Wittmann
One of Rheinhessen's benchmark estates, Wittmann works the limestone and loess slopes around Westhofen to produce dry Rieslings of real precision and age-worthiness, with a strong lineup of Grosse Gewächse from some of the region's most compelling sites.
### History Wittmann is a family estate based in Westhofen, a village in the southern Rheinhessen that has become one of the most serious addresses for dry Riesling in Germany. The Wittmann family has farmed here for several generations, and the estate has been guided in its modern form by Philipp Wittmann, who took over winemaking responsibilities in the early 2000s and steadily lifted the property into the ranks of Germany's top producers. Under his watch, the estate converted to organic and later biodynamic farming, and its Grosse Gewächse gained recognition well beyond the regional wine press. The estate is a member of the VDP, the association of German quality producers whose classification system underpins the Grosses Gewächs designation.
### Vineyards The core holdings are concentrated around Westhofen, where the estate farms several of the VDP's classified Erste and Grosse Lagen sites: Kirchspiel, Morstein, Aulerde, and Brunnenhäuschen. Each has a distinct soil character. Morstein sits on heavy limestone and marl, giving wines with considerable structure and grip. Kirchspiel and Aulerde offer variations on limestone with more loess influence, tending toward slightly rounder textures. Brunnenhäuschen is a younger site in the estate's portfolio but increasingly well-regarded. Beyond Westhofen, the estate works the Gundersheimer Höllenbrand, a site further north in Rheinhessen with its own limestone-driven personality, and holds parcels in Nierstein, the historically significant but long-underperforming village now attracting renewed attention. The La Borne Alte Reben bottling draws on old-vine material. The estate has farmed organically and biodynamically for a number of years, and the certification is well-established rather than recent.
### Winemaking Wittmann's dry Rieslings ferment with native yeasts, typically in a combination of large old oak casks and stainless steel, depending on the cuvee. The Grosse Gewächse see extended lees aging before bottling, which contributes to the textural density and the wines' ability to develop over several years in the cellar. Fermentations are unhurried and can run well into winter. The estate does not chase early fruit clarity at the expense of complexity, and the wines often show a slightly austere, mineral-edged profile in youth that softens with time. The village-level Westhofener trocken and Niersteiner trocken bottlings function as accessible entry points that still reflect site character, while the Alte Reben cuvee sits between the village wines and the single-vineyard GGs in concentration and intent.
Wines
2024 Riesling 100 Hügel
2024 Riesling trocken
2024 Riesling trocken vom Kalkstein
2024 Riesling Gundersheimer trocken
2024 Riesling Westhofener trocken
2024 Riesling Niersteiner trocken
2024 Riesling Gundersheimer Höllenbrand Grosses Gewächs
2024 Riesling Westhofener Aulerde Grosses Gewächs
2024 Riesling Westhofener Kirchspiel Grosses Gewächs
2024 Riesling Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Grosses Gewächs
2024 Riesling La Borne Alte Reben
2024 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Grosses Gewächs
2023 Riesling Vom Kalkstein trocken
2023 Riesling trocken
2023 Riesling Westhofener trocken
2023 Riesling trocken vom Kalkstein
2023 Riesling Niersteiner trocken
2023 Riesling Gundersheimer trocken
2023 Riesling Westhofener Aulerde Grosses Gewächs
2023 Riesling Westhofener Kirchspiel Grosses Gewächs
2023 Riesling La Borne Alte Reben
2023 Riesling Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Grosses Gewächs
2023 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Grosses Gewächs
2022 Riesling Vom Kalkstein trocken
2022 Riesling trocken vom Kalkstein
2022 Riesling Gundersheimer trocken
2022 Riesling Westhofener trocken
2022 Riesling Niersteiner trocken
2022 Riesling Westhofener Aulerde Grosses Gewächs
2022 Riesling Westhofener Kirschspiel Grosses Gewächs
2022 Riesling Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Grosses Gewächs
2022 Riesling La Borne Alte Reben
2022 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Grosses Gewächs
2021 Weisser Burgunder Réserve trocken
2018 Silvaner trocken
2018 Riesling trocken vom Kalkstein
2018 Riesling Niersteiner trocken
2018 Riesling Westhofener Aulerde Grosses Gewächs
2018 Riesling Westhofener trocken
2018 Riesling Westhofener Kirschspiel Grosses Gewächs
2018 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Grosses Gewächs
2018 Riesling Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Grosses Gewächs
2018 Riesling La Borne Alte Reben
2017 Scheurebe trocken
2017 Riesling Gundersheimer trocken
2017 Weisser Burgunder trocken
2017 Riesling trocken
2017 Riesling Westhofener trocken
2017 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Spätlese
2017 Riesling Niersteiner trocken
2017 Riesling Westhofener Aulerde Grosses Gewächs
2017 Riesling Westhofener Kirschspiel Grosses Gewächs
2017 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Grosses Gewächs
2017 Riesling La Borne Alte Reben
2017 Riesling Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Grosses Gewächs
2016 Riesling Westhofener trocken
2016 Silvaner trocken
2016 Scheurebe trocken
2016 Riesling trocken
2016 Silvaner Westhofener trocken
2016 Riesling Niersteiner trocken
2016 Riesling Gundersheimer trocken
2016 Weisser Burgunder Réserve trocken
2016 Riesling Westhofener Kirschspiel Grosses Gewächs
2016 Riesling Westhofener Aulerde Grosses Gewächs
2016 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Grosses Gewächs
2016 Riesling La Borne Alte Reben
2016 Riesling Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Grosses Gewächs
2016 Riesling Gundersheimer Höllenberg Auslese
2016 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Auslese
2015 Scheurebe trocken
2015 Riesling Niersteiner trocken
2015 Riesling Westhofener trocken
2015 Riesling trocken
2015 Silvaner trocken
2015 Silvaner Westhofener trocken
2015 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Auslese
2015 Riesling Niersteiner Auslese
2015 Riesling Gundersheimer trocken
2015 Riesling Westhofener Kirschspiel Grosses Gewächs
2015 Riesling Westhofener Aulerde Grosses Gewächs
2015 Riesling Westhofener Kirchspiel Auslese
2015 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Auslese Goldkapsel
2015 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Grosses Gewächs
2015 Riesling Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Grosses Gewächs
2015 Riesling Gundersheimer Höllenbrand Trockenbeerenauslese
2014 Westhofener Morstein Riesling Grosses Gewächs
2014 Westhofener Aulerde Riesling Grosses Gewächs
2014 Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Riesling Grosses Gewächs
2014 Riesling Westhofener trocken
2014 Riesling Niersteiner trocken
2014 Silvaner Westhofener trocken
2014 Riesling Westhofener Morstein Grosses Gewächs
2014 Riesling Westhofener Aulerde Grosses Gewächs
2014 Riesling Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Grosses Gewächs
2014 Riesling La Borne Alte Reben
2014 Riesling Westhofener Kirschspiel Grosses Gewächs