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  2015 Maison Valette Macon-Chaintre Vieilles Vignes

  Burgundy, FRANCE

  $89. 99

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  ABV: 14.5%

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  For three generations, the Valette family has lived in Chaintré, a small village on the border between Mâconnais and Beaujolais. They grow only Chardonnay on fifteen acres scattered in five villages. The domain was created in 1977, when Gérard Valette was one of the first in the area to leave the local cooperative and start bottling his own wine. After completing wine training, son Philippe joined in 1990 and then decided to convert the family's vineyards to organic farming, using biodynamic methods since 1992.

  The Valette's are known for their specific style, wines raised with thorough lees-contact and without racking. They have remained true to this style of winemaking since the 1950s. It is a sort of family tradition that requires accuracy as well as painstaking detail knowledge of the indigenous yeasts and the wine’s proneness to develop reductive flavors. If the estate's wines through the late 1990s were simply powerful, textural examples of high-quality white Burgundy, the wines being released today belong in a category of their own. Complex and sapid, these are fascinating wines although you should be prepared to find wines that are quite different from any of the Valettes' neighbors. Anyone who appreciates the Jura bottlings of Jean-François Ganevat or the Thomas Pico Chablis wines is likely to love them. Valette's wines often benefit from extended aeration so decanting is recommended.

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  Vinified and bottled without sulfur, Valette's 2015 Mâcon-Chaintré Vieilles Vignes responds well to oxygen—in fact, it's best decanted—and the more air it sees, the less wild it seems. Opening in the glass with aromas of buttered orchard fruit, orange rind, smoke and nutmeg, the wine is medium to full-bodied, satiny-textured and muscular, with lively acids, chewy structuring extract and a long, sapid finish. This is an intensely characterful Mâcon-Chaintré that exemplifies the last two decades of reflection and evolution chez Valette. Any readers who find parallels with the wines of Jean-François Ganevat will be interested to know that Valette told me that the two producers are working with fruit that grows in the same strata of Jurassic limestone—though there are clearly technical and philosophical parallels too.
  92 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 2019)

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  2016 Domaine William Fevre Les Preuses Chablis Grand Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

  $175. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  Pungent but reticent nose hints at pineapple, peach, ginger, menthol and subtle crushed-stone minerality. Rich, spicy and sweet, with its ripe orchard fruit flavors leavened by a floral topnote. Very subtle, elegant yet extract-rich wine with terrific dusty length and lift. Ultimately dry and classic, this wine reverberates on the palate for a minute or more. Vincent Dauvissat's Preuses is frequently the finest and most complete example of this grand cru but the William Fèvre version is often my #2 choice.
  93-95 points
  Stephen Tanzer - Vinous

  The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru les Preuses has a fresh and enticing bouquet with apple blossom, lime flower, granite and wet limestone aromas that really get to the core of Chablis. Of the six grand crus from Fevre, this might be my favorite. The palate is well balanced and very harmonious. The acidity is well judged and it possesses great elegance and femininity. One of the best wines from the domain this year, it comes recommended.
  92-94 points
  Neal Martin - Wine Advocate #232 (Sep 2017)

  Superfine, powerful and flinty with a linear and long shape. Like an arrow on the palate. This has quite an aloof and regal style. Very closed and steely. Long and mouthwatering. Supreme intensity, which makes it exhilarating. Drink or hold.
  95 points
  jamessuckling.com

  Preserved lemon, fresh herbs and a lovely creamy texture holding it all together on the palate. Fleshy and full on the length. This is Chablis in its fullest mode, and should be long-lived in bottle.
  17.5/20 points
  Richard Hemming - jancisrobinson.com

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  2016 Domaine William Fevre Bougros Chablis Grand Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

  $150. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  Pale green-tinged yellow. Wonderfully expressive, pungent, classic Kimmeridgian nose offers scents of lime, grilled almond and iodiney minerality. Round, plush and seamless on the palate, with its juicy citrus fruit and ginger flavors lifted by minerality. This silky, sedate, rich wine has no corners and seems almost too easy and expressive today for grand cru. But it also has the stuffing and balance to age, and a finishing element of brown spices provides lift.
  92-94 points
  Stephen Tanzer - Vinous

  The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru Bougros has a very attractive bouquet in the making: apple blossom, linden, wet limestone and touches of pear emerging from the glass, all with fine delineation. The palate is well balanced with fine acidity. It is taut and linear but there is fine depth here and a touch of salinity toward the finish that lingers in the mouth. Excellent.
  92-94 points
  Neal Martin - Wine Advocate #232 (Sep 2017)

  Quite restrained on the nose, and the palate seems quiet too. There is some saline character on the finish, and appropriate green-apple fruit, but not much in terms of complexity and breadth. Compared to their Montée de Tonnerre, this seems pretty straightforward at present.
  16.5/20 points
  Richard Hemming - jancisrobinson.com

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  2016 Domaine William Fevre Vaillons Chablis Premier Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

  $69. 99

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  ABV: 13%

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  Brilliant pale straw colour with a subtle greenish tinge around the edges and a watery hue. Lifted pear, green apple and citrus aromas laced with light dried honey, biscuit and fresh herb infusions are followed by stony mineral characters. Possessing good richness pear and citrus flavours dominate over traces of dried honey, wet stones and delicate infusions of herbs. Nicely rounded mouthfeel finishing dry with vibrant acidity. Medium to long aftertaste of pear, citrus, faint dried honey, stony mineral characters and traces of biscuity cashew.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 13%

