 93 |
| Tasting Profiles | Aromatic, Floral, Fresh, Fruity, Light, Mineral, Tense, White fruit |
| Drink moments | Borrelen, Met vrienden, Summer party, Terras, Voor alledag |
Rating
91
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
2020 - 2030
Reviewed by
Stephan Reinhardt
Issue Date
13th Aug 2020
Source
August 2020 Week 2, The Wine Advocate
The 2019 Riesling Trocken is bright, very clear, deep and intense on the precise, reductive and slightly flinty nose. On the palate, this is a juicy, well-concentrated and silky-textured yet firmly structured dry Riesling with lingering salinity and lovely mineral purity. Very long, perfectly round and highly stimulating. 12% alcohol. This is Wittmann's estate wine, and 60,000 bottles were produced, so 30,000 less than in 2018. Tasted in March 2020.
Philipp Wittmann himself is torn as to which of his GGs he likes best in 2019. In my tasting, in May the choice was easy. The Brunnenhäuschen GG shows all the merits of the vintage at its best: highly elegant, refined and complex yet weightless, with immense finesse and energy. However, Morstein and La Borne are hardly behind, they just weren't as developed. Without a doubt, Wittmann's 2019s, especially these three Riesling GGs, are great wines, even greater than the 2018s, possibly even the finest of the last 20 years, even though he himself sees 2001 and 2002 at the same high level. And that, according to Philipp, borders on "a miracle" because the 2019 vintage was "quite turbulent." Only at the time of harvesting the "perfectly ripe and healthy grapes" did it become clear that 2019 could bear great wines. "The berries were not overripe at all and were really crunchy when we picked them," says Philipp.
The year started late in the vineyards, and the flowering around June 10th was also rather late compared to the two previous years. A "turbo summer" followed with nothing but sunshine, under which the vines caught up. The fruit set was low after the above-average yield in 2018 and should be at 45 hectoliters per hectare at the end of the harvest. This benefited the vintage just as much as the cool nights from mid-August until the end of the harvest on October 5, during which the characteristic acidity of 2019 was not only preserved but also remained lively and refreshing. The fruit is clear and ripe but also rather cool, elegant and extremely precise. The wines are fresh and vital, enormously stringent and reflect their respective terroirs in an exemplary manner.
In the absence of pressure during the harvest, Wittmann was able to sort the fruits wonderfully, so that he was able to collect many pieces for the final blend. "For the first time, we even harvested according to the age of the vines, and processed and vinified all grapes from vines younger than 15 years separately. Only the grapes from older vines went into the crus from Erste and Grosse Lagen." That was a good idea considering the dry summer, even though the soils in Westhofen are deep anyway and especially the Brunnenhäuschen and Morstein have underground springs.
The harvest began on September 16th with the Pinots, and the Rieslings were harvested from the 25th. Despite the hot summer, this is 20 days later than 2018, which was already finished on October 2nd, but of course had a longer harvest season. Of the warm vintages of this century, 2018 is the best according to Philipp, but 2019 is the greater vintage because of the cool precision. The alcohol values are all in a moderate range of 12.4% to 12.7%. Of the older vintages, 2007 is now drinking very well; this too was a year with a long, sunny autumn, with almost four months between flowering and harvesting of the GGs. 2012 also shows his class in a very puristic, fresh way, while 2015 is still much too young to drink.
I am looking forward to tasting Wittmann's 2019 GGs again soon from the bottle. The report will follow in autumn. However, readers should not hesitate to buy now before the wines are gone. Wittmann is a reliable and great producer who hasn't disappointed me in 20 years. Try the impressive estate Riesling or the exceptional Westhofener, and you'll know the road you have to travel: up into the sky.
Rating
92
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
2020 - 2032
Reviewed by
Stephan Reinhardt
Issue Date
7th May 2020
Source
May 2020 Week 1, The Wine Advocate
The 2018 Riesling Trocken is super clear, intense and elegant on the nose. On the palate, this is a stunning, very intense, highly finessed and sooty dry Riesling with fine tannins. This spectacular dry Riesling is their estate wine, and it will be be hard to find any better Rieslings at this price point. Very salty, pure and stimulating on the finish. Rich. Tasted at the domaine in March 2020.
Philipp Wittmann is one of the top producers of dry Rieslings in Germany, but that's no news. I was surprised to see which steps forward he has made with his Pinot Noir, which is produced like a grand cru yet marketed with no specific origin. However, he has two hectares with Pinot Noir in the Guntersheimer Höllenbrand that were planted five to 15 years ago with Burgundian genetics and are the source for the Reserve. Another holding is in the Westhofener Steingrube, which is used for the generic Pinot Noir that already delivers a lot of character for a moderate price. The yields are kept as low as 30 hectoliters per hectare, and to keep the freshness, the harvest started as early as August 28, which is typical for the terroir in the hillsides of the Wonnegau.
Regarding the Riesling Grosses Gewächs Morstein and La Borne as well as Brunnenhäuschen, they are world-class wines in 2017 and 2018. They combine power and concentration with tension and mineral freshness. The 2017s are perhaps even more dense, but the purity and shining chalky character of the 2018s is thoroughly amazing. In 10 years, the particular vintage characters should come out significantly more clearly.
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
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Located in Westhofen in the Rheinhessen wine region, Weingut Wittmann produces biodynamic wines with terroir expression and extreme precision. The Wittmanns and their ancestors have been wine growers in Westhofen since the 17th century. The experience of some 350 volumes of more than 15 generations is great in the priceless heritage of the family. Time and rest are essential ingredients for making a good wine. And this is exactly what the wines get in abundance in the vaulted cellar, built in 1829. Winemaker Philipp Wittmann watches over his wines, under constant temperature and humidity conditions, while maturing in 80 wooden barrels. The oldest of these barrels is from the year 1890 and has already housed many great vintages. Each barrel contains the harvest of 1 single vineyard plot.
Star winemaker Philipp Wittmann (responsible for the cellar and export), together with father Günther (vineyards) and mother Elisabeth (sales), have built a fantastic wine company in Westhofen, Rheinhessen. Since 1990, work has been done biologically and later biologically dynamically. The starting point for the wines is therefore: terroir expression through healthy soil. A low yield per hectare, manual selection of the best grapes and a very slow vinification with natural yeasts without the addition of sulfite on large wooden feeds do the rest. The house is 'the standard' for Rheinhessen and now also a standard for German white in general. This is evident from the enormous flow of international valuations that the wines receive, both higher and lower. For example, Philipp has already twice been named the best white winemaker in Germany by the authoritative Eichelmann in 2003 and 2013. In 2014 he received the same title from Gault Millau. Philipp is married to Eva Clüsserath who owns her own wine estate in the Moselle. Philipp is said to hate August: he has to divide his Grosse Gewächse. This is especially annoying because the demand is increasing and the supply is small. So he actually has too little for everyone. Not surprising, given that his GGs earn up to 96 points from Parker, he was crowned Germany's best white winemaker twice by Eichelmann, winemaker of the year at Gault Millau in 2014, and at Schlemmer Atlas in 2015 and annually in Mainz during the GG tasting as one of the very best!
Wittmann has consistently opted for quality, which means that he only releases the finest fruit from his vineyards as GG. The rest goes in the Westhofener and even the Riesling Trocken is partly made with this noble fruit.
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