Wittmann Riesling Brunnenhäuschen Grosses Gewächs 2022

- 98 Punkte James Suckling, Stuard Pigott (11/2023): „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.“

- 95 Punkte, Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, S. Reinhardt: „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. Drink Date: 2026-2050“

- 94 Punkte, WEIN PLUS: „Fester und tiefer, kühler, noch etwas hefiger Zitrus-Steinobstduft mit floralen und ein wenig kräuterigen Aromen sowie mandelig-nussigen Spuren. Reife, feste, saftige, dabei herbe Frucht, mandelig-nussige und zart hefige Töne, ein wenig gelbe Würze im Hintergrund, kräuterige Nuancen, kreidig-salzige Mineralik, am Gaumen auch Zitruszesten, mittlere Kraft, gute Nachhaltigkeit und etwas Tiefe, rauchige Spuren, hast Spannung und Eleganz, noch unentwickelt, sehr guter, fester, herb-saftiger, griffiger und deutlich mineralischer Abgang. Trinkempfehlung: 2025-2034+.“

Bewertungen für den Jahrgang 2021:
- 95 Punkte Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, Stephan Reinhardt: „The 2021 Brunnenhäuschen Riesling GG offers a clear, intense and warm, tender and very elegant as well as balanced bouquet of ripe fruits, crushed limestone and iron. Silky and very elegant on the palate, this is a full-bodied yet pure, saline and stimulating Riesling from red clay-limestone. In terms of texture, this is a finely tannic and still nobly bitter-finishing Brunnenhäuschen. It is a kind of bridge from Westhofen to Wittmann's Niersteiner, and its balanced, silky character is closer to the Niersteiner than to, for example, Keller's Abtserde. 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in August 2022.“

- 95+ Punkte FALSTAFF, Ulrich Sautter: „Eine komplex mineralwürzige Nase, Melisse und Majoran, ­getrocknete Zitronenschale, ein Hauch Überreife. Im Mund wirkt die Säure fest und ebenso konzentriert wie die Phenolik und die taktil-mineralische Komponente. Unter der packenden Struktur liegt eine Schicht Geschmeidigkeit.“

- 97 Punkte DECANTER, Caro Maurer: „Clay marl, limestone and terra rossa - this mix in the soil also gives the wine tension and authenticity. Philipp Wittmann works biodynamically, the wine matures in old wooden barrels in the almost 200-year-old vaulted cellar. This leaves room for a broad spectrum of aromas: citrus fruit and Mirabelle plum, plus a slight fennel and aniseed spiciness. The acidity really nestles into the extremely dense texture. A strong performance.“

- 18 Punkte JANCIS ROBINSON, Paula Sidore: „Deep, cool and elegant with smoky notes of wet stone, lemon balm and baked lemon. The creamy palate is still quite closed at this point, with only the unrelenting strength and momentum to suggest the full extent of unrealised potential. Hints of extract and sweetness are balanced by a beautiful zesty energy and concentration.“

- 96 Punkte JAMES SUCKLING: „Extremely cool, subtle and precise, you can almost smell the sun and wind of the late fall days when this was harvested. Also lemon balm and baking yeast aromas. Super focused and refined on the creamy mid-palate, then comes the enormously long, concentrated and tightly wound finish. From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification. Vegan. Drink or hold.“