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  (just 23 hectoliters per hectare produced): Pale yellow. A touch of mineral reduction to the aromas of apple, white peach and iodine. Silky and dense on entry, then creamy and deep in the middle, but with good saline mineral punch giving the wine an impression of thrust. The very long, bright, rising finish features a musky suggestion of quinine. With its concentration and balance, this is a superb premier cru in the making.
  90-93 points
  Stephen Tanzer - Vinous

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  2014 Domaine William Fevre Vaillons Chablis Premier Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

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  Cellar: 4 - 5 Years (2020-2021)

  ABV: 12.5%

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  Brilliant pale straw colour with a greenish tinge around the outskirts and a watery hue. The nose displays aromas of pear and citrus which sit alongside some lime notes overlaying stony mineral. The palate shows good freshness with flavours of citrus, pear and limes melding into some stony characters with a dry mineral infused finish and bracing acidity. Fresh slatey mouthfeel with an aftertaste of pears, lime, stony characters and mineral.
  Cellar 4-5 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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  2016 Domaine William Fevre Bougros Cote de Bouguerots Chablis Grand Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

  $199. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  Very pale green-tinged yellow. Classic Chablis scents and flavors of white peach, ginger, oyster shell, iodine and flint. Highly concentrated, tactile wine offering an impression of strong dry extract and a compelling combination of pliancy and energy. A very powerful, structured Chablis with a long, chewy, saline finish. Really saturates the palate without leaving any impression of weightiness. Offers splendid potential.
  93-95 points
  Stephen Tanzer - Vinous

  The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Cote de Bouguerots has a very intense, quite mineral-driven bouquet with flint aromas developing all the time in the glass as it gains intensity. The palate is well balanced with fine salinité on the entry. I appreciate the vivacity of this grand cru—there is plenty of energy locked in here and an edginess on the finish that is very appealing, notwithstanding the prolonged spicy aftertaste. Superb.
  93-95 points
  Neal Martin - Wine Advocate #232 (Sep 2017)

  Lemon butter and almond pastry from time spent in four- to six-year-old barrels. Sweetly fragrant white flowers and a fine minerally thread. This makes a very composed, fresh and sleek impression on the palate. Long and slightly fleshy white-peach finish. Drink or hold.
  93 points
  jamessuckling.com

  Fleshy, textural palate with less flavour complexity than their Preuses and Vaudésir. Rounded and polished and delivering plenty of core fruit, but could perhaps use a bit more definition to the edges and broader flavours.
  17/20 points
  Richard Hemming - jancisrobinson.com

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  2016 Domaine William Fevre Vaulorent Chablis Premier Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

  $125. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  (all of William Fèvre's vines in Fourchaume are situated in Vaulorent, where they're the largest land owner; there's usually a separate estate bottling labeled as Fourchaume but not in 2016): Pale green-tinged yellow. Musky, complex aromas of citrus fruits, spices, minerals and pepper. Ripe fruit notes are joined by a hint of exotic lichee, but the wine's pliant texture is nicely supported by pepper, spices and minerals. This fairly large-scaled, savory wine boasts an exhilarating balance of sweetness and acidity. Finishes with explosive length and a strong impression of terroir. The crop level here was just 18 hectoliters per hectare and my notes say that this wine is at the same high level of quality as the Montée de Tonnerre.
  92-94 points
  Stephen Tanzer - Vinous

  Tangy and rich, but without the same definition as their Montée de Tonnerre. Full bodied, and while the acid is certainly present, the palate is fat overall. A good demonstration of the fuller side of Chablis. Attractive flinty notes on the finish.
  17/20 points
  Richard Hemming - jancisrobinson.com

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  2016 Domaine William Fevre Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

  $220. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  Pale yellow. Lovely brisk citrus and apple aromas complicated by gingery spices, white pepper and iodiney minerality. Large-scaled, dense and quite powerful but not yet filled in, with its very concentrated peach and citrus flavors accented by ginger and white pepper. More glyceral in the early going than the Preuses but showing less personality today. This fruit was picked very ripe, with nearly 13% potential alcohol, according to Didier Séguier.
  93-95 points
  Stephen Tanzer - Vinous

  The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru les Clos, cropped at around 17 hectoliters per hectare, was blended the day previous to my visit and is due to be bottled in December 2017 or perhaps the following month. As such, the aromatics are too leesy to assess. The palate is balanced with a saline, sour lemon-tinged entry, perhaps lighter than the Bougros Côte Bouguerots and with a prickle of spice toward the finish. It should gain complexity and harmony throughout its élevage and will be one to watch.
  91-93 points
  Neal Martin - Wine Advocate #232 (Sep 2017)

  The complexity, concentration and drive make this an excellent Clos in 2016. The fruits vary from citrus to exotic stone fruits. Green tropical and white floral notes, too. The palate has a staggeringly concentrated core of acid-drenched lemons, lime, peaches and green mangoes. Incredible depth, high acidity and a very long finish. A great Clos! Drink or hold.
  96 points
  jamessuckling.com

  Full, layered and chalky on the texture with attractive salinity on the palate and sharp green fruit. Loads of core fruit concentration and a lovely spicy sprinkling adding interest to the finish.
  17.5/20 points
  Richard Hemming - jancisrobinson.com

