Weingut Wittmann : Riesling Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Trocken Grosses Gewächs 2022

The 2022 Brunnenhäuschen Westhofen Riesling GG opens with a beautifully pure, refined and elegant bouquet from red-colored clay soils covering limestone rocks. The nose is deep, pure and saline, dense and intense but elegant, with yeasty notes intertwined with ripe and concentrated but lush fruit aromas. Very complex and pure on the palate, this is a full-bodied, refined, precise and elegant, seamlessly textured and enormously saline-finishing Riesling from limestone soils with marl layers. It's a fascinating complex and highly refined Riesling. 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in July 2023.

A fragrant thread of green herbs weaves through flavors of green apple, lemon pulp and lychee and lime preserves as razor-sharp acidity cuts through, with just enough flesh to keep this from feeling too bony. Chiseled and firm through the finish, with celery root and acacia notes. Built for the long haul, this needs time to unwind. Best from 2025 through 2038. 480 cases made, 10 cases imported.

What a breathtakingly vibrant and delicate nose this great riesling GG has! A ray of light falls through a high window and falls on the floor at your feet. Super-focused and crystalline on the medium-bodied palate where the power is masterfully underplayed. This has an exotic side, but it is so restrained. Incredibly long, pure finish. From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification. Drinkable now, but best from 2024.