17 JR Rare is it to have a wine of such impeccable balance that it becomes impossible to break it down into its individual elements. Even more rare is to have that wine be a Spätlese. Yet there we are. And here it is...
It was about a year and a half ago that, by chance and after a very long time, Stefan Erbes of the Karl Erbes estate in Ürzig in the Moselle met Roman Christoffel on the street, and the two got to talking. They knew...
96 JS / 93 WS Another 2016 Spätlese from Dönnhoff that's still a bit shy on the nose, but on the palate it’s like a huge glittering diamond with more facets flashing many colors. An extremely long...
93 JS / 92 VM / 91 WA / 90 WS A juicy and elegant wine that turns really dry, thanks to the serious minerality that powers the long, delicate finish. From organically grown grapes. Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold...
97 WA / 96 VM The 2016 Wiltinger Braune Kupp Auslese (Versteigerung) opens with a noble yet very delicate botrytis, raisin and grapefruit aroma on the nose (botrytis settled at the end of October). Round and lush on the...
94 JS / 93 WA / 16.5+ JR The 2020 Monzingen Riesling trocken Frühtau comes from younger vines in the Frühlingsplätzchen and opens with a clear, fine and reductive bouquet with coolish stony and herbal notes...
93 WA / 93 JS / 17 JR Predominantly from a late-ripening plot of the Niederberg, the 2020 Monzinger Riesling Kabinett is clear, bright, fresh and piquant on the flinty, attractively reductive and finely fruity nose. Piquant...
92 JS / 89 WA / 16 JR There’s a smoky lees note, but this complements the apricot and citrus-blossom aromas beautifully. Brimming with citrus, peach and apricot with vibrant mineral acidity. Long, very clean finish...
8% ABVVintage 2020 started with a mild winter, but also some good humidity. Budbreak and flowering happened early in April / June and summer continued through September. Overall, this vintage had more sunshine hours than...
97 JS / 95 WA / 94 WS What makes this stand out is the gigantic mineral freshness that's perfectly married to its richness. This gives the finish a whole extra dimension lacking in the majority of 2015 Auslese. The nose...
94 WA / 94 VM / 93 WS The 2015 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese (AP 16) displays a very clear, precise and flinty/smoky bouquet of perfectly ripe stone fruits and crushed stones, intertwined with lemon flavors. This Auslese is...
96 WA / 96 JS / 95 WE / 94 WS #7 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2019 The 2017 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese is coolish, bright and fresh on the still-reductive but attractive nose with its fine...
94 WA / 93 WS / 93 JS / 17+ JR The 2017 Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett offers a clear, bright, fresh and flinty bouquet with nice reduction. On the palate, the wine is light, lush, piquant, fresh and salty, with grip,...
95 WA / 91 VM / 16.5 JR The 2016 Graacher Himmelreich Spätlese (AP 08 17) is discreet and smoky on the deep, well-defined nose. Juicy-piquant and salty on the well-structured and refreshingly mineral palate,...
95 JS / 94 WA / 16.5+ JR So much gun flint and nutmeg on the nose here, and a garden’s worth of white flowers and herbs. Meanwhile, the palate boasts a serious set of phenolics and impressive depth, married to...
96 JS / 94+ WA Great interplay between delicate exotic-fruit aromas and cool, northerly elements (also apples and fresh herbs) in the nose and on the medium-bodied, concentrated palate, the acidity very bright and stony and...
96 WA / 95 WS The 2016 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese (Gold Capsule) is clear, fine and subtle yet concentrated, with vegetal and ripe fruit aromas. Rich, round and piquant, this is an intense and densely woven Auslese (AP 14...
94 WA / 94 WS / 17.5 JR The 2016 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese (AP 13 17) is clear, fresh and vegetal/floral on the pretty complex but clear and refreshingly flinty nose. Bottled with 8.5% alcohol, this is a lush, piquant and...
95 JS / 94 WS / 93+ WA Beautifully cool limes and peaches with some fresh herbs and very fresh, flinty notes, as well as sliced green mangoes. Delicious! The palate has such impeccable balance and has tautness to it...
94 WA / 93 WS / 16.5 JR The 2016 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese (AP 23 17) is still discreet, floral and finely mineral rather than fruity on the nose compared to the other 2016 Spätlesen. Lush, piquant and juicy on...
97 WA The first ice wine at Grünhaus since 2011 is the 2016 Maximin Grünhaus Herrenberg Riesling Eiswein. Clear and concentrated on the nose, with citrus and crunchy slate aromas, this is a sweet, lush and...
94+ WA / 93 VM Delivering ripe and intense stone fruit aromas to the nose, the 2015 Riesling Bernkasteler Lay Auslese *** (Golden Capsule) is less clear, precise and crystalline compared to the corresponding Klosterberg at...
92 WA The 2019 Graacher Domprobst Kabinett (White Capsule) is deep, elegant and flinty on the perfectly ripe and typically Graach-fruity nose with its lush and ripe stone-fruit aromas. Water matters in a dry year such as...
99 WA The 2019 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese *** (Green Capsule) opens enormously deep, intense and complex on the nose that immediately indicates the wine is in an exceptional class on its own. Only with lots of aeration...
