External search
Google (images)
Wine Advocate
Wine Spectator
Burghound
Wine-Searcher
Vintages
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Show more
From this producer
Show all wines
All tasting notes
|
| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2022 (based on 65 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.5 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by similia on 4/10/2018 & rated 87 points: Riesling (SWAZ) (Zürich): Trockener als der 15er aber von den Fruchtnoten her ähnlich, mir hat der weniger adstringierende 15er besser gefallen. (1655 views) | | | Tasted by RajivAyyangar on 9/28/2017 & rated 83 points: Wine Dojo blinds (SF Wine School, South San Francisco): (blind)
Pale straw. Moderate intensity nose of thiolic fruit - grapefruit, passionfruit. Possible slight cream - oak. Lees stirring.
Dry, 13.5% alcohol (actually 12%), high acid.
Laterals
- Sancerre
- NZ Sauv Blanc
- CA Sauv Blanc
- Chilean Sauv Blanc
- Bordeaux Blanc - Entry level.
Given no pyrazines, elevated ripeness and slight oak:
2015 Bordeaux Blanc, $20, Graves, lower quality - not cru classe.
Upon tasting again - I can see faint petrol. Need to taste more ripe German wines to pick out petrol in this context. (252 views) | | | Tasted by Schönibert on 6/28/2017 & rated 86 points: Reift bereits richtig gut, bietet eine erste, latente und sehr erhabene Petrol-Nase, weiterhin mit frischer Säure und "weißem Tanin". (1898 views) | | | Tasted by Barry Notes on 6/12/2017 & rated 89 points: P/chilled. Clear, med straw color. Nice Riesling nose and taste. Lots of good, proper fruit, this is classic every day, German juice. Refreshing, some citrus, easy drinking, delicious and well priced. Nothing off. $18. Great pairing with cantaloupe/grapes/shrimp cocktail appetizers. (1903 views) | | | Tasted by PacoHigon on 1/7/2017: Amrillo con destellos dorados. Nariz intensa, muy cítrica, fruta con hueso y algo de fruta blanca. En boca tiene buen ataque, paso con cierta untuosidad, la acidez es excelente, sensaciones cítricas y matices golosos de piña. Largo y muy bien perfilado. Un riesling sencillo pero muy resultón. (2216 views) | | | Tasted by Schönibert on 12/30/2016 & rated 86 points: Verlässlicher Freund! (1904 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 12/3/2016: Crawford River new releases and their mentors (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): Green apple, slight ginger and sweet spice. Right on the cusp of tartness but saved by just a touch of residual sugar. The spice and fruit translate to the palate. Beautifully balanced but it is a bit short. Hmm. (1431 views) | | | Tasted by whits on 11/11/2016 & rated 89 points: Tropic fruit and lemon scent, dry with fresh white fruit, salted lemon and honey hints on the palate, fruity with amazing acidity and freshness, perfect with Thai food (751 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 9/18/2016 & rated 87 points: CCAWS Germany Tasting: So many rocks and flowers and shells on the nose, also lemons and limes. Slight spritz, tart acidity, rushing minerality, a large dose of lemon/lime and some mountain stream elements. So vibrant with a hint of sweetness. (1086 views) | | | Tasted by Umay Ceviker on 8/18/2016 & rated 90 points: Kölnisch Wasser. And scents of honeysuckle. Mouth-watering with a long, lingering aftertaste. (1189 views) | | | Tasted by jmcmchi on 7/16/2016: Softish, going to 1% RS, light fruit with lime dominating (681 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 6/17/2016: Darn, even better than last time, peachy and super refreshing. (859 views) | | | Tasted by stakethisclaim on 5/17/2016 & rated 90 points: Summery, citrusy, lots of fruit. Not super sweet. (780 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 5/16/2016: The vintage '13 to '14?
Many things in common, even though the whole growing season was very different.
'13 june and july were warm, august cooler, cool september so they had very high acid.
'14 no winter at all, the earliest bud break ever, 4 of October harvest because they had cooler august, rainy september, so instead of being done early they had to wait it out. Less acidity in this vintage but a very long hang time so long cool fruit ripeness. The big question in '14 was how to prevent the vines from getting wet feet. But the slate took care of all of this.
