2024 Weingut Wittmann Gundersheimer Riesling Aus Ersten Lagen BIO

Demand for the wines of this top producer from Rheinhessen continues to rise, partly due to the many glowing reviews. It would have been easy to capitalize on this success, buy some additional vineyards, and ride the positive wave. As a purist seeking absolute quality at the highest achievable level, Philipp chooses the opposite path: by reducing yields and selecting the fruit, he produces fewer bottles labeled below the highest standard, and the overall quality of the 'Estate' wines continues to improve. The most significant change is the introduction of three 'Aus Ersten Lagen' wines: the Gundersheimer, the Westhogener, and the Niersteiner. These wines bear the name of their municipality but come from one or more vineyards labeled 'Erste Lage'. These wines are released one year after the harvest, the moment when the Grosses Gewächse were previously launched. These latter top wines now appear half a year later.

The Gundersheimer is a typical Riesling that lives up to its character. Beautifully concentrated power, complex and mineral. Biodynamically produced by the high-quality winery Weingut Wittmann from the Rheinhessen region. The Wittmann Gundersheimer Erste Lage borders the Morstein GG. It is a fresh and crisp wine with a firm mineral structure and relatively slender for Rheinhessen. The Gundersheimer Riesling "Aus Ersten Lagen" is quite open and absolutely sexy on the nose, combining the purity of chalky soils with the attractive fruit of deep chalky soils. Very elegant on the palate, this is a pure, deep, and juicy yet refined dry Riesling with fine tannins and a persistent salinity. Very compact but broad and playful enough to be immediately appealing, yet it can easily be cellared for 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 winemakers in Westhofen since the 17th century. The experience of some 350 vintages across more than 15 generations is of great importance in the family's invaluable heritage. Time and tranquility are essential ingredients for making a good wine. And this is exactly what the wines receive in abundance 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 dates back to 1890 and has already housed many great vintages. Each barrel contains the harvest from a single vineyard plot.