The fresh, balanced taste of Clean Slate is achieved by carefully selecting grapes from vineyards throughout the Mosel. The steep blue slate slopes of the Lower Mosel give the wine its minerality while the Middle Mosel provides... Read More
Assembled just a few days before my tasting in July, the barrel sample of 2021 Marienburg GG shows clear, bright and fresh, just-ripe fruit (white peach) combined with a spicy slate tone. In the mouth, it's delicate, light... Read More
This crisp, refreshing Riesling captures the elegant and racy characteristics of steep, slate-soil Mosel vineyards at a very reasonable price. Flavors of crisp green apples and succulent peaches are interwoven with zesty minerality... Read More
It has always been, for me, the emblematic wine for this laudable estate. And for them, “feinherb” is a drier wine than for many others. If proof was ever needed – and it isn’t, not anymore, despite the... Read More
Perfumed and fresh on its feet, this charming Pinot Noir is a fantastic bargain find. Red-cherry notes are pure and pristine from start to finish, accented by cooling tones of crushed slate, wild mint and rose petal. It's... Read More
Stefan Steinmetz took over his family’s 120-year-old estate at just 17 years old, following his father’s sudden passing. He has elevated it to benchmark status acquiring some of the top small Mosel vineyards—like... Read More
Matthias Hild farms 5ha in the upper Mosel doing something that makes almost zero financial sense: saving old, terraced parcels of Elbling. In this area, however, it’s important to understand Elbling is something of a religion.... Read More
A blend from Gernot's four Grand Cru sites of ungrafted vines that are a minimum of 60 years old. A vivid, energetic, deceptively dry Riesling with rich fruit and powerful aromatics (reminiscent of an Alsatian wine).... Read More
This is a blend of 60% Chardonnay with 40% Elbling, and to some extent, this is what the wine tastes like. It has the stoney, essential quality, the punch of Elbling with a bit more of the glossy, quinine-like fruit of Chardonnay... Read More
This yellow-colored wine offers a superb and subtly smooth nose made of greengage, mirabelle, citrusy elements, cream, sage, chalky minerals, smoke, and only a tiny hint of funk. The wine is deliciously smooth at first but offers... Read More
This is a stunning dry Riesling featuring notes of apple, pear, lemongrass and green tea. It has a delicate palate with nice minerality, complexity and a long finish.
This beautifully combines the fruity and zesty elements, delivering great harmony between a vibrant array of peach, dried apricot and white-plum flavors and the firm backbone of acidity. The long, supple finish is well spiced.... Read More
This is as much a masterpiece of filigree as the stained glass windows of a Gothic cathedral. At least this is the first impression, then when you reach the wine’s deep core you find gigantic concentration and off-the-scale... Read More
The epitome of delicacy in a Spätlese. It is in no way a dry wine, yet the tart and salty vibrations might make parts of your brain think it is! This is supremely focused and clear, with a slim form attenuated into something... Read More
The wine is called “Senior” as a tribute to Florian’s grandfather who was already in the 1950s famous at least in the Saar Valley for his dry Riesling. For 2023, the “Senior” is a dry wine (legally... Read More
Sourced from the Grand Cru vineyard Goldtröpfchen, this lightly off-dry wine is packed with notes of salty, ocean air, white peach, crushed slate, and lime zest. The intensity of the minerals pair nicely with the richness... Read More
The Krettnacher Euchariusberg Auslese is harvested from vines planted in 1944 and 1964 in the privileged Gross Schock part of the vineyard, a deep, south-facing parcel of blue slate cooled by hillside breezes. Yields are punishingly... Read More
The Muller Estate Trocken comes this year from old vines from 1983 at the top of the Niedermenniger Herrenberg, a red slate site. Vinified dry in 2/3 stainless steel, 1/3 Fuder barrels. Energetic, crunchy, mineral, and far more... Read More
The Palmberg is Stein’s “Grand Cru” and a vineyard to measure against any other vineyard in the Mosel, period. It is an awesome site, an ancient wall of vines filled with ungrafted plantings that are 90+ years... Read More
The 2023 Himmelreich Kabinett Feinherb is a classic example of old-school Mosel Riesling, with a taut, chiseled structure and only about 15 grams of residual sugar—just beyond dry. With a modest alcohol level of 10.5%, this... Read More
This classically-styled dry riesling from Mosel legend Ulli Stein comes from old, ungrafted vines on sloped blue slate vineyards. Balancing racy freshness with surprising ripeness and power, it offers aromas and flavors of pithy... Read More
The process for this straw wine involves drying the picked grapes on straw mats. This process is very old, at least dating back to Roman times. Illegal in the Mosel for many years, Ulli Stein led the charge to bring this type... Read More
With vineyards planted on the Mosel Valley’s famous red slate, the Ockfener displays ripe fruit, set against a typically steely texture. The wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts before resting in stainless steel for... Read More
White peach is tinged with cardamom, dried ginger and licorice on an alluring nose. A luscious concentrate of white peach is reinforced by perceptible but discreet sweetness on the lush, richly expansive yet buoyant palate, with... Read More