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I love, love, LOVE Silvaner from Franken, but this set largely falls short of expectations. (Continue reading here.)
2021 and 2022 Franken (Franconia) Riesling GG Part II -- Apostelgarten, Centgrafenberg, Maustal, Pfülben, Rothlauf, Stein, Stein-Berg from Bickel-Stumpf, Bürgerspital, Fürst, Höfler, Juliusspital, Am Stein/Knoll, Luckert, Staatliche Hofkeller Würzburg
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Finishing up with Franken Rieslings — so many wonderful wines, so hard to obtain. (Continue reading here.)
2022 Pfalz Riesling GG Part X -- Kalmit, Kastanienbusch, Kastanienbusch - Köppel, Kirchberg, Sonnenberg from Bernhart, Kranz, Rebholz, Siegrist, Wehrheim
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Finishing up the Pfalz Rieslings — not as consistently strong as 2021, but plenty of outstanding wines. (Continue reading here.)
2022 Pfalz Riesling GG Part IX -- Hölle - Unter Faulenberg, Im Sonnenschein, Im Sonnenschein - Ganz Horn, Schäwer from Meßmer, Minges, Rebholz
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As we move south towards the French border, notable here is the Schäwer vineyard, a very rare occurrence of slate in the Pfalz. (Continue reading here.)
2022 Pfalz Riesling GG Part VIII - Bürgergarten Im Breumel, Idig, Meerspinne, Ölberg-Hart, Vogelsang from Christmann and Müller-Catoir
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Moving to the southern portion of the middle Pfalz, the quality remains high from these two superb producers. (Continue reading here.)
2021 and 2022 Pfalz Rieslng GG Part VII -- Gaisböhl, Kalkofen, and Reiterpfad from Bassermann-Jordan, Bergdolt, Buhl, and Winning
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Immediately south from Deidesheim, there’s still plenty more of outstanding quality. (Continue reading here.)
2021 and 2022 Pfalz Riesling GG Part VI -- Hohenmorgen, Kieselberg, and Langenmorgen from Bassermann-Jordan, Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, and Mosbacher
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If Forst is the Vosne-Romanée of the Pfalz, Deidesheim is the Chambolle-Musigny with the emphasis more on elegance. Deidesheim is also one of the most beautiful wine towns I have been to in well-over forty years of such wine visits.(Continue reading here.)
2021 and 2022 Pfalz Riesling GG Part V --Jesuitengarten and Kirchenstück from Acham-Magin, Bassermann-Jordan, Buhl, Mosbacher, and Winning
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Kirchenstück is for me the greatest Riesling vineyard in the Pfalz, if not all of Germany. But just as Romanée-Conti is not always the greatest wine of a given vintage in Burgundy, so that is not always the case with Kirchenstück. But there is high quality, nonetheless. (Continue reading here.)
2021 and 2022 Pfalz Riesling GG Part IV -- Freundstück and Ungeheuer from Acham-Magin, Bassermann-Jordan, Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, and Mosbacher
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Great wines here. Especially notable are the wines from von Buhl which, across the board, were outstanding to great in 2021. The years of the overly-reductive style are becoming a distant memory. (Continue reading here.)
2021 and 2022 Pfalz Riesling GG Part III -- Pechstein from Acham-Magin, Bassermann-Jordan, Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, Mosbacher, Schaefer
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This set kicks off the dazzling tour of the great vineyards of Forst, the Vosne-Romanée of the Pfalz. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Pfalz Riesling GG Part II -- Annaberg, Herrenberg, Michelsberg, Saumagen, Weilberg from Philipp Kuhn, Pfeffingen, Rings, and Karl Schaefer
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We move now to the northern part of the Weinstrasse which produced successful wines. (Continue reading here.)
