Deliciously aromatic and with a dash of sweetness. Always a match for assertively-spiced dishes, this wine is deep-fruited, sweet, joyful, and full of tea roses and pink grapefruit. Borell-Diehl comes from the rolling hills of... Read More
This dry white is made in the classic style: fresh, crisp, limey, and ridiculously easy to drink. A modest 12% alcohol with great acids and no oak (of course), it beats Pinot Grigio at its own game, offering great refreshment... Read More
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 Sekt Riesling by D.B. Schmitt has a concentrated expression of soil, high acidity, mature overtones & crystal clear bubbles. Tastes like Champagne, with a twist! Staff really loves this one.
The Nahe is not a mountain stream, but it might be for all we know with Schönleber’s Frühlingsplätzchen’s cool and pure mineral expression, aptly complemented by a gentle herbal freshness. The crushed... Read More
The Johann Geil Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir) is dense and concentrated with ripe tannins. Notes of wild berries and black pepper make this beautifully balanced wine a great complement to meat dishes, pasta, and cheese plates.... Read More
Fresh and juicy Riesling. On the nose dominate juicy flavors of green apple, pineapple and some passion-fruit as well as some citrus-flavors. Crispy acidity with a good balanced residual sugar.
One of the three grand cru Rieslings made at Gunderloch (Hipping, Pettenthal, Rothenberg). The Pettenthal site has sandier soils and smaller rocks than Rothenberg with a deep topsoil. The wine is 100% aged in 600L neutral barrels,... Read More
Nice aromas of melons, pears, and honey, give this Riesling a rich, lush, and juicy impression. The wine finishes with impressive refinement and wet stone along with smoky, tingling intimations of minerality.
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
Pristine expression of fruit. Immediately showing great balance of sweetness and acidity, a bit creamier than the Kabinett, lovely stone fruit, very elegant with that kick from the well known Graacher acidity. Good length with... Read More
This dry Spätlese is a monument to Becker and to his style. This wine is linear and laserlike - you could say it was austere if it didn't have such obvious depth and texture. This is simply a great wine in its extreme... Read More
The grapes for our Ritzling are grown exclusively in the estate’s own organically cultivated vineyards. Controlled low yields and extended time on the fine lees lend it its distinctively complex character. Accents of lime... 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.
Pius Auslese is a blend of botrytized Riesling, Rieslaner, and Huxelrebe. Notes of passion fruit, orange peel, pineapple, and a hint of nutmeg lead to a very long, tropical fruity finish. Excellent.
Released earlier this year, the 2014 Kallstadter Saumagen Riesling Auslese trocken R opens with a clear, fine, fresh and pure yet deep, intense and elegant bouquet with honey, brioche and floral notes as well as stony notes pairing... Read More
This comes from the prized Saumagen vineyard from Koehler-Ruprecht's estate in the Pfalz. It has gone through a marvelous transition over the past two decades and has turned up being one of the top 5 estates of the region.... Read More
100% Pinot Blanc vinified bone dry but very ripe. A late-harvest selection of older vines (40-50 years old) planted in limestone soils mostly from the Steinacker and some from Saumagen. Mineral-driven and creamy with a touch of... Read More
Sometimes simplicity with a wine, not trying to masquerade or follow fads, is what’s called for – a certain honesty and rusticity so omnipresent it can be soul stirring. Firmly dry, with flashes of melons and cut wet... Read More
The 0 Ohm white is a 50/50 blend of Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay with a few days of maceration. The wine is saline and electric, with waxy citrus fruit, lemon pith and herbs. This is not an orange wine, but is salty and textured... Read More
A medium-bodied dry riesling from the Pfalz, charming and lively, with very good depth and balance on the mineral finish with notes of lemongrass, lime zest and grapefruit.
“Barrel X” is winemaker Florian Lauer’s Platonic ideal of what a feinherb Saar Riesling should be. As an appellation-level wine, it is sourced from multiple vineyards in four different villages of the Saar: Ayl... Read More