2021 Weingut Wittmann Gundersheimer Riesling Aus Ersten Lagen BIO

The demand for the wines of this top producer from Rheinhessen is increasing, partly due to the many positive reviews. It would have been easy to take advantage of this success, buy some additional vineyards and ride the positive wave. As a purist looking for absolute quality at the highest possible level, Philipp chooses the opposite path: by reducing yields and selecting fruit, he makes fewer bottles labeled below the highest level and the overall quality of the 'Estate' wines continues to increase. The most important change is the introduction of three wines 'Aus Ersten Lagen', namely the Gundersheimer, the Westhogener and Niersteiner. These wines bear the name of their municipality, but come from one or more vineyards with the 'Erste Lage' label. These wines are marketed 1 year after harvest, the moment when the Grosses Gewächse were previously launched. These last top wines now appear six months later.

The Gundersheimer is a typical Riesling that does justice to its character. Beautifully concentrated power, complex and minerally. Biodynamically produced by the very high-quality winery Weingut Wittmann from the Rheinhessen region. The Wittmann Gundersheimer Erste Lage borders the Morstein GG. It is a fresh and sleek wine with a firm mineral structure and relatively slim for Rheinhessen. The Gundersheimer Riesling "Aus Ersten Lagen" is quite open and absolutely sexy on the nose and combines the purity of calcareous soils with the attractive fruit of deep calcareous soils. Very elegant on the palate, this is a pure, deep and juicy yet refined dry Riesling with fine tannins and a lingering salinity. Very compact but wide and playful enough to be immediately attractive, but can also easily survive another 10+ years. 93/100 Suckling

Weingut Wittmann is located in Westhofen in the Rheinhessen wine region and 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 vintages from more than 15 generations has contributed greatly to the family's invaluable heritage. Time and rest are essential ingredients for making a good wine. And this is exactly what the wines get plenty of in the vaulted cellar, built in 1829. Winemaker Philipp Wittmann watches over his wines, under constant temperature and humidity conditions, while they mature in 80 wooden barrels. The oldest of these barrels is from the year 1890 and has already housed many major vintages. Each barrel contains the harvest from 1 single vineyard plot.