Wine from Germany

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: 95+ The 2015 Riesling Bernkasteler Lay Auslese ** (White Capsule) opens enormously deep, rich, ripe and concentrated on the nose, with smoky/flinty aromas intermixing with perfectly ripe yellow stone fruit and also yeasty...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: Christmann's 2015 Reiterpfad-Hofstück Riesling Trocken GG displays a lovely, deep, intense and concentrated lemon flavor with floral/herbal and some almond aromas. Very complex! Piquant and firm on the palate, this is a...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: (WA 94-95 points) The 2018 Scharzhofberger Spätlese offers a very fine and delicate, coolish, precise and flinty bouquet with bright and elegant fruit notes. On the palate, this is a finessed, beautifully round and lush...

Vinous, 94 points: There is lift – almost delicacy – here, not to mention a transparency to nuance, that wasn’t exhibited by the other Grosse Gewächse in the present collection. Coriander and oregano, crystalline stoniness and mouthwatering...

Wine Enthusiast, 93 points: Vivid with acidity yet deep and rich in body, this dry, voluptuous wine brings out the best of a difficult vintage for Germany. It's fresh on the palate with bright apple and pear flavors, touched with nuances of bramble...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98 points: The 2017 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese (Gold Capsule), AP 17 18, is deep and flinty on the perfectly ripe, intense and tropical-scented nose with its ripe yellow nectarine and peach aromas. The wine exhibits very fine...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: From predominantly ungrafted vines on gray slate, the 2015 Pündericher Marienburg Riesling Raffes offers a fascinating bouquet of pure slate with peppery and lemon grass aromas. On the palate, this is a rich and powerful...

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...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: 95+ From weathered gray slate, Busch's 2016 Pündericher Marienburg Riesling GG "Falkenlay" offers a clear, pure and fine, highly complex and smoky bouquet of crushed stones and bright fruit aromas. Full-bodied, lush and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 99 points: The 2017 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese *** (Green Capsule) opens with an oaky, pretty Burgundian aroma, leading to a deep, pure, concentrated, wonderfully aromatic and elegant bouquet of subtle crunchy slate...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: A rich and creamy style, with plenty of honeyed notes to the peach, pear and apricot flavors, lengthening out nicely. Pastry accents fill the buoyant finish, which offers almond and mineral details. Complex and...

Vinous, 94 points: Purple plum is wreathed in mint and bergamot for a haunting nose and a luscious, subtly cooling palate impression. The feel is glossy. Sweetness rises on the midpalate, but is checked by an influx of grapefruit juiciness...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: The 2013 Kinheimer Hubertuslay Auslese *** needs a little but of time to open up and show its finest, intense raisin aromas indicating grapefruit/lemon and pineapples on a piquant background. Rich, oily textured and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: The 2015 Rheingau Riesling Beerenauslese Oestrich Lenchen VDP Grosse Lage has a clear, fresh and concentrated bouquet of lemon chutney with lemon zests and crushed stone flavors. Sweet, lush and piquant, this is a highly...

Decanter, 100 points: Named in honour of his great-grandfather Georg and his youngest son Max, Keller's 2015 G-Max is the most in need of serious cellaring of all his dry Rieslings. Notes of lemon, wet stones, fresh bread and white flowers...