Wittmann Riesling Westhofener Morstein Auslese 2016
Dessert
Rheinhessen, Germany
8.1
WineSaint
Tropical fruit mingles with honeyed stone fruit, the botrytis lending depth without overwhelming the wine's natural elegance. Creamy yet lifted, with piercing acidity that carries the finish through layers of crushed stone and bitter almond. Morstein's distinctive saline minerality provides the backbone, grounding all that opulent fruit.
tropical fruithoneyed stone fruitcrushed stonebitter almond
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.