2022 Rheinhessen Riesling GG Part V and 2022 and 2021 Pfalz Riesling Part I -- Frauenberg, Kirchenstück Kirschgarten, Kreuzberg, Mandelpfad, Schwarzer Herrgott, Steinbuckel, Zellerweg am Schwarzen Herrgott from Battenfeld-Spanier, Knipser, and Philipp Kuhn
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As up around Bingen, here there is a difference in political boundaries but not in terroir. (Continue reading here.)
2022 Rheinhessen Part IV -- Aulerde, Kirchspiel, Liebfrauenstift-Kirchenstück, Morstein from Groebe, Gutzler, Wittmann
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Groebe and Wittmann are two of my favorite Riesling producers from anywhere. Alas, Klaus Peter Keller is no longer showing his wines at this tasting — it was always fascinating to compare the three greats. (Continue reading here.)
2022 Rheinhessen Riesling GG Part III -- Pettenthal and Zehnmorgen from Gunderloch, Kühling-Gillot, Rappenhof, and St. Antony
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Unevenness of the Roter Hang is less marked with this set of wines, but still, the Pettenthal from Kühling-Gillot was a disappointment. (Continue reading here.)
2022 Rheinhessen Riesling GG Part II -- Heerkretz, Hipping, Höllberg, Öllberg, Rothenberg from Bischel, Gunderloch, Kühling-Gillot, Rappenhof, and Wagner-Stempel
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Good results from Siefersheim, but then moving down to the Roter Hang (Nackenheim and Nierstein), the results are much more mixed, clearly reflecting difficult conditions. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Rheinhessen Riesling GG Part I -- Hundertgulden, Kirchberg, Scharlachberg, Steinacker from Bischel, Knewitz, Kruger-Rumpf, Salm, and Wagner-Stempel
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With this set, we transition to Rheinhessen, although here it is a political boundary only and not one of major terroir difference — the Nahe River in fact flows into the Rhein at Bingen, and Kruger-Rumpf and Prinz Salm have vineyards in both the Nahe and Rheinhessen by virtue of their Bingen holdings. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Nahe Riesling GG Part IV -- Burgberg, Dautenpflänzer, Goldloch, Pittermännchen from Diel, Kruger-Rumpf, and Schäfer
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Outstanding wines from Diel and Schäfer, somewhat disappointing ones from Kruger Rumpf. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Nahe Riesling GG Part III -- Bastei, Dellchen, Mühlberg, Rotenberg, Steinberg from Dr. Crusius, H. Dönnhoff, and Gut Hermannsberg
Continuing from the area in the previous post, just a little down river, the quality remains high. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2018 Nahe Riesling GG Part II -- Felsenberg, Hermannsberg, Hermannshöhle, Kupfergrube, Steinberg from Crusius, Dönnhoff, Hermannsberg, Schäfer-Fröhlich
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It’s just pure joy tasting through wines such as these. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Nahe Riesling GG's Part I -- Felseneck, Frühlingsplätzchen, Halenberg, Höllenpfad in Mühlenberg, Johannisberg, Stromberg
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The Nahe VDP is endowed with such a great set of producers, and here are four producing at a very high level. (Continue reading here.)
2021 Rheingau Riesling GG Part IX -- Berg Rottland, Kappellenberg, and Pfaffenwies Roder from Johannishof, von Kanitz, Leitz, Ress, and Wegeler
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Finishing up the Rheingau Riesling GG’s with a magnificent set. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Rheingau Riesling GG Part VIII -- Berg Kaisersteinfels, Berg Roseneck, Berg Schlossberg, Morschberg, Rosengarten, Rothenberg from Allendorf, Künstler, Leitz, Prinz, Wegeler
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Some excellent wines here, and a few disappointments. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Rheingau Riesling GG Part VI -- Eser, Kühn, Spreitzer, Wegeler
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This selection is an excellent example of the high-quality wines coming out of the Rheingau these days. 2021 or 2022, take your pick. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Rheingau Riesling GG Part V -- Barth, Kloster Eberbach, Müller, Prinz, Ress
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Continuing with Hattenheim, the quality of 2021 continues, and Prinz has a super 2022 Nussbrunnen. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Rheingau Riesling Part IV -- Barth, August Eser, Kaufmann, Künstler, Ress, Spreitzer
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Mostly Wisselbrunnen here, and the terroir really comes through. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Rheingau Riesling GG Part III -- Barth, Kühn, Prinz, Weil
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When the producers presenting their wines are Barth, Kühn, Prinz, and Weil, you expect only the best . . . and that’s what you get. (Continue reading here.)
