Weingut Künstler’s Hochheimer Hölle Riesling Grosses Gewächs 2024 is a dry Rheingau Riesling from one of the region’s most historically established sites. Hochheimer Hölle is a VDP.GROSSE LAGE® vineyard, sloping toward the Main River and known for heavy clay and marl-rich soils that typically give firm structure and mineral drive. Künstler farms a significant holding in the site (9.6 hectares of the 48.7-hectare vineyard), and this bottling sits at the estate’s top dry classification: Grosses Gewächs.

The 2024 vintage in the Rheingau is widely characterized as a balanced year with clarity and energy, and this wine’s lone published review frames it as a standout even within that context. It earned an excellent 99-point score from Stuart Pigott for JamesSuckling.com, and was also included in James Suckling’s Top 100 Wines of Germany 2025—strong signals of both quality and visibility in the market for dry German Riesling.

Pigott calls it “a giant dry riesling with fantastic density for 2024 and all the racy brilliance of the vintage,” emphasizing both concentration and lift. The note points to a fruit-and-stone profile rather than overt ripeness, with “cool apricot fruit” wrapped in “expansive minerality.” Structurally, the core message is tension and length: Pigott highlights “unbelievable tension between the core elements of the wine and the enormously deep, silky and complete finish” (James Suckling).

From a practical standpoint, this is made from “organically grown grapes with Fair Choice certification,” and it is bottled under screw cap, according to JamesSuckling.com. The reviewer’s guidance is flexible—“Drink or hold”—but the wine’s GG status, acid-driven vintage character, and the description of depth and finish all suggest it will reward time in the cellar while still offering immediate precision for those who prefer youthful, dry Riesling at full intensity.