2014 White Wine

Wine Spectator, 90 points: Lovely tangerine, nectarine and peach notes are carried by a fresh honeysuckle accent. There's good zip, though this leans more toward the flattering side of the spectrum. Drink now through 2019. 1,176 cases made. — JM

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: I love the lively and energetic profile of the 2014 L'Etoile Cuvée Spéciale, which is a sharper wine than the 2015 but also less developed and fresher. It feels very young and undeveloped, with bright acidity, strong...

Vinous, 90 points: Picking for this was very late for its genre, but in the high-elevation terraces that dominate this bottling, must weights remained very modest, resulting in what a time traveler visiting from the 1980s would recognize as...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: 95+ The 2014 Kiedricher Grafenberg Riesling trocken GG combines the fine and highly elegant Riesling fruit of the Klosterberg with the finesse-full and precise purity of the Gräfenberg phyllite terroir. Piquant and...

Vinous, 94 points: The 2014 Chardonnay Old Guard is the most relaxed and open of these wines. Orchard fruit and sweet floral notes are front and center, but it is the wine's crystalline purity and overall finesse that stand out most. In...

Wine Enthusiast, 92 points: While there’s plenty of peachy, primary perfume, crushed slate and stone form the backbone of this deeply mineral Riesling. Dry in style, it’s plush, creamy palate is balanced by a bitter edge of lime pith and savory...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: More aristocratic and unapproachable in its cool and dusty wet stone aroma (from 100% phylitte soils), the 2014 Kiedricher Turmberg Riesling Trocken is mind-blowing in its ascetic power and terroir expression. The fruit...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: 93+ Super clear in color and bouquet opens the 2014 Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Trocken Alte Reben, which displays an herbal flavored nose with celery aromas at this early stage. Firmly structured and piquant...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Herbal flavors and stewed fruit aromas dominate the super clear and stony bouquet of the 2014 Pündericher Marienburg Riesling Rothenpfad Reserve. Aged for two years on its lees and bottled in October 2016 just two weeks...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The golden yellow-colored 2014 Chardonnay Trocken R displays a very intense, fruity and also spicy bouquet with ripe peach and mango flavors, along flavors of lemon zest, spicy oak and toast. Very delicate, elegant and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: From almost 100-year-old vines in a 1,600 square meter plot (small grapes, loose berries, thicker skins), the 2014 Riesling GG Fahrlay Terrassen opens with a deep, concentrated, very complex, stony/dusty bouquet of...

Vinous, 90 points: Subdued on the nose compared with its generic counterpart, this ultimately proves both more rarefied and more engaging. Juicy lime and grapefruit are suffused with basil and mint, with hints of blackcurrant emerging on a...

Vinous, 95 points: Ripe white peach, zesty fresh lemon, toasted squash seeds, wet stone and high-toned almond extract mingle on a stunningly forceful and multidimensional nose. The rich, expansive midpalate impression is by turns creamy and...