Wittmann Riesling La Borne Alte Reben 2024

White
Rheinhessen, Germany
9.3
WineSaint

White herbs, lemon rind, and a saline lift open this old-vine Riesling from altitude-grown La Borne fruit, the nose alone signals something serious. On the palate, ripe citrus and stone fruit press against firm limestone minerality, keeping the wine taut and focused through a bone-dry finish that lingers with herbal persistence. There's real compression here, the kind that suggests patience is the right move. Give it five years minimum to fully unwind.

white herbslemon rindlimestone mineralitysaline
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.