2015 Nahe Riesling Grosses Gewächs Part II: Dönnhoff
2015 is yet another great year at Dönnhoff, but it is particularly notable for this collection of four great GGs (and there are other outstanding dry wines that I shall review later), making for one of the most stunning collections of dry Riesling I’ve ever encountered. (Continue reading here.)
2015 Nahe Riesling Grosses Gewächs Part I: Schäefer-Fröhlich
When I tasted the Nahe GG’s at the Wiesbaden tasting, the wines were too warm and I could not accurately judge them. Fortunately, I followed up the tasting with visits to a number of the producers: Schäfer-Fröhlich, Dönnhoff, Schlossgut Diel, and Gut Hermannsberg. I will present notes on their GG’s in the next few posts, and then in later posts will review all of their wines that I tasted on the visits. Unfortunately, I will not be able to review the GG’s of other Nahe producers that I did not have time to visit. (Continue reading here.)
2015 Rheinhessen Riesling Grosses Gewächs Part V: Nierstein: Rothenberg from Gunderloch, Kühling-Gillot, and Staatliche Weinbaudomäne Oppenheim
The best-known of the Roter Hang vineyards, justly, is the Rothenberg. These are three good examples, each probably to be better in a few years’ time. (Continue reading here.)
2015 Rheinhessen Grosses Gewächs Part IV: Nierstein from Gunderloch, Kühling-Gillot, Staatliche Weinbaudomäne Oppenheim, and Schätzel
2015 Rheinhessen Grosses Gewächs and Equivalent Part III: Brüder Dr. Becker, Dreissigacker, Wagner-Stempel
As in the previous two posts, the quality of dry wines inland in the Rheinhessen looks very good in 2015, although I’m yet to be convinced that it is better than some other recent vintages. Still, these are wines to look for. (Continue reading here.)
2015 Rheinhessen Riesling Grosses Gewächs Part II -- Westhofen and Dalsheim: Groebe, Gutzler, Keller, and Wittmann
Here we are at the heart of some of the greatest vineyards in Germany with wines produced by some of the elite producers. As I’ve said many times, the Rheinhessen for some time now has been the most exciting region in Germany, and no producers are more thrilling than the trio of Groebe, Keller, and Wittmann — and Gutzler, too, has been coming on strong in recent vintages. (Continue reading here.)
2015 Rheinhessen Riesling Grosses Gewächs Part I -- Battenfeld-Spanier and Winter
Starting with the southeast sector of the Rheinhessen, the vintage looks good, but as with the Pfalz, not yet any better than some other recent ones. (Continue reading here.)
