Riesling

From 65-year-old vines and vinified in fuders until mid-April this year the 2019 Dhroner Hofberg Riesling Trocken is concentrated and flinty on the detailed complex highly aromatic yet refined and slatey nose. Crystalline and... Read More

The 2018 Riesling Grand Cru Brand Kirchberg is deep intense and pure on the rich but elegant nose. Lush and refined on the palate this is a round and lush but also salty piquant and finely tannic Riesling with a long and intense... Read More

From vines planted in 1947 facing east and in very poor soil the 2019 Riesling Grand Cru Brand Kirchberg is pure but intense and concentrated on the dense and aromatic nose that also reveals saline notes of crushed stones. On... Read More

The 2023 Riesling Eckberg Sommerberg Grand Cru is from an elevated parcel with almost no topsoil reaching up to 400 meters in elevation. The nose here is more subdued suggesting dried ripe citrus and stone fruit juiciness. This... Read More

The 2023 Riesling Vanne Sommerberg Grand Cru is from very old vines. One parcel is now over 100 years old and the other is exactly 70 years old. Boxler emphasizes that this really is only from the old vines themselves—any re-planted... Read More

A cornucopia of fruit aromas across the entire range of citrus and stone fruit with a touch of thyme. Rich and concentrated but this is married to stunningly fresh acidity that lights it up. Lovely floral notes. Moves inexorably... Read More

This Mosel masterpiece shows such an abundance of beauty and grace and it’s easy just to sink into the wide range of perfectly ripe stone-fruit aromas. Then the finish emerges like a whale rising from the depths to the surface... Read More

The 2022 Riesling Scharzhofberger Kabinett has a very open but tender nose: ripe greengage is bright and edged with a whisper of chervil. The sweetness on the palate kicks in first but lightness takes over with serene lemon freshness... Read More

The 2022 Riesling Scharzhofberger Spätlese has an alluring flicker of bergamot on its citrus-scented nose green-tinged highly aromatic and not too distant from tart but perfumed passion fruit. The palate brings Mirabelle compote... Read More

The 2022 Riesling Scharzhof was harvested in Saarburg Wiltingen and Oberemmel and fermented spontaneously half in stainless steel half in Fuder. The nose has subtle yeast notes but comes across as very fresh with hints of green... Read More

The 2020 Frühlingsplätzchen GG is very pure and fresh on the precise and stony pretty reductive and herbal nose that needs lots of air to open up. Crystalline and pure on the palate this is a bone-dry refined enormously salty... Read More

From ancient partly ungrafted vines the 2020 Enkircher Ellergrub Riesling is white-golden in color and opens with a clear fine and very complex as well as delicate bouquet of ripe fruit and finely weathered blue slate notes. This... Read More

The radiant golden-yellow 2020 Enkircher Batterieberg Riesling comes from 80-year-old ungrafted vines on gray slate and quartzite soils in the steep terraces of the Starkenburg slope and opens with a highly delicate yet also very... Read More

Still right at the beginning of a very long life this brilliant dry Rheingau riesling has almost stark minerality that makes you sit up with a jolt. Very intense and precise finish that’s very long for the 2020 vintage. Drinkable... Read More

Light yellow gold, silver reflections. Fine yellow tropical fruit hints, a hint of baby pineapple, a little mango, fresh mandarin zest, with a mineral background. Juicy, sweet extract and well balanced, full texture, fine white... Read More

The 2020 Stromberg GG is incredibly clear bright and fresh on the coolish northern nose as if this was a young wine from the recent vintage. Full-bodied refined and lush on the palate with crystalline mineral and saline acidity... Read More

The 2020 Felseneck Riesling Kabinett is quite generous on the nose that is reminiscent of lobster soup or risotto with saffron. Lush and generous on the palate this is a wide and charmingly textured yet crystalline and saline... Read More

The intensely yellow-colored 2019 Zöbing Ried Heiligenstein 1ÖTW opens with a deep highly refined and subtle yet also complex bouquet that doesn't throw out anything else but noblesse precision and finesse and quotes perfectly... Read More

Medium-dark golden-tinged straw. Exuberant nose of pineapple almond cake and lime. Enters broad and delicately spicy then juicy and vibrant. Citrusy acidity provides this fleshy tactile wine with clarity and cut. Along with the... Read More

The 2019 Viesslinger Ried Bruck Riesling offers concentrated ripe bright fruit that represents a lot of sun and drought as well as weathered terroir and still juicy refreshing fruit. Dense and elegant on the palate with ripe and... Read More

The 2019 Ried Loibenberg Loibner Riesling Smaragd is deep intense and ripe on the nose but also pure and fresh with notes of crushed stones and tropical yellow stone fruits. Dense and intense on the substantial palate this is... Read More