2014 Alte Reben La Borne Riesling Q.b.A. trocken Versteigerung Wittmann, Rheinhessen

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2014 Alte Reben La Borne Riesling Q.b.A. trocken Versteigerung, Wittmann

From a small plot with old vines in the upper part of the Morstein, La Borne is not made every year. The 2014 Riesling Alte Reben la Borne was harvested even later than Morstein; the wine starts very aromatic and highly intense, but pure and precise on the nose. Full-flavored, round and juicy on the palate, with finesse and a stimulating salinity in the finish, this full-bodied, silky textured and elegant Riesling offers more fruit intensity and ripeness than the more ascetic Morstein. It will be interesting to see the development of both wines in the next ten or 15 years. - Stephan Reinhardt, Dez. 2015

Vinous - 2014 Alte Reben La Borne Riesling Q.b.A. trocken Versteigerung, Wittmann

This is dominated by the juicy flesh of grapefruit white peach and apple more than by their rinds or pips. To be sure, there is prominent piquancy, but of a subtly toasty, nutty, sesame seed sort; and when cyanic pip notes do emerge, in the finish, it is with an impressively glowing intensity that perfectly dovetails with billowing floral perfume. A glossy, polished feel provides an enveloping sense of richness to complement the wine’s piquancy, palpable extract richness and sense of grip, while its primary juiciness guarantees the fulfillment of a Riesling’s fundamental obligation to refresh. “La Borne” is a name dating to Napoleonic times for this part of Morstein. Although Wittmann could now register to bottle under the site’s cadaster name, that’s not going to happen because the name in question turns out to be “Im Oberen Brunnenhäuschen,” which would cause obvious confusion. - David Schildknecht, Mai 2016