Niersteiner Riesling 2022 Weingut Wittmann

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (93)

Sourced in the Ölberg and Orbel, the 2022 Niersteiner Riesling 1G opens with intense and concentrated Riesling as well as pineapple aromas intertwined with flinty notes of finely crushed (red) stones and herbal tones. Very elegant and refined on the palate, this is a pure, saline and crystalline Nierstein Riesling with highly refined acidity and mineral grip. This is an impressive Nierstein classic! It's pure and saline, rather lean but intense ... and Nierstein. 12.5% alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in July 2023.

James Suckling (94)

Quite an exotic nose with hints of Thai basil coming through. Quite a firmly structured wine, the restrained citrus and berry fruit carrying this very harmonious dry riesling that has a wonderful interplay of fruit, lees creaminess and stony acidity. A cuvee of wines from the Olberg and Orbel GG sites. From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification.

Vinous (91)

The 2022 Riesling Niersteiner trocken is made from Orbel and Ölberg on the red, rhyolitic sandstone of the Red Slope. Philipp Wittmann only got 2,800 liters of juice from his 1.2 ha in the Red Slope he bought in 2014. The nose brims with citrus and herbal aromas, with a slight minty lift amidst the tangerine notes. Savoriness also defines the palate, appearing alongside a phenolic touch, very concentrated, beautifully expressive and somehow hotter and spikier than the more serene wines from limestone. (Bone-dry)