International

"The Kirchspiel and Brunnenhäuschen bottlings are both outstanding, but my top choice is the grand cru Morstein, with its intense minerality and pungent herbal aromas. Immense minerality echoes on the dense palate, with boundless yellow fruits ripped through by the acidity, and carries through on the remarkably long finish."

"Vi hopper over aroma og smak, eg går rett på konklusjonen: Denne vinen er den beste unge Riesling vå vinekspert har smakt. Vinen kan ikke beskrieves med ord."

Westhofener Riesling 2008: ***** uitzonderlijk
"Westhofener, een selectie van druiven uit drie topwijngaarden, is een grote wijn die ongetwijfeld jaren fleshrijping aankan. De intensieve aroma's van rijpe appe, peer, abrikoos en perzikontwikkelenzich samen met minerale accenten en een toets van vuursteen tot een complexe geur, met in het verlengde een toets van citrusfruit. Het geheel is gestructureerd met diept en een sappige lengte, dankzij een frisse smaak van fruitzuren naast een tintelende zuurprikkel, een zachte rijpheid en een toets van lichte kruidigheid. Krachtig en tegelijk finessevolgetuigt deze wijn van vakennis. Vraagt om en paar jaar kelderrijping om tot volle ontlplooiing te komen."

Wittmann Riesling trocken Westhofen Morstein GG 2008: 91
” A powerful, dry white, displaying peach, passion fruit, grapefruit and stone flavors. Well-integrated, picking up a firm, chalky feel on the finish. Drink now through 2014. “

Wittmann Riesling trocken 2008: 90
“Round and effusive, boasting apricot, passion fruit, grapefruit and mineral flavors. Elegant and juicy, with terrific balance in a dry style and fine length. Drink now through 2012. “

Wittmann Riesling Spätlese Westhofen Morstein 2008: 93
“Pungent, delivering loads of mineral to start the fireworks and plenty of apple, nectarine and grapefruit to back it up. This is really electric midpalate, with a complex, lingering aftertaste. Best from 2012 through 2024.”

Wittmann, Westhofener Aulerde Riesling Grosses Gewächs 2008 Rheinhessen
18.5 Drink 2010-19
“Freshly baked bread, fruit basket; very rich on the palate with great concentration of flavours, complemented by a firm backbone of acidity; has so much fruit that it transcends the boundaries of the trocken definition; fresh despite its opulence, great length too.” (MS)

Wittmann, Westhofener Kirchspiel Riesling Grosses Gewächs 2008 Rheinhessen
18.5 Drink 2010-19
“Vineyard peaches on an alpine meadow, what you can't have in real life you can have from a glass of wine! Generous lashings of very ripe and juicy citrus fruit, tangerines and oranges, minerality blends in effortlessly, nothing overstated except the outstanding finish, in which all elements keep their strength and balance.”(MS)

Wittmann, Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Riesling Grosses Gewächs 2008 Rheinhessen
19.5 Drink 2010-21
“As fresh as a mountain spring with generous aromas of peach and apricot stopping just short of exotic, but always maintaining that attractive fresh edge; intense and concentrated on the palate with mouthwatering acidity to boot; long, complex and oh so mineral! Maybe I'm a philistine, maybe I'm a purist, I would NEVER drink this with food.”(MS)

Wittmann, Westhofener Morstein Riesling Grosses Gewächs 2008 Rheinhessen
19 Drink 2010-19
“I detect a hint of caramel, so maybe caramelised fruit, but has it ever been done with limes? On the palate there is that lovely fresh lime zestiness lifted by some salty minerality; very, very opulent rendering of fruit; some will prefer this to the Brunnenhäuschen, it comes down to a choice between minerality and opulence, as they are equal in depth, concentration and length.”(MS)

Some very great Germans
(Neil Fairlamb)
“Of the big names, Gunderloch´s Pettenthal was sound, but more exciting were the four sites from Wittmann, all singing with youthful vigour but the MORSTEIN already showing much of the complexity and extra dimensions that make this growth so special.”

Persprijs WIT:
Riesling trocken, Weingut Wittmann, Rheinhessen, Duitsland 2008
Prix de Sommelier Rosé – aperitief/terras :
Wittmann Rosé trocken, Weingut Wittmann, Rheinhessen, Duitsland 2008

(Jorgen Alderich)
De bedste producenter - Riesling 2008:
Rheinhessen Grosses Gewächs: - Wittmann

(Lars Daniels und René van Heusden)
Favoriete Rieslings 2008
Rheinhessen: - Wittmann, Westhofen, BRUNNENHÄUSCHEN

“Each year, Wine Spectator editors survey the wines reviewed over the previous 12 months and select our Top 100, based on quality, value, availability and excitement. Since 2009 was a year of economic retrenchment, we focused closely on value to choose our newest list from more than 17,000 wines.”
- Wittmann 2007 WESTHOFENER Riesling trocken „S“ 93 Punkte