Wine from Nahe

Decanter, 93 points: A mineral rather than fruit-driven Riesling from 40-year-old vines, that shows off beautifully the volcanic terroir of the Stromberg and Felsenberg grand crus. Racy acidity lifts tangy tart apples, fresh lime and smoky...

Vinous, 96 points: The Fröhlichs’ signature site has never, in my experience, faced such formidable competition from their other Grosse Gewächse (which are also more numerous than ever, thanks to the post-2012 inclusion of Stromberg) but it...

jamessuckling.com, 93 points: There so much peachy fruit here you might miss the delicate floral and herbal notes. Ripe and succulent, yet clean and crisp this Spätlese has discreet sweetness and great balance at the elegant lingering finish. Drink or...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: The 2015 Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese is lovely, clear and flinty on the nose and, like the Spätlese, is characterized by its noble aristocracy, but also lemony freshness and great purity. There seems to be...

jamessuckling.com, 94 points: Who could resist this beauty? All the flowers and fresh herbs of spring are married to considerable elegance and there’s a ton of minerality at the crystalline finish. Drink or hold. Made from organic grapes and Fair'n...

Vinous, 94 points: Bright and crisp on the nose, with candied peach, lemon oil and acacia honey aromas complemented by a whiff of brown spice botrytis. The lusciously sweet tropical flavors maintain a remarkable delicacy in spite of the...

jamessuckling.com, 93 points: A juicy and elegant wine that turns really dry, thanks to the serious minerality that powers the long, delicate finish. From organically grown grapes. Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Unapproachable, cool and aristocratic on the nose, the 2013 Stromberg GG reveals very deep, stony, flinty and mineral-scented aromas of limes and grapefruit on the nose. Deep and almost succulent yet refined and also...

Vinous, 96 points: Violet perfume, mint, wintergreen, smoky-sweet pungency of machine oil and mouthwatering intimations of toasted shrimp shell all put me as much in mind of Nebbiolo or Cabernet Franc as of Riesling in a heady aromatic...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Intriguingly musky and subtly fungal as well as piercing in its evocation of distilled pit fruits and botanicals, the nose of Donnhoff’s 2011 Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Beerenauslese – which was picked alongside...

jamessuckling.com, 92 points: Generous fruit-salad character and floral notes make this the easiest of this producer's dry rieslings to understand and to enjoy right now. Yet, behind the juiciness, the palate has quite a firm structure and the finish...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Coolish, very clear, subtle but multi-layered on the highly elegant, finesse-full and flinty nose starts the 2014 Riesling Dellchen GG. This is a full-bodied, pure, very elegant, highly complex and frisky Riesling of...

View From The Cellar, 96 points: The Dönnhoff family picked two small lots of Eiswein this year, one on the 9th of December and the other on the 13th, and Helmut Dönnhoff decided that they would be better blended together to make one bottling, rather...

Vinous, 95 points: From 50-year-old vines that once belonged to one of Tim Fröhlich’s uncles, and a ruggedly and meagerly rocky volcanic soil, this Grosses Gewächs delivers, as its author promised, a sleeker, slimmer effect than those from...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: Pale lime green in color, the 2013 Monzinger Fruhlingsplatzchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs is very smoky on the nose (almost Coche-Dury-like) and offers pure Riesling flavors along with aromas of limes and grapefruit. Very...