Clean and pure on the nose but not the straight out minerality that i remember from '14. But not overtly fruity either. Clean and pure on the palate, delivers excellent fruit character. But in the Weil range of things. (722 views) | | | Tasted by "Rhône Rider" on 2/12/2016 & rated 86 points: Litt lukket lav på frukt. Fin syre, sitrus, røyk og masse mineraler. Lukket men bra lengde. 86 (926 views) | | | Tasted by Schönibert on 1/31/2016 & rated 88 points: Sehr guter, schlanker und sehr harmonischer Wein. (819 views) | | | Tasted by Barolo Drunkard on 1/20/2016 & rated 89 points: A crowd pleaser.. Nice acidity, but still is almost silky. Maybe lacking in complexity, but nevertheless delicious Riesling, no doubt (780 views) | | | Tasted by blaahhi on 11/10/2015: Citrus, peach and white fruit on the nose. The palate continues with these, adding decent acidity and some very slight fizz. Medium finish. Clean, pleasant and straightforward, but not very complex or special. Good for many purposes. (894 views) |
| By David Schildknecht
Vinous, 2014 Germany: Riesling Resists Rain on the Rhine (May 2016) (5/1/2016)
(Robert Weil Riesling Trocken) Subscribe to see review text. |
NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of Vinous. (manage subscription channels) |
| Weingut Robert Weil Producer website
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)
Source: VinConnect (VinConnect.com)
About Robert Weil
Weingut Robert Weil, considered one of the Rheingau’s younger wine estates, was founded in 1875 in the small village of Kiedrich, about an hour west of Frankfurt along the Rhein River by Dr. Robert Weil, a German professor at the Sorbonne turned journalist and finally, winegrower. Today, Dr. Robert Weil’s great-grandson Wilhelm runs this 85 hectares estate, carrying on the uncompromising, quality-oriented vineyard and cellar practices that have been the hallmark of the winery for four generations.
The estate is made of three exceptional vineyard sites that lie just opposite the winery in the foothills of the Taunus Mountains – Kiedricher Klosterberg, Kiedricher Turmberg and Kiedricher Gräfenberg. At an altitude of 240 meters (780 feet) these steep southwest facing hillsides are some of the most exceptional vineyards sites in the Rheingau. Good exposure, high temperatures and good air circulation from the Taunus Mountains make these nearly perfect sites for growing late-harvest Riesling. The grapes do so well on the vine that they often ripen well into November.
Kiedrecher Turmberg and Kiedricher Grafenberg are often considered the two most exceptional vineyard sites, the former has a slate base with a thin stony topsoil and is considered a Premier Cru by German classifications (Erste Gewächs); the latter is undisputedly one of the greatest vineyards in the Rheingau. A Grosses Gewächs site (Grand Cru), the soil in the Grafenberg vineyard is similar to that of the Turmberg however the topsoil is deeper and heavier, allowing for better water retention. Both of these vineyards produce wines with fine acidity and a distinctive mineral tone and are marked by elegance and finesse.
Wilhem Weil is a firm believer that the quality and identity of a wine originates in the vineyard. Thus, the estate uses only environmentally friendly tactics in the vineyards and relies on strict pruning and canopy management to reduce yields and achieve fully ripened crops. Harvest generally begins in October and lasts eight to ten weeks, during which rigorous sorting forces harvesters to make round upon round through the vineyards, sometimes picking individual berries based on their ripeness levels. The grapes are pressed and fermented in stainless steel tanks and traditional oak and acacia casks called Rheingauer Stukfass (1200 liters) for approximately 6 months. The resulting wines are stirred and racked as needed throughout the aging process and gently filtered before bottling.
Riesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)Trocken Wikipedia about Trocken (German)Germany Wines of Germany | The Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) | How to read a German wine label | Geographical Information Down to Single Vineyards
#2014 Vintage Notes:
2014 Vintage Report by Terry Theise
2014 Vintage Report by Wine Spectator
"My gut still tells me the Saar (and to some extent) the Ruwer are better overall in 2014 than the more storied areas of the Mosel proper, but those that spent the requisite time living in their middle-Mosel vineyards made some of the most electric and "feathery" Riesling in a long time (maybe the finest in 20 years - yes, it's true!)" - Jon Rimmerman (Of course only a very short historical memory would call the Saar and Ruwer less 'storied' than the middle Mosel - jht)Rheingau VDP Rheingau (Official site) | The Rheingau (Wines of Germany) | Wikipedia about The Rheingau
On weinlagen.info
The small but fine wine-growing area Rheingau offers one for the culture of the vine ideal microclimate and best soil conditions. The Rhine runs uninterruptedly almost one thousand kilometres from Basel up to its muzzle into the North Sea, in a northerly direction. With a short exception - the Rheingau. The Rheingau mountains force the river to a change in direction here. The vineyards falling in this region to the south stretch really to the sun. The king of the white wines, the Riesling, finds ideal local conditions for the unfolding of his fine fruity and elegant type of vine character on the multilayered weathering grounds with loess, loam and sand additions. |
|