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  2016 Domaine William Fevre Montee de Tonnerre Chablis Premier Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Pale, slightly cloudy yellow. Strong mineral notes of shrimp shell and sea breeze currently dominate citrus and white peach on the nose. Densely packed, concentrated and energetic; wonderfully fresh and balanced for the year. Clamps down impressively on the superb, sappy, slowly rising finish, leaving behind piquant notes of grapefruit, lemon zest and minerals. Classically dry, crystalline and taut but not austere. This beauty really spreads out to saturate the palate on the back end.
  92-94 points
  Stephen Tanzer - Vinous

  The 2016 Chablis 1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre comes from two hectares of vines split over three types of terroir. It has a crisp, fruits de mer-scented bouquet with plenty of dew-speckled Granny Smith apples. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, saline in the mouth and fine weight toward the finish, with plenty of persistence. This has great potential and could turn out to be one of William Fevre's best premier crus this year. Excellent.
  91-93 points
  Neal Martin - Wine Advocate #232 (Sep 2017)

  A more steely and stony edge to this terroir. There's also a minerally thread to the nose and palate. The fruits are in the citrusy-lime and grapefruit zone. A Very compressed, sleek and chiseled structure. Acid-fueled finish. Drink or hold.
  92 points
  jamessuckling.com

  Dairy notes on the nose, as well as green-apple fruit and some flinty aromas. Attractive tension and zip on the finish. Well-defined and crunchy. Powerful and typical, with impressive persistence.
  17.5/20 points
  Richard Hemming - jancisrobinson.com

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  2017 Domaine William Fevre Vaulorent Chablis Premier Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

  $145. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  Vaulorent is the only Premier Cru vineyard located on the same hill as the Grand Crus, lying at the northern end where it borders the climats of Preuses and Bougros. The vineyard's northwesterly exposure makes for a slightly unusual terroir in this part of Chablis however, there is still plentiful sunlight throughout the growing season, and the high-quality soils warm up quickly with the sun's rays, which aides in creating a mesoclimate that ensures optimum ripening to produce one of the most elegant styles of Chablis Premier Cru.

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  Now made separately from Fèvre's Fourchaume bottling - it's technically part of the same large premier cru - this has the structure and complexity of a top grand cru. It's powerful yet fresh, with impressive density and notes of aniseed and citrus peel.
  96 points
  Decanter

  The 2017 Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent is a terrific effort that's one of the finest premier cru bottlings from Fèvre that I've ever tasted. Unwinding in the glass with a lively bouquet of fresh peach, green apples, spring blossom, oyster shell and wheat toast, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with exceptional concentration, racy acids and a long, penetrating finish. Didier Séguier should be very proud of this weightless but intense Vaulorent, a wine that outshines plenty of grand cru Chablis this year.
  94 points
  Wine Advocate

  The 2017 Chablis Vaulorent 1er Cru is the richest of William Fèvre’s wines on the nose, despite just a touch of reduction. It has a complex bouquet with scents of toffee apple, honeysuckle, marzipan and almond that is very well defined. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, very harmonious in the mouth with tangy marmalade and citrus lemon on the finish. Excellent.
  92-94 points
  Vinous

  A restrained nose is comprised by notes of smoky reduction, sea breeze and a whiff of exotic fruit. The super-rich, dense and very suave flavors coat the palate with sappy dry extract while the powerful and focused finish delivers outstanding length. *Sweet Spot, Outstanding*
  90-93 points
  Allen Meadows - Burghound

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  2017 Domaine William Fevre Montee de Tonnerre Chablis Premier Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

  $129. 99

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  Montee de Tonnerre is one of Chablis' most highly regarded Premier Cru vineyards. The vineyard is located in the very heart of Chablis and the town of Chablis itself is just to the north. Montee de Tonnerre is split only from the Grand Cru vineyards by a narrow ravine where the iconic white soils of Blanchot are visible from the hillside here. This proximity to Chablis' most famous vineyards has contributed to Montee de Tonnerre's excellent reputation and relative fame among Chablis Premier Cru climats. It's wines can now be found all over the world! 

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  Very attractive, fresh peach and lemon aromas here with some gentle, biscuit and pastry-like, savory nuances. The palate has very expressive and mouth-filling white peaches and lemons with toasted-hazelnut flavors that warm the long, succulent finish. An excellent Montée. Drink or hold.
  93 points
  James Suckling

  The 2017 Chablis Montée de Tonnerre 1er Cru comes from 2.2-ha of vine, harvested around 22hl/ha. It has a crisp, slightly floral bouquet with oyster leaf, dill, fresh citrus fruit and a touch of wet limestone. The palate is lively and fresh in the mouth and shows a little more depth and concentration than the Mont de Milieu. It flows and fans out nicely towards the finish and should offer several years of drinking pleasure.
  91-93 points
  Vinous

  An elegant, pure and airy nose combines notes of white flowers, citrus, lemon-lime and plenty of classic Chablis character. There is also excellent volume, density and power to the refined medium-bodied flavors that presently are not quite as complex as they usually are on the lingering finish. The underlying material however appears to be first-rate and as such my predicted range offers the benefit of the doubt that more depth will develop with time. *Sweet Spot, Outstanding*
  90-93 points
  Allen Meadows - Burghound

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  2017 Domaine William Fevre Les Preuses Chablis Grand Cru

  Chablis, FRANCE

  $199. 99

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  ABV: 13%

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  Preuses, like many of the Grand Cru climats, has a southwesterly aspect that allows access to warm sunlight in the cool Chablis climate. This moderates temperatures, ensuring that grapes reach optimum levels of ripeness while retaining acidity. Access to the more intense afternoon sun means that Preuses Grand Cru wines tend to be rounder and softer than other Chablis Grand Cru.

