Deep lemon in color. A vibrant, lively and heady nose of lemon and apple marmalade, chamomile flower, and stone fruit jam. Unctuous and even oily on the palate with mid-palate weight, a sweet edge, and a long...

This mind-blowingly elegant dry Rheingau riesling has incredibly deep citrus and floral aromas that make it hard to move on to actually tasting it. But then you descend into the deepest depths of this great terroir, the...

This is not a Mosel Auslese nor is it a dry Riesling, but its personality marries elements from both these categories in a completely original manner. What an incredibly fresh and entrancing nose of Amalfi lemons and mint...

Super elegant and super filigreed, with ravishing aromas of honeysuckle, white peaches and Asian pears, this is a very sophisticated and polished wine for this category. Incredibly refreshing, but also incredibly silky on...

This Mosel riesling kabinett is a miniature masterpiece of delicacy. I love the aromas of wildflowers and herbs that are married to a wealth of mineral nuances on the light- to medium-bodied palate. Although a hint of...

The sensuous curves of Art Nouveau design and joyful flourishes of rococo both give an idea of what Mosel riesling elegance means, but in a masterpiece like this it takes on a totally distinctive feeling unlike anything...

What an incredible interplay of golden fruit aromas and fantastic spicy complexity this enormously concentrated and creamy Mosel riesling has. Not analytically dry, but with spot-on balance, and everything is perfectly...

The 2022 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese (Golden Capsule) is clear and very fine on the elegant and subtle nose that indicates perfectly ripe fruit and intermingles its flavors with delicate notes of finely...

Deep, dark and rocky, this is a powerful dry riesling with a radical structure that is not for the faint-hearted. There’s also a wonderful succulence on the very concentrated mid-palate. And then the hammer falls at the...

Very cool and still quite closed, this has an intense stony minerality and a pronounced cassis note. Very concentrated and currently quite austere, however, this dry riesling has terrific structure. This really needs a...

A super-elegant and refined riesling Kabinett with great energy and clarity that races across the palate at a very brisk clip thanks to the brilliant acidity. The delicate touch of unfermented grape sweetness accentuates...

So delicate and elegant, with incredible floral aromas (lilac and lavender) on the still embryonic nose, but that’s only the beginning. Then comes the no less amazing elegance on the middle of the medium-bodied palate...

A very elegant and racy wine for the warm Pfalz with a wonderful range of aromas from yellow peach and melon through to red apple and Amalfi lemon. Ample fruit in spite of the relatively sleek body. Long, very vibrant and...

For anyone who has never taste one, this wine smells like the red-fleshed vineyard peach. Then, on the incredibly focused palate, you plunge into the mineral depths of a riesling Grand Canyon. You need to like acidity to...

So much ripe peach with a glaze of floral honey that makes this very easy to enjoy. Ripe and generous but very clean and straight on the medium-bodied palate. Very long finish in which the racy acidity and a hint of...

The 2022 Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling GG is beautifully clear, refined and flinty on the intense nose that is coolish and warm at the same time in terms of coolish slate and ripe Riesling aromas. Mouth-filling, round...

This has all the beauty and underappreciated power of the peach. It’s not easy to find adequate words for this wine that manages to be simultaneously very imposing yet so graceful. It’s medium- to full-bodied and has a...

A dark and mysterious wine with a very warm and generous heart! Stunning concentration and richness, too! This doesn’t hesitate for a moment, but ploughs straight across your palate like a steam roller. The finish is at...

The first thing that strikes you is the huge stone fruit ripeness in the nose, but then comes the striking exotic fruit and herb freshness, and when you take the first sip the wet stone intensity and vibrancy are truly...

A sensational riesling Auslese that leaves you wondering why you wanted to do anything else today other than drink this wine. Fabulous peachy finesse that makes me think of the pink shimmer on the skin of a beautiful...

The 2021 Kreuznacher Kahlenberg Riesling trocken is clear, bright and delicate on the nose that shows spicy fruit with red cherry and floral as well as flinty and some underwood or herbal aromas. Intense and fleshy on the...

Anybody who doesn’t know what the noblest form of botrytis smells like is in for an extraordinary initiation. What a mind-boggling array of tropical fruit aromas (think mango, papaya, mangosteen) this gigantically...

The vibrant aromas of white peaches and white blossoms are married to an intense slatey minerality in this sleek and precise dry Nahe riesling. Quite some structure, although it is barely medium-bodied. Wonderful stony...

Here’s a shining star amongst the 2022 dry Mosel rieslings! Super-elegant and seriously concentrated this GG has a subtle, smoky complexity and a stack of fine stone fruit packed into a very sleek silhouette. Extremely...

There is fantastic tension between the Amalfi lemon and peachy aromas, before you even get to the super-mineral acidity that gives this tremendous drive on the super-focused, medium-bodied palate. Then comes a stunning...

The balance of white peach, Amalfi lemon and parsley aromas with the racy, Amalfi lemon acidity and delicate spritz of natural carbon dioxide gives this great riesling kabinett so much energy and appeal. Incredibly...

The 2023 Riesling Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Spätlese is still obscured by yeasty reduction. The palate is mellow with the ripeness of juicy yellow peach and even peach compote but remains sharp with freshness. A...

Welcome to the hardcore dry riesling zone. It doesn’t get more radical than this when it comes to power and minerality. But if you wait a bit, the Mirabelle plum character is really extraordinary. Massively compact but...