Floral notes, chamomile, sharp green apple and a touch of spice. It's sharp, sour and unyielding on the palate with a long, peppery finish. It's very 'Falkenstein' but too tight and austere to be truly enjoyable for my palate
Apple, white peach, kumquat and wet slate, woody spice and herbal lift. Clean and clear on the palate entry but ends slightly claggy with a blocky sweetness that isn't quite integrated by Falkenstein's standards. I imagine it'll come together, but rated as I tasted it.
Sour apple, slate, sherbet and a savoury, grippy density on the nose. The residual sugar, acidity and overall structure is just perfect. The hard-edged green apple profile is assertive but framed and softened beautifully. Excellent
The nose is quite captivating: mineral and floral, vegetal notes of decaying rose petals and apple skins. Stony, precise and sour on the palate, vertical but with breadth and depth. Excellent value for a wine with this level of interest.
Stony and savoury, notes of green apple, sharp lemon and white peach. There's a touch of residual sugar with a good level of presence and depth on the palate. A pithy chew on the finish. Very good value
Something of a Burgundian character to this: a clean and pure struck match aroma and a mealy breadth to the palate. Toothsome, structural and mineral - it's not a fruit-driven wine - but very drinkable and persistent. Really enjoyed this.
My rocky relationship with this producer continues - I've enjoyed the odd dry Herrenberg but crikey I really don't like this. Eggy reduction, over-ripe to my palate, cloying and grippy sweetness. Yuk.
Really quite complete. Slate, spice and green mango. The sweetness and acidity play off eachother beautifully and it's very persistent on the finish. Good value
Very nicely done. A lovely style- almost a by-the-numbers Mosel Kabi, but executed at such a high level: green apple, lemon and spice. A good amount of residual sugar but beautifully prominent cleansing acidity. Really fresh, tart and drinkable. Great stuff
My note says 'classy AF', so there you go. Quite subtle and low-key. Dialled back but complex with floral and herbal lift on the nose. Ripe fruited, acidity is present but it's quite tender and approachable. Refined and ready to go.
Apple, white peach, smoke and a touch of reduction. Really concentrated on the palate - gets a bit bogged down with the weight of sugar on the mid palate but a sharp seam of acidity gives it zing and lift on the finish.
Totally delicious. The subtlety of Donnhoff's house style lets the floral and herbal aromatics express themselves against a background of gently concentrated ripe white and yellow fruit. Sweet but very light on its feet, finishing fresh.
Excellent. Grilled smoky pineapple, lime and hibiscus. Some savoury depth to the palate and ample acidity. Chewy, long finish. It's clean, fresh and balanced - all the elements in harmony already. Wine of the tasting for me.
I thought this was a really cool wine. The uncompromisingly direct, sinewy house style is a lot of fun against this level of residual sugar and ripeness. I often find the level of reduction in S-F's wines hard to get around but it works here. There's ripe and smoky yellow fruit which sits behind slate, spice and mineral depth. Powerful acidity is sharp and bracing, slicing through that sweetness. Very distinctive.
2022 Hofgut Falkenstein Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett trocken "Mutter Anna" #1 88 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Floral notes, chamomile, sharp green apple and a touch of spice. It's sharp, sour and unyielding on the palate with a long, peppery finish. It's very 'Falkenstein' but too tight and austere to be truly enjoyable for my palate
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2022 Hofgut Falkenstein Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Spätlese feinherb "Meyer Nepal" #11 89 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Apple, white peach, kumquat and wet slate, woody spice and herbal lift. Clean and clear on the palate entry but ends slightly claggy with a blocky sweetness that isn't quite integrated by Falkenstein's standards. I imagine it'll come together, but rated as I tasted it.
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2022 Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben "Gisela" #8 92 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Sour apple, slate, sherbet and a savoury, grippy density on the nose. The residual sugar, acidity and overall structure is just perfect. The hard-edged green apple profile is assertive but framed and softened beautifully. Excellent
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2022 Fritz Ekkehard Huff Riesling Schwabsburger trocken 89 Points
Germany, Rheinhessen
The nose is quite captivating: mineral and floral, vegetal notes of decaying rose petals and apple skins. Stony, precise and sour on the palate, vertical but with breadth and depth. Excellent value for a wine with this level of interest.
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2022 Wagner-Stempel Riesling Neu Bamberg "Rotliegend" 89 Points
Germany, Rheinhessen
Stony and savoury, notes of green apple, sharp lemon and white peach. There's a touch of residual sugar with a good level of presence and depth on the palate. A pithy chew on the finish. Very good value
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2022 Peter Jakob Kühn Hallgartener Hendelberg Riesling Trocken 90 Points
Germany, Rheingau
Something of a Burgundian character to this: a clean and pure struck match aroma and a mealy breadth to the palate. Toothsome, structural and mineral - it's not a fruit-driven wine - but very drinkable and persistent. Really enjoyed this.
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2022 Von Schubert Maximin Grünhäuser Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett 82 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
My rocky relationship with this producer continues - I've enjoyed the odd dry Herrenberg but crikey I really don't like this. Eggy reduction, over-ripe to my palate, cloying and grippy sweetness. Yuk.
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2022 Peter Lauer Lambertskirch Riesling Kabinett 91 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Really quite complete. Slate, spice and green mango. The sweetness and acidity play off eachother beautifully and it's very persistent on the finish. Good value
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2022 Weiser-Künstler Enkircher Ellergrub Riesling Kabinett 92 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Very nicely done. A lovely style- almost a by-the-numbers Mosel Kabi, but executed at such a high level: green apple, lemon and spice. A good amount of residual sugar but beautifully prominent cleansing acidity. Really fresh, tart and drinkable. Great stuff
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2022 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 90 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
My note says 'classy AF', so there you go. Quite subtle and low-key. Dialled back but complex with floral and herbal lift on the nose. Ripe fruited, acidity is present but it's quite tender and approachable. Refined and ready to go.
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2022 Schloss Lieser Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett 91 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Lip-smacking. Lovely tart and savoury depth on the palate, wonderfully balanced, so clean and fresh. This is what Kabinett is all about. Super value.
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2022 Vollenweider Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spätlese 90 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Apple, white peach, smoke and a touch of reduction. Really concentrated on the palate - gets a bit bogged down with the weight of sugar on the mid palate but a sharp seam of acidity gives it zing and lift on the finish.
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2022 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Spätlese 92 Points
Germany, Nahe
Totally delicious. The subtlety of Donnhoff's house style lets the floral and herbal aromatics express themselves against a background of gently concentrated ripe white and yellow fruit. Sweet but very light on its feet, finishing fresh.
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2022 Peter Jakob Kühn Oestricher Lenchen Riesling Spätlese 93 Points
Germany, Rheingau
Excellent. Grilled smoky pineapple, lime and hibiscus. Some savoury depth to the palate and ample acidity. Chewy, long finish. It's clean, fresh and balanced - all the elements in harmony already. Wine of the tasting for me.
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2022 Schäfer-Fröhlich Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling Spätlese Goldkapsel 93 Points
Germany, Nahe
I thought this was a really cool wine. The uncompromisingly direct, sinewy house style is a lot of fun against this level of residual sugar and ripeness. I often find the level of reduction in S-F's wines hard to get around but it works here. There's ripe and smoky yellow fruit which sits behind slate, spice and mineral depth. Powerful acidity is sharp and bracing, slicing through that sweetness. Very distinctive.
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2022 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 91 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
So luxurious and fresh. Lusciously sweet but spicy and clean, killer acidity tightens everything up and it finishes with a zing.
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