Mosel-Saar-Ruwer 2017 Grosses Gewächs Riesling -- Part VI -- von Othegraven and van Volxem

(Originally published 15 September 2018.)

Who doesn’t like great Saar wines?

von OTHEGRAVEN

2017 (Kanzem) Altenberg Riesling GG

Very tightly wound, steely, electric, with peach beneath. 92+/A

van VOLXEM

In the past, I’ve sometimes found inconsistency from one vineyard to the next here, but 2017 is consistently brilliant.

2017 (Kanzem) Altenberg Riesling GG

Fine ginger spice nose. Slate, purity, lightness, depth. 93(+)/A

2017 (Wawern) Goldberg Riesling GG

Peach aromas and flavors, pure, dry, medium-weight, very long. 93(+)/A

2017 (Wiltingen) Gottesfuss Riesling GG

Firm, medium-weight with some richness, yellow fruit, depth. 93/A

2017 (Wiltingen) Scharzhofberger Riesling GG

Very stony nose. Stony, pure, light, penetrating. 93+/A

2017 (Wiltingen) Scharzhofberger “Perkentsknop"Riesling GG

Stony, intense, deep, rounder than regular Scharzhofberger, citric, deep. 93+/A

2017 (Wiltingen) Volz Riesling GG

Pure, penetrating, intense, deep citric. 93(+)/A