The Winery Wittmann of Rheinhessen

Winery Wittmann
The winery offers 96 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 6 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Wittmann is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 96 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Wittmann wines

Looking for the best Winery Wittmann wines in Rheinhessen among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Wittmann wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Wittmann wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Wittmann

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Wittmann

How Winery Wittmann wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of savoyard pizza (cream base), fish and shrimp wok with curry or fricassee of lambis.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Wittmann

On the nose the white wine of Winery Wittmann. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, grapefruit or tropical and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Wittmann. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Wittmann

  • 2006With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.36/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.26/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.16/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Wittmann.

  • Riesling
  • Weissburgunder
  • Grauburgunder
  • Silvaner
  • Chardonnay
  • Scheurebe

Discovering the wine region of Rheinhessen

Rheinhessen is Germany's largest region for producing the quality wines of the Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Prädikatswein designations, with roughly 26,500 hectares (65,000 acres) of Vineyard">Vineyards as of 2014. Many of its most significant viticultural areas are favorably influenced by the Rhine river, which runs aLong its North and eastern borders. The Rhine, along with the Nahe river to the west and the Haardt mountains to its South, form a natural border. Rheinhessen covers an area south of Rheingau, north of Pfalz and east of Nahe, and is located within the Rhineland-Palatinate federal state.

The region has been cultivating Grapes for wine production at least since ancient Roman occupation. It's also the home to the oldest surviving records of a German vineyard. Named Glöck, the vineyard was included in a deed for a church and vineyards gifted by Carloman – a duke of the Franks of the Carolingian family and the uncle of the first Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne – to the diocese of Würzburg in 742. Within a century, dozens of villages were cultivating grapes throughout Rheinhessen.

An early documentation of Riesling as a distinct grape variety, identified as Rüssling, was also found in records from the city Worms dating back to 1402. The Size of the region, and its location on the Rhine, has given it a significant role in Germany's wine industry history. Its largest city, Mainz, has been an unofficial Center for wine trade, being home to several national wine organizations including the German Wine Institute and the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (Verband Deutscher Prädikats-und Qualitätsweingüter e. V.

The top pink wines of Winery Wittmann

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Wittmann

How Winery Wittmann wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian, veal or pork such as recipes of spinach and goat cheese quiche, chicken bonne femme or cantonese rice.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Wittmann

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Wittmann. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Wittmann

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.76/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Wittmann.

  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir
  • St. Laurent

Discover the grape variety: Scheurebe

German grape variety obtained in 1916 by Georg Shere (1879/1949). It was given until then as coming from a cross between Riesling and Sylvaner, but genetic tests have shown that its father is the Bouquettraube (Bukettrebe), and it is closely related to the Kerner. The Scheurebe can be found in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Great Britain, the United States (California, Virginia, ...), Canada (Ontario, British Columbia, ...), ... practically unknown in France.

The top sweet wines of Winery Wittmann

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Wittmann

How Winery Wittmann wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of bare-assed cockerel (ardennes), squid from the mouth of the cavado river (portugal) or monkfish (anglerfish) à la sétoise.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Wittmann

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Wittmann. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit. In the mouth the sweet wine of Winery Wittmann. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Wittmann

  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Wittmann.

  • Albalonga
  • Riesling

The word of the wine: Barbarossa

A black wine and table grape variety grown in Corsica, which is used in the ajaccio appellation.

The top red wines of Winery Wittmann

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Wittmann

How Winery Wittmann wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, gigolette of rabbit or duck breast with balsamic vinegar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Wittmann

On the nose the red wine of Winery Wittmann. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Wittmann. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Wittmann

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.69/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Wittmann.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Spätburgunder

Discover the grape variety: Spätburgunder

The top sparkling wines of Winery Wittmann

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Wittmann

How Winery Wittmann wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of flamenkuche express, leek and fresh salmon tart or seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Wittmann

  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Wittmann.

  • Riesling

The word of the wine: Picpoul

See piquepoul.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Wittmann

Planning a wine route in the of Rheinhessen? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Wittmann.

Discover the grape variety: Grauburgunder