96+ WA* The 2015 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese ** (Golden Capsule) opens super piquant and concentrated on the nose, with intense and fresh lime and some smoky slate aromas. Concentrated and fine, with a piquant and...
99 WA The intensely lemon colored 2019 Kinheimer Rosenberg Auslese *** (Golden Capsule) is pure and salty on the nose that reveals pretty unique flint stone aromas intertwined with perfectly ripe and precise Riesling berry...
93 WA The 2019 Ockfener Bockstein Spätlese (White Capsule) opens with an intense, ripe and aromatic tropical fruit aroma intertwined with flinty slate aromas. On the palate, this is a full-bodied and mouth-filling,...
94 WA The 2019 Bernkasteler Badstube Spätlese (Green Capsule) is another fascinating bright and floral, slate-driven Riesling. Lush and round, with vibrantly fresh and filigreed mineral acidity, this is a perfectly...
98+ WA Partly from the Felsentreppe, the 2019 Erdener Treppchen Auslese *** (White Capsule) opens with a pure, fresh and flinty, iron-rich and refined bouquet of tropical fruit aromas with notes of broken (red) slate, lemon...
93+ WA The 2019 Erdener Treppchen Spätlese (White Capsule) is pretty reduced and flinty on the stony, iron-scented nose. Round, refined and elegant on the palate, this is a generous, crystalline, enormously salty,...
93 WAThe 2019 Saarburger Rausch Spätlese (White Capsule) is intense and crunchy-slatey on the piquant and characterful nose that reveals ripe fruit and stony/herbal notes. Salty, piquant and highly stimulating on the...
94+ WA Molitor’s 2019 Ürziger Würzgarten Kabinett (Green Capsule) opens pure and flinty on the deep and complex, very intense yet bright and fascinating, seductive and terroir-driven nose. Lush and round on...
93+ WA The 2019 Ürziger Würzgarten Spätlese (White Capsule) already shows on the nose its perfect ripeness and elegant richness in a highly refined and enormously flinty, even tannic manner. The palate is...
93+ WA The 2019 Wehlener Klosterberg Spätlese (Green Capsule) opens with a clear, intense and complex bouquet of ripe and concentrated Riesling berries intertwined with notes of slate and quartz. Full-bodied, round and...
96 WA Molitor’s golden-colored 2019 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Beerenauslese * is concentrated, deep and complex on the flinty, fresh and lemon-scented nose. Juicy-piquant, with precise and piercing acidity on the first...
95 WA The 2019 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese (Golden Capsule) is highly refined and delicate on the lovely crunchy and slatey bouquet that exhibits flinty notes and this fascinating and refreshing Sonnenuhr Riesling...
96 JS / 95 VM The most amazing of the 2015 dry rieslings from Markus Molitor, but not only because it has the most amazing exotic fruit, but also because of its stunning spiciness and a devastating mineral quality at the...
93 WA The 2019 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Kabinett (Golden Capsule) is intense and tropically scented on the pure, refined and very elegant, finely slatey and spicy nose. Intense and mouth-filling fruity on the palate, this is a...
95 WA The 2019 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese (Golden Capsule) AP 22 opens with an intense, highly refined and flinty bouquet of crushed slate and a dramatic, complex, slightly reductive terroir tone that is reminiscent...
98 JS As bright as a supernova, this is an extraordinary wine that makes me dream of goose liver and roquefort cheese. Like peach-essence with a ton of lemon zest, this is staggeringly concentrated, but so pure and clean...
96 JS / 17 JR I love the nose of leaves and flowers that are dripping with rainwater after a tropical storm. Great interplay of power and freshness, ripeness and delicacy, tropical fruit and fine-grained minerality through...
99 JS Very cool and reserved at the front, but this is an enormously deep and complex wine that has staggering mineral intensity. The lime and oolong-tea freshness effortlessly swallows up the unfermented grape sweetness,...
98 JS / 18.5 JR A super elegant Auslese that balances exactly the creamy and racy aspects of nobly sweet riesling, in a way that anybody who doesn't hate sweetness (e.g. rejection of sugar in espresso) will have no problem...
This medium-dry wine has aromas of fruit and slate that lead to a fresh and round palate with a salty finish. Wine making: Natural fermentation and elevage in stainless steel Thomas Haag, from the venerable Mosel...
98 WS / 95 WA Sweet and backed by a vibrant structure, this is elegant and detailed, with concentrated red berry, lime and nectarine. One of the few BAs to show a mineral component. Terrific balance and harmony, ending with...
96-98 WA The 2019 Jesuitengarten GG displays an intense lemon color and opens with a rich, intense and refreshing bouquet of lemon oil intermixed with vanilla and yeasty aromas and notes of crushed stones and blossoming...
96-98 WA The 2019 Kirchenstück Riesling GG displays a radiant lemon-yellow color and opens with a pure, fresh and lemon-scented bouquet with chalky and flinty notes. Pure and fresh on the palate, with lemon aromas and...
98 JS This is so delightful in the nose, but there are so many dimensions to the aromas that it's not easy to grasp this, without sinking into this enormously complex wine. The aromas range from leaves and flowers, dripping...
97 JS What a stunning nose of ripe white and yellow peach, pineapple and grapefruit with a slew of spicy and herbal notes! But that barely prepares you for the breathtaking interplay of super-mineral acidity and the...
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