Wine from Germany

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 99 points: The 2017 Riesling Erdener Treppchen Beerenauslese shows a beautiful nose of white and juicy peaches intermixed with a delicate and crunchy slate aroma. What precision, finesse and purity here! The palate is...

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, 95 points: The 2017 Riesling Ürziger Würzgarten Spätlese (Golden Capsule) is complex and mineral on the densely woven yet fresh and crunchy-herbal nose. It's a dense, concentrated, piquant and structured Spätlese with lush and ripe...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Picked at 120° Oechsle and "with 90% fine and juicy botrytis," according to Constantin Richter, the 2015 Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese ** (Fass #101) displays a very fine, precise and concentrated...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98 points: The 2017 Riesling Saarburger Rausch Auslese ** (Golden Capsule) is intense and concentrated on the fresh and piquant nose that indicates fine botrytis with lemon confit and pumpernickel notes. Lush and smooth as well as...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: The NV von Buhl Reserve Brut is based on two-thirds Pinot Blanc and one-third Chardonnay. The sparkling wine displays a bright golden color and opens with an intense, fresh and elegant bouquet with lemon aromas intermixed...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Even purer and perhaps more sophisticated than the Bockstein is the sweet 2013 Erdener Treppchen Riesling Auslese ** with its cool, slate purity and springlike citrus and blossom aromas, which are delivered as lime...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Bottled in April 2016, the 2014 Riesling Uhlen R 'VDP Grosse Lage' opens with a very clear, deep and ripe, stony-flavored Riesling bouquet. On the palate, this is a very finessed and elegant but also rich and intense...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98 points: 98+ More tropical fruit aromas such as juicy pineapples and macerated ginger dominate the nose of the richer yet still pure and subtle 2013 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese ***. Quite sweet, intense and densely textured on...

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: Smells like dripping leaves and flowers after a tropical storm. Great dried fruit flavors and a brilliant acidity that lights them up. Stunning concentration and a very long, electric finish where the sweetness is barely...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: Made from Riesling grown in the heat-retaining basalt soils of the Pechstein vineyard, this dry, intensely mineral wine balances nerve and tension and against luscious white peach and yellow-cherry flavors. It's silky and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 99 points: Like the Bockstein, the 2017 Riesling Saarburger Rausch Auslese *** (Golden Capsule) is also enormously concentrated on the nose, where fine botrytis aromas intermingle with dried apricots, peaches, notes of quince, lime...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: The 2017 Riesling Ürziger Würzgarten Beerenauslese opens with a very clear, elegant, highly aromatic and finessed bouquet of ripe tropical and domestic fruits intermixed with stony notes. On the palate, this is a lush and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The dry 2015 Riesling Kinheimer Hubertuslay Auslese ** (White Capsule) is from very fine slate soils that give power to the wines (not in terms of alcohol, though). Cool and flinty on the nose, this is a very powerful...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: The 2017 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Beerenauslese * (Golden Capsule) is intense, fine and flinty on the highly precise nose with crunchy slate and grapefruit notes. Dense and concentrated on the palate, it has sweet but...