Wittmann Riesling Niersteiner Auslese 2015
Dessert
Rheinhessen, Germany
7.1
WineSaint
Glycerol-rich texture carries overripe stone fruit and white florals, but the sweetness overwhelms any mineral backbone. The botrytis influence feels heavy-handed rather than elegant, leaving a cloying finish that lacks the tension great Auslese demands. This unselected lot shows why Wittmann's top-tier sweet wines command attention. And why this doesn't.
stone fruitwhite floralsglycerolbotrytis
Label
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.