2009 Westhofen MORSTEIN Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken Wittmann, Rheinhessen

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Wittmann’s 2009 Westhofener Morstein Riesling Grosses Gewachs is impeccably balanced, evincing a sense of energetic swing and refreshment rather than weightiness or alcohol, and with a seamless sense of polish that doesn’t preclude invigoration or interactive exchange of chalk, stone, iodine, nut oils, citrus, pit fruits, and their pits. No doubt Wittmann is correct in viewing this wine’s long stay on its fine lees as having ultimately conduced to greater clarity and complexity as well as textural allure, and it is free of the sense of austerity I often associate chez Wittmann with this site as well as with Kirchspiel. Plan to follow this for at least 6-8 years. - David Schildknecht, Feb. 2011