2021 Rheingau Riesling GG Part II -- Jung, Kloster Eberbach, Knyphausen, Künstler, von Oetinger
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If you want to see evidence that great Rheingau vineyards that had been languishing are flourishing in new hands, check out the Marcobrunn and Hohenrain GG’s below that now are coming from Künstler and von Oetinger (Jung and Kloster Eberbach have long been making very good wines from those vineyards). (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Rheingau Riesling GG Part I -- Flick, Künstler, and Werner
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In some quarters, the Rheingau’s reputation is unjustly demeaned by persons who think of early efforts in the 1980s and early 1990s to make dry wines (that were brutal because they were too dry) and because of some large estates that were underproducing. In the former case, the wines are now very well-balanced; and in the latter case, to a large extent, those estates don’t exist any more and the vines have been taken over by some of the top Rheingau estates.
As I indicated in an earlier post, the Rheingau VDP chapter has adopted a rule allowing producers to show their GG in the year following harvest, but they can only sell them beginning September 1 of the second year following harvest. So the 2021s are just coming to market now. (Continue reading here.)
A Few 2022 Mittelrhein Riesling GG -- Jost and Ratzenberger
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Mittelrhein is a region that even many German wine fans don’t know exist. There’s not a lot of wine here, but it can be very good. (Continue reading here.)
2022 Mosel Riesling GG Part V -- Heymann-Löwenstein
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Heymann-Löwenstein is quite far down the Mosel River, only a few kilometers before you reach Koblenz, the city where the Mosel empties into the Rhein. These are successful wines across the board. Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Mosel Riesling GG Part IV -- Loosen and Wegeler
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A frankly uninspiring set of wines. One hardly expected wines from Lösnich and Kinheim to show better than those from Erden, Ürzig, and Wehlen. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Mosel Riesling GG Part III
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As we continue down the Mosel River, these are good wines, but not up to some other recent vintages from these producers. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Mosel Riesling GG Part II -- Grans-Fassian, Haart, and Nik Weis-Sankt Urbans-Hof
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The unevenness of the vintage is evident in this set of wines. I was particularly disappointed in the Grans-Fassian wines (see also the Laurentiuslay in the previous post) — it’s a producer where I’ve had good results in the past (Continue reading here.)
2022 Saar Riesling GG Part IV, Ruwer Riesling GG, Mosel Riesling GG Part I
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A transitional group of wines: finishing the Saar, a quick peek at Ruwer, and then beginning the Mosel. (Continue reading here.)
2022 Saar Riesling GG Part III -- von Hövel, von Kesselstatt, van Volxem wines from Wiltingen
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The GG’s from Wiltingen, mostly Scharzhofberger, generally show well, even if the vintage is not one of the best in recent years. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Saar Riesling Grosses Gewächs Part II -- von Hövel, Peter Lauer, von Othegraven, van Volxem
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Here we begin to get the quality and consistency one expects from the Saar. (Continue reading here.)
2022 and 2021 Saar Riesling GG Part I -- Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken, Peter Lauer, von Othegraven, Schloss Saarstein, van Volxem, Nik Weis-St. Urbans Hof
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Right from the get-go, we see the unevenness and the disappointing aspects of the 2022 vintage, with several Saar producers falling short of expectations, but Schloss Saarstein coming through with a winner. And von Othegraven provides the contract of the outstanding 2021 vintage. (Continue reading here.)
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