2016 Wine from Germany

Vinous, 93 points: Here is a gorgeous example of delicacy allied to flavor intensity and luscious fruit allied to savory mineral notes. Scents of fresh strawberry and lime anticipate the brightly juicy impression on a polished, buoyant...

jamessuckling.com, 92 points: A finely-nuanced medium-bodied dry riesling with plenty of floral delicacy, but also a firm mineral backbone and a long filigree finish. Drink or hold. Made from organic grapes and Fair'n Green certified. From the...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: 95+ The 2016 Riesling Ürziger Würzgarten Spätlese (White Capsule) offers a deep and complex yet delicate and discreetly flinty nose with a very fine, fresh and bright citrus and stony aroma. Full-bodied, intense and...

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...

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: Be prepared for this radical and fundamental wine that has more power and freshness than is decent or correct. The finish may be too much for you, but there’s profound truth in this amazing wine. Drink now or hold.

Vinous, 90 points: Given 9.5% finished alcohol, this might seem like an exercise in “how low can you go?” It certainly sets a low bar, but not in relation to quality. Fresh, aromatically zesty lemon and lime are tinged with stone and alkali...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: The 2016 Riesling Zeltinger Himmelreich Auslese ** (Green Capsule) is terribly fine, pure and fresh but also perfectly ripe and rich on the nose without losing precision. Round and highly elegant on the palate, with...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: While its stony mineral nose is quiet, there's such a kaleidoscope of fruit, earth and floral complexity to be revealed here. Electric-lime acidity is the backdrop to punchy sweet-tart green apple, grapefruit and...

jamessuckling.com, 95 points: This taste like a top GG and has a personality entirely of its own with complex wild herb and licorice notes, the fruit aromas discrete and delicate. In the mouth this is remarkably sleek and elegant for such a powerful...

jamessuckling.com, 98 points: Mind-boggling purity and brilliance make the enormously concentrated mango, papaya and dried-apricot aromas light up like fireworks in the sky. What a breathtaking finish. Sure you can drink it now, but long experience...

Wine Enthusiast, 93 points: Aeration and time supplants initially earthy smoky notes on the nose with fresh apple, pear and hazelnut. The palate is surprisingly forward and fruity showcasing pristine piercing tangerine and peach flavors. It's a...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: Molitor and Mosel fans shouldn't miss the chance to buy at least a case of the 2016 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese ** (Golden Capsule)—one of the five different Auslesen Markus Molitor selected in his most important...

Vinous, 94 points: This reflects a picking of grapes to a significant degree desiccated without botrytis, which shows in its striking clarity and primary juiciness, not to mention in measurable acidity high by vintage standards. Quince...

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: Still seriously funky (reduction), but behind that is enormous berry fruit and after all the juicy stuff is done comes a slew of herbal-mineral character at the whiplash finish. Drink now or hold.

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: A mad, smoky and radically herbal nose makes this something you will either sign up for or reject out of hand. That doesn't matter though, because after another year or two of ageing it will become much clearer that this...