Wittmann Morstein Riesling Trocken 2023
£111.78 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Compared to the Brunnenhäuschen, Wittmann's 2023 Morstein Riesling GG is light and clear but also still very reduced in the fresh and mineral, even savory and precise nose, which is still restrained in the fruit. Pure and extremely salty on the palate, with a very firm and grippy structure and an almost dry/drying minerality, this Morstein draws saliva. It seems more austere and sinewy here and now than the Brunnenhäuschen, and it's still extremely influenced by limestone. This is a great and promising wine. Tasted at the Vorpremiere VDP.Grosses Gewächs in Wiesbaden in August 2024.
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Alcohol
13.0%
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Serving
Between 8ºC and 10ºC
Winemaking
Fermented in 2,400 litre oak vats. Aged on lees for 10 months in neutral French oak barrels.
Description
Wittmann Morstein Riesling Trocken belongs to the GROSSES GEWÄCHS category, a designation that marks the highest quality vineyards in Rheinhessen, each precisely demarcated by plot. The wines grown on these sites are distinguished by their extraordinary sense of origin and their ability to age.
Winemaking
The purely south-facing location stretches along a high plateau, 280 metres above sea level, and is the oldest vineyard in Westhofen, first mentioned in 1282. The GROSSE LAGE MORSTEIN is located in the heart of the hillside, between 180 and 240 metres above sea level, with slopes of up to 20%. The soils are mainly heavy clay loam, with limestone deposits in the upper layers. The substrate is dominated by porous layers of limestone rock, ensuring an optimal supply of nutrients and minerals.
Taste
Morstein Riesling Trocken shows herbal notes of amber and gallium with ripe, juicy fruits such as lime, apricot and peach. The nose and front palate evoke a tight rosebud, but then the wine expands in an almost supernatural way as it flows over the palate, culminating in a totally focused finish with stunning minerality.
Shipping to North Ireland
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