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  The 2017 Chablis Les Preuses Grand Cru has a well defined bouquet with hints of white flower, nettle and dandelion augmenting the green apple and spicy aromas. The palate is powerful on the entry, very intense and focused with a precise and detailed finish that is one of the best that the domaine produced on the finish. Excellent.
  93-95 points
  Vinous

  From bottle, the 2017 Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses is one of the twin pinnacles of the Fèvre portfolio, wafting from the glass with a lovely bouquet of citrus blossom, mandarin, oyster shell and wet stones—exactly as it did from barrel. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and elegantly glossy, with incisive acids, fine-boned structure and a precise, elegantly mineral finish. The Clos many be the most powerful, but the Preuses is the more elegant, detailed wine in the range this year.
  94 points
  Wine Advocate

  As is virtually always the case, this is more elegant than the Valmur with its ripe, pure and airy aromas of lavender, green apple, citrus and white orchard fruit scents. There is very good density to the relatively restrained medium-bodied flavors that possess plenty of minerality on the rich, sappy and palate coating finale. A wine of class, refinement and finesse.
  92-94 points
  Allen Meadows - Burghound

  Freshly sliced apple, a touch of salinity and fleshy dairy characters. Shows the volume of grand cru without sacrificing the precision and minerality of Chablis – very nicely done.
  17/20 points.
  Jancis Robinson

   

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  2014 Domaines Schlumberger Pinot Gris Grand Cru Kessler

  Alsace, FRANCE

  $59. 99

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Grand Cru Pinot Gris from the exposed terraces of the Sub Vosges hills. The Kessler Grand Crus is set in the centre of the hill, where it forms a small valley, which protects the vineyard from the northern winds and cold air streams brought up by the valley of Guebwiller. As this is a warmer micro-climate with good aeration and even ripening, it is a great area for Gewurztraminer, Riesling and Pinot Gris.

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  Smoky mineral and almond blossom accents are layered with juicy glazed apple, singed orange peel and honeycomb flavors in this lightly sweet and silky Pinot Gris enlivened by mouthwatering acidity. Textbook Pinot Gris, with a long, lightly fleshy finish. Drink now through 2029.
  92 Points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator (December 2017)

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  2017 Dominique Cornin Les Serreuxdieres Macon-Chaintre

  Burgundy, FRANCE

  $49. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2021-2025)

  ABV: 13%

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  Certified organic. Bright straw colour with a watery hue. Nosing gives up aromas of ripe peach, pear and subtle honeycomb followed by hints of crème brulee, faint quince and spice. Texturally well rounded the palate is generously endowed with ripe pear, peach and dried honey flavours. Finishes with good freshness, some gentle crème brulee, light toast and spice characters emerging on the back half. Engaging medium to long aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 13%

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  2019 Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $140. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  The 2019 Riesling GG Felsenberg is pure, fresh and flinty on the precise, perfectly ripe and complex nose. Lush and generous on the palate, this is a full-bodied, intense, salty, remarkably finessed and structured Felsenberg Riesling with lingering salinity and crystalline character. The finish is dense and very complex yet vital, fresh and long, with lots of expression.
  93-95 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Aug 2020)

  Dense, grapefruit and sage aromas, then a wonderful combination of great power and stunning vibrancy on the palate. Very long, smoky-mineral finish with great clarity. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification.
  95 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  The 2019er Felsenberg -GG-, as it is referred to on the consumer label, and referred internally at the Estate as Felsentürmchen (there is a tower depicted on the label), offers a superbly delicate and complex nose with some flowery scents of anise, candied lime, lavender, Conference pear, and a hint of melon. It proves exquisitely creamy and finely juicy on the not fully dry-tasting palate and leaves a smooth and gorgeous feel of vineyard peach and almond in the long and spicy finish. This is a superbly made and hugely attractive expression of smooth yet focused dry Riesling.
  93 points
  Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

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  2019 Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Grosse Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $180. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  The 2019 Riesling GG Hermannshöhle offers a pure, intense, complex and flinty bouquet with dashes of lemon juice and crushed stones. On the palate, this is a full-bodied, intense and salty-mineral Riesling with great finesse, tension, balance and site expression. The finish is very long, salty and tight yet stimulating in its bright and precise nature. A fantastic Hermannshöhle!
  96-97 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Aug 2020)

  The enveloping, peachy aroma with just a whisker of fresh pineapple leads into a mind-boggling micro-cosmos of flavor that's simultaneously rich, yet also supernaturally delicate. Sublime balance through the enormously long finish. Great aging potential. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification.
  99 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  The 2019er Hermannshöhle Riesling -GG-, as it is referred to on the consumer label, immediately captures one’s attention with its beautifully aromatic and complex nose of whipped almond cream, candied grapefruit, pineapple, thyme, rosemary, orange blossom, dried white flowers, and a hint of marzipan. Layers upon layers of whipped cream wrapped into ripe zesty elements make for an intense feel on the palate. The finish is hugely long, precise, and well-balanced. This is a magnificent dry Riesling in the making.
  95 points
  Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

