The ginger and smoke aromas (slight reduction) ensure this riesling stands out from the crowd, and as it aerates even more spices and stone fruits emerge. This is still tightly wound with tremendous concentration and great mineral... Read More
Lots of herbal and pine freshness animates this medium-bodied but compact dry riesling. Very good ripeness, but not voluminous or weighty. Serious minerality at the long, deep finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.... Read More
Very cool and subtle peachy nose. Impressive ripeness and concentration for the challenging vintage, tons of wet stone minerality and lemon zest freshness drive the very long and precise finish. From vine planted in 1896. Vegan.... Read More
What an exquisite stone fruit nose this super-fine and filigree dry riesling has! Yes, it is also very concentrated, but this and the power are completely underplayed. The result is an almost weightless palate that hangs like... Read More
At first deep, dark and mysterious. Just like the Nikolaihof cellar, where this dry riesling spent 16 years in barrel. Then, a minty freshness develops that leaps out of the glass at you. By some miracle, it manages to taste ancient... Read More
Another stunning Steiner Hund dry riesling from Nikolaihof! Deep and complex nose with a ton of flint, but also crushed-rock, quince and pomelo aromas. For the very warm vintage this is astonishingly cool and restrained, with... Read More
The Lieser 2019 Niederberg Helden Riesling GG is clear and intense on the remarkably fine, flinty and herbal nose. Full-bodied, lush and intense, with fine crystalline acidity and slate astringency, this is an elegant, round,... Read More
In 2008 I founded Tatomer with two Riesling vineyards. My intention was to use my knowledge to make bone-dry Riesling in California unlike many of the off-dry examples in the marketplace today. I made a mere 400 cases in a small... Read More
The 2021 Kalkofen Riesling trocken VDP. Grosse Lage comes from the plateau above Deidesheim and owes its density and complexity to 65-year-old vines growing on sandstone and limestone. The must is fermented spontaneously in 500-liter... Read More
What a dramatic wine this is, at once ripe and austere, super-stony and super-herbal with a touch of peppermint. Compact core in spite of the sleek and very focused body. Electric freshness at the vibrant finish although the acidity... Read More
Picked a few days before the GG, the 2021 Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese is based on highly ripe Riesling berries and opens with a clear, lemony, pure, fresh and finely concentrated bouquet with grapefruit,... Read More
The restrained beauty of the peachiness in the nose is hard to describe, but easy to be overwhelmed by! On the compact palate this has staggering concentration yet still manages to be very light on its feet. The finish is blade-runner... Read More
A truly exceptional dry riesling for the 2021 vintage! Although this is still very young, it already has an enveloping nose of ripe apricot and persimmon with a hint of toast. Mouth-filling richness and stunning concentration... Read More
A masterpiece from an almost unknown vineyard site. The cool and deep nose pulls you into this very concentrated and supple dry riesling GG that has so much power, packed into a sleek silhouette. Long, silky and chalky finish.... Read More
In spite of the ripeness, which edges in a caramelized direction, this retains dramatic freshness that builds and builds as it flows across the palate. The concentration is underplayed, so that the whole composition comes across... Read More
Mind-blowing herbal, bergamot and Amalfi-lemon complexity on the nose! The electric acidity sharply focuses the sleek silhouette of this astonishing dry riesling. Enormous wet-stone minerality at the breathtaking finish. Immense... Read More