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  2019 Donnhoff Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $180. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  The 2019 Riesling GG Dellchen is enormously fine and elegant on the subtle but fascinatingly complex nose that intertwines stony notes with yellow-fleshed stone fruit aromas. On the palate, this is an intense, highly finessed and elegant Dellchen with incredibly refined juiciness and great balance and purity. The finish is very long and complex but keeps the finesse and purity. Very stimulating and salty—a great Dellchen GG and one of the finest I have had from Cornelius Dönnhoff!
  95-96 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Aug 2020)

  Ravishing bouquet of a thousand golden fruits and a staggering interplay of diamond-bright acidity and great succulence. Then, just when you think you've processed all that, along comes a monster wave of minerality, which sweeps you off your feet. But you land on the beach, deliriously happy. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification.
  100 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  The 2019er Dellchen Riesling -GG-, as it is referred to on the consumer label, offers a delicately ripe and aromatic nose of pear, anise, minty herbs, grapefruit, tangerine, white flowers, and almond and coconut cream. The wine proves delicately zesty and light-weighted on the palate and leaves a zesty and linear feel in the long, smoky, and quite backward finish. It is still pretty much work in progress. It may well turn out to be even better than anticipated in a couple of years, as it develops more complexity and presence with age.
  92+ points
  Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

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  2017 Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Grosse Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $140. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  This defines high elegance. Everything you look for in a dry white wine with very fine aromas of white and yellow peaches, but also a thousand wild herbs and flowers. Enormous delicacy at the very long finish.
  98 points
  Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

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  2017 Donnhoff Tonschiefer Riesling Dry Slate

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $44. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2020-2026)

  ABV: 12%

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  Brilliant pale straw colour with a greenish tinge to the outskirts and a watery hue. Elevated lime, spicy green apple and subtle mandarin scents meld into slatey mineral and citrus notes. Intense lime, crunchy red apple and honeysuckle flavours are beautifully textured sitting over a slate and flinty mineral base. The dry, zingy finish shows excellent length right through to the mouth watering slate and mineral infused aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  A striking dry riesling with an extremely filigree and mineral character and a long and sleek, graceful and polished finish. From organically grown grapes. Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
  93 points
  JamesSuckling.com

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  2016 Donnhoff Oberhauser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $44. 99

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  From slate soils, the 2016 Nahe Riesling Oberhäuser Leistenberg Kabinett offers a coolish, flinty and very precise bouquet with yellow paprika and crushed stone aromas. On the palate, this is a gorgeously lush, round and elegant Riesling with generous fruit and aromatic intensity. 9% alcohol.
  92 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate #235 (Mar 2018)

  Bosc pear, lime, struck flint and wet stone on the nose anticipate the brightly juicy, snappy, strongly stone-inflected impression on a polished, buoyant palate. Here is an excellent example of density allied to levity and animation such as vintage 2016 is especially capable of delivering. This finishes with an impressive sense of energy and a striking, undulating interplay of fruit and mineral elements. It’s likely to follow in a line of Leistenberg Kabinetts that display stamina in bottle.
  92 points
  David Schildknecht - Vinous

  A prototypical Kabinett with a sleek body, delicate peachy fruit and very fresh acidity. The mineral finish is long and filigree. Could be held for at least a decade, but it's so enticing now. Made from organic grapes and Fair'n Green certified. Screw cap.
  93 points
  jamessuckling.com

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  2017 Donnhoff Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $130. 00

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  An enormous spectrum of fruit aromas, from peaches through grapefruit to wild strawberries and pineapple. However, that doesn't prepare you for the mind-blowing concentration and brilliance on the palate. Extremely filigree finish, in spite of the profound minerality.
  100 points
  Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

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  2018 Donnhoff Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $160. 00

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  $1920.00 Dozen

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  A dense and layered white with minerals, salt, white pepper, chalk, dried lemon and subtle pears. Pumice. Wow. Tiny film of oil. Creamy and insane. What a wine. Magic. One for the cellar. Drink or hold.
  99 Points
  jamessuckling.com

  The 2018 Norheimer Dellchen Riesling trocken –GG– is brilliant, pure and fresh on the nose, with super ripe and dried white-fruit aromas on the nose. Round, lush and elegant on the palate, this is a rich yet elegant, pure and crystalline Riesling that tastes somewhat sweetish on the finish right now. Tasted three days after bottling in July 2019.
  92 Points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Oct 2019)

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  2017 Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $160. 00

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  Lovely fresh-pineapple and yellow-grapefruit notes with hints of smoke and flint. The palate is concentrated, cool and dry with a very long, mineral finish.
  95 points
  Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

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  2017 Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Grosse Gewachs Magnum (1500ml)

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $320. 00

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  $3840.00 Dozen

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  This defines high elegance. Everything you look for in a dry white wine with very fine aromas of white and yellow peaches, but also a thousand wild herbs and flowers. Enormous delicacy at the very long finish.
  98 points
  Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

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  2016 Donnhoff Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $79. 99

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  Super-cool and super-racy, this Spätlese has electric freshness and dangerously intense minerality, the complex aromas ranging from lemon zest to pineapple just beginning to open up. Better from 2018 and decades of ageing potential here. Made from organic grapes and Fair'n Green certified.
  95 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  From clay-slate soils and with minty and spicy flavors, the 2016 Nahe Riesling Oberhäuser Brücke Spätlese is very pure on the stony and coolish nose. On the palate, this is generous, lush and sensual but highly elegant and fine, provided with a long, piquant and really complex finish. A gorgeous Spätlese!
  94 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate #235 (Mar 2018)

  Fine floral notes mingle with aromas of white fruit and dusty mineral notions, a delicate scent of forest honey whispering promises of sweet delight. The palate is seduced by the soft expression of a ripe, juicy cocktail of melon, peach and nectarine, pink grapefruit and mandarin delivering zest and vibrancy, the generous sweetness of all this fruit well balanced by the freshness of the lively acidity and a stony mineral accent.
  17.5/20 points
  Michael Schmidt - jancisrobinson.com

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  2018 Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Grosse Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $150. 00

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  High concentration of flavors in this one with dried apple, pear and salt. Full-bodied, layered and very, very dry with a chalky texture at the end. Minerality with power. Drink or hold.
  98 Points
  jamessuckling.com

  The 2018 Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling trocken –GG– is fascinatingly pure and fragrant on the nose. Crystalline, lush and intense, this is a full-bodied, crystalline, precise, salty and persistent wine with linear tension, great grip and intensity.
  95 Points
  The Wine Advocate

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  2017 Donnhoff Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs Magnum (1500ml)

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $299. 00

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  An enormous spectrum of fruit aromas, from peaches through grapefruit to wild strawberries and pineapple. However, that doesn't prepare you for the mind-blowing concentration and brilliance on the palate. Extremely filigree finish, in spite of the profound minerality.
  100 points
  Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

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  2016 Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $160. 00

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  $1920.00 Dozen

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  Unexpectedly charming on the nose for a wine from volcanic soil this has stunning grapefruit and lime character. Then just when you think it’s a nice guy the totally radical, smoky and mineral finish comes through to remind you how strong nature can be! Drink now or hold.
  97 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  From Schlossböckelheim's stony, volcanic soils, the 2016 Nahe Riesling Felsenberg "GG" 'Felsentürmchen' offers a very pure and delicate bouquet of crushed stones and ripe seed fruits. Lush and intense on the palate with generous but finessed fruit, this is a very elegant and well-structured Riesling with great balance and a long, salty-piquant finish. Very long and powerful yet pure and very charming.
  93+ points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate #235 (Mar 2018)

  Nose, with a hint of hazelnuts, promises a particularly dense wine. Broad and confident with some real richness as well as massive acidity. This one should run and run.
  17/20 points
  Jancis Robinson

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  2016 Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Spatlese

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $94. 99

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  Another 2016 Spätlese from Dönnhoff that's still a bit shy on the nose, but on the palate it’s like a huge glittering diamond with more facets flashing many colours. An extremely long super-mineral finish that is impeccably clean in spite of the generous grape sweetness in this masterpiece of elegance. Better from 2018 with decades of ageing potential. Made from organic grapes and Fair'n Green certified.
  96 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  The 2016 Nahe Riesling Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Spätlese is bright, fresh and coolish-piquant on the nose, with flinty and slightly reductive aromas. Lush and piquant on the palate, this is a generous, mouth-filling Spätlese with a long, piquant and spicy-mineral finish. The Hermannshöhle is more dense and rich on the palate, the Brücke more light, delicate and finessed.
  94 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate #235 (Mar 2018)

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  2016 Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Grosse Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $140. 00

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  $1680.00 Dozen

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  The 2016 Hermannshöhle GG from Dönnhoff is once again one of the top dry rieslings of the vintage in Germany thanks to its stunning combination of concentration and finesse. The super-mineral finish tugs at your lapels trying to pull you with it into the distance. Don't resist! Good for several decades at least.
  97 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  From weathered gray carbon slate, the 2016 Nahe Riesling Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle "GG" is excitingly pure, coolish, fresh and crystalline on the nose, where flinty scents are displayed and intermix with ripe, precise and subtle fruit aromas. This is an aristocrat! Full-bodied, intense and lush on the palate, this is a highly elegant Riesling with very fine crystalline acidity and lingering piquancy. Dense and aromatic on the aftertaste but far too young to be enjoyed today, keep it at least for another 5 years.
  96 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate #235 (Mar 2018)

  Discreet nose opens up to white pepper and lilies only very gradually. Creamy texture with lots buried in there. Still extremely youthful. Builds to a long finish. No excess of acidity.
  16.5/20 points
  Jancis Robinson

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  2015 Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Auslese (375ml)

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $89. 99

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  The 2015 Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese is lovely, clear and flinty on the nose and, like the Spätlese, is characterized by its noble aristocracy, but also lemony freshness and great purity. There seems to be more crushed stones than grapes in this wine, which reflects a lot of the fastidious selection and the healthy condition of the processed grapes. On the palate, this is a generous and concentrated, but pure, piquant and buoyant Auslese of great expression and finesse. This vibrating wine is dancing over the palate, leaving loads of minerals and salts, which makes this a dangerous drug. The finish is piquant and salty--you simply can't stop drinking and adoring it. There is so much grip, tension and finesse here.
  96 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - The Wine Advocate #228 (Dec 2016)

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  2017 Donnhoff Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $79. 99

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  So light and filigree with such a delicate white-peach note. Yet, behind the almost weightless exterior is enormous depth and an almost savage mineral freshness at the finish.
  96 points
  Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

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  2017 Donnhoff Oberhauser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $44. 99

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  $539.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 9%

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  Scents of apple and black raspberry anticipate the invigorating tang and crunch that arrive on a firm, buoyant palate. A hint of anise adds to the appeal, while an undertone of wet stone serves as a sounding board for the fruit in a brightly-sustained, unapologetically sweet finish.
  91 Points
  Vinous

  From a southeast-facing vineyard that is picked pretty late for this style, the 2017 Oberhäuser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett is lush and piquant on the nose that offers ripe but fresh and clear fruit intertwined with piquant stone and herbal aromas. Beautiful. Salty-piquant and pretty intense and even concentrated on the palate, this is another picture-book Leistenberg from the Dönnhoffs, though its quite ripe and intense as well. But it's still singing.
  93 Points
  The Wine Advocate

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  2017 Donnhoff Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel (375ml)

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $79. 99

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  Hold on to your hat! This is so concentrated and so filigree. Somewhere in this tightly coiled maelstrom of flavors is a bunch of sweetness. Yet, every time you think you've got it, it slips away. Breathtakingly long and fresh finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold. Very limited production.
  98 points
  Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

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  2017 Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Grosse Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $140. 00

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  $1680.00 Dozen

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  This defines high elegance. Everything you look for in a dry white wine with very fine aromas of white and yellow peaches, but also a thousand wild herbs and flowers. Enormous delicacy at the very long finish.
  98 points
  Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

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  2016 Donnhoff Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs

  Nahe, GERMANY

  $160. 00

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  $1920.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 13%

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  Very refined peach, rose hip and wild berry on the nose. Stunning concentration, elegance and finesse make this one of the stars of the vintage on the Nahe. The supermineral finish almost literally takes your breath away. Drink now or hold.
  96 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  From slate and porphyry soils, the 2016 Nahe Riesling Norheimer Dellchen "GG" is very pure, precise and mineral on the elegant, subtle nose, where ripe seed fruit aromas are displayed. Very sensual! Full-bodied, rich and round, this is a highly elegant, intense and dense Riesling with a persistent finish. Very aromatic and sensual, but it needs some time to gain even more finesse.
  95 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate #235 (Mar 2018)

  Non-showy nose – very discreet actually with light floral notes. Solid mouthful of still-quite-chewy earthy fruit. The opposite of exhibitionistic. A slow burner?
  16.5/20 points
  Jancis Robinson

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  2016 Dr Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Alte Reben Riesling Grosse Gewachs

  Mosel, GERMANY

  $79. 99

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  Still rather closed on the nose this has both seductive peachy fruit and graceful acidity on the palate. A seamless harmony and the finish is long and refined! Better from 2018 through 2035.
  94 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  The 2016er Wehlener Sonnenuhr GG is made from very old un-grafted vines in the prime Gewann Laychen (central part) and Sandpichter (near Zeltingen) sectors, and was fermented with ambient yeasts and aged in oak for almost 12 months. The wine develops a great nose of mirabelle, tangerine, brown sugar, mint, flowers, whipped cream, and fine spices. The wine proves rather firm and structured on the palate and leaves a fully spicy feel in the long finish. This is nicely made in a fruity and elegantly light style. Drink 2021-2031.
  90-92 points
  Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

  Apple and white peach are strongly marked by the piquancy of their seeds and pits but fortunately preserve a modicum of primary juiciness. There is a greater sense of stuffing and fullness here than in other Loosen 2016 Grosse Gewächse, but less animation or sense of detail. The bitter side of vanilla bean points toward the Einzellage of origin, and there is a prominent undertone of wet stone in the seriously sustained finish. But, apropos of “serious,” don’t look to this wine for charm! Like past installments, the 2016 issues principally from vines planted in 1911 in an unconstructed portion of the Sonnenuhr Einzellage known as Laychen.” Loosen maintains that a focal-point location, combined with the abundance of finely morcellated slate from which it gets its name, makes Laychen the site in the Wehlener Sonnenuhr with the finest potential, which he finds already reflected in the present wine. I can’t identify here the surplus of “finesse” or “elegance” – vis-à-vis, say, the corresponding Treppchen, Würzgarten or Himmelreich – that Loosen as well as some of my fellow critics typically perceive in his Grosse Gewächse from Wehlener Sonnenuhr. I tasted this one late in July 2017, approximately two months ahead of its anticipated bottling date.
  89-90 points
  David Schildknecht - Vinous

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  2016 Dr Loosen Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese (375ml)

  Mosel, GERMANY

  $64. 99

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  Another astonishing 2016 auslese from Dr. Loosen with a great interplay of concentrated fruit and spice. A very fresh, lemony acidity that gives the finish a big kick. Drink from 2020 to 2060.
  95-96 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  Animating and vividly bright for an Auslese, this displays an impressive concentration of fresh strawberry and kiwi laced with lime. Honeysuckle adds alluring inner-mouth perfume, and a glossy, subtly creamy texture serves as the perfect foil for the wine’s bracing brightness and infectious juiciness. Where the corresponding Sonnenuhr conveyed an extremely subtle impression of botrytis, here I can scarcely find any such impression – not that I’m complaining! The vibrant finish delivers tingling brightness of citrus, an invigorating crunch of strawberry seeds, wafting florality and a faint slick of quince jelly to accompany its irrepressible fresh fruitiness. (This was bottled shortly after my late July 2017 visit.)
  93-94 points
  David Schildknecht - Vinous

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  2016 Dr Loosen Riesling Eiswein (Ice Wine) (375ml)

  Mosel, GERMANY

  $130. 00

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  This product of November 30 and December 5 pickings at multiple sites (Erdener Herrenberg prominent among them) delivers a slightly sweet-sour meld of green apple and apple candy with glazed pineapple. It displays prominent glycerol and considerable sense of stuffing to help buffer its blazing, penetrating, tangy brightness, and finishes with penetrating if edgy and only moderately complex persistence. I would permit it a year or two to settle itself, but given Eiswein’s caprices, I wouldn’t lose track of any bottles I cellared. Drink 2019 - 2025.
  90 points
  David Schildknecht - Vinous

  The 2016er Riesling Eiswein was made from fruit harvested at approx. 120° Oechsle in Bernkastel, Erden and Ürzig on both November 29 and November 30, and was fermented down to noble-sweet levels of residual sugar (143 g/l). It develops a beautifully zesty and fresh nose of candied grapefruit, orange jelly, and spices, joined by riper notes of quince, pear puree, and almond cream after some airing. The wine is superbly balanced and refined on the palate, and leaves a rather pure and smooth feel in the very long and light finish. The sweetness still dominates the acid core in the after-taste at this stage, but this should change after a few years of cellaring. Drink 2024-2036.
  93 points
  Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

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  2016 Dr Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese (375ml)

  Mosel, GERMANY

  $59. 99

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  Still very youthful and unready, but packed with flavour. Beautiful fruit and silky acidity. This is a raw diamond. Drink from 2018 to 2050.
  94-95 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  Fresh apple, quince preserves and vanilla cream mingle on the nose and the creamy, buoyant palate. Honeysuckle and heliotrope lend seductive inner-mouth perfume. This finishes with a lovely sense of lift and with just enough primary juiciness to remain animating. (It was bottled ahead of the 2017 harvest but not until after my late July 2017 visit.)
  91-92 points
  David Schildknecht - Vinous

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  Mosel, GERMANY

  $54. 99

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  This offers a rather elegant nose of pear, white minerals and flowers. The wine is delicately creamy on the palate, with more minerals and a touch of sweetness still in need of integration. The finish proves however nicely vibrant and juicy. 2025-2040.
  91 points
  Jean Fisch & David Rayer, Mosel Fine Wines October 2016

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  2018 Dr Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese

  Mosel, GERMANY

  $59. 99

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  Located in far western Germany, the Mosel valley’s steep, southfacing slopes create the perfect climate for Riesling, giving the vines ideal exposure to the sun. The cool climate allows the grapes to ripen slowly while retaining bright acidity. The "Sundial of Wehlen" is one of the greatest vineyards in the Middle Mosel. 

  100% Riesling from blue Devonian slate soils and ungrafted vines with an average age of 60 years. The vineyard is sustainably farmed, according to strict German environmental regulations. Yields were 50 hl/ha. Selectively hand-harvested grapes underwent cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks and traditional Fuder barrels. Half of the juice was fermented with natural yeasts, the other half with cultured yeasts. Fermentation was arrested by chilling

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  2018 Dr Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Alte Reben Riesling Grosse Gewachs

  Mosel, GERMANY

  $69. 99

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  This has such deliciously fresh aromas of white peaches with sweetly fragrant white flowers. The palate has sleek apple-pastry flavors and a fresh, juicy textural kick. Fresh finish. Nice elegance and gentle tension. Drink now. Screw cap.
  93 Points
  jamessuckling.com

  Floral, sweet green apple, maybe even mango, some flint. The balance is impeccable, purity, pretty punchy fruit, sweetness and acid balance provides tension, and there’s a gentle stony texture to go with it. Long and fresh finish. Flat out yum. I like this for drinking young.
  94 Points
  The Wine Front

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  2016 Dr Loosen Urziger Wurzgarten Alte Reben Riesling Grosse Gewachs

  Mosel, GERMANY

  $89. 99

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  A very exciting 2016 Mosel GG that's still very young, but grabs you by the collar and won't let go. As the name suggests this is a real spice garden and the acidity carves a totally straight path through all these aromas before lifting off in the very long pure finish. Drink through 2040.
  95 points
  Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

  The 2016er Ürziger Würzgarten GG is made from parcels of very old un-grafted vines in the prime Urglück, Maxberg and Layenhaus sectors, and was fermented with ambient yeasts and aged in oak for almost 12 months. This offers a gorgeous nose of strawberry, pink grapefruit, tangerine, yellow peach, anise, fine spices and herbs. The wine is delicately creamy and superbly refined on the palate and leaves a clean and nicely fruity feel in the long finish. This lives from elegance and finesse rather than pure power. 2021-2031.
  91-94 points
  Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

  Notably deep golden straw. Quite refined, buttoned-up nose. And then a great explosion of spiced sausage on the palate. Very satisfying. No need for food when you have it in the glass! All bases covered. Maybe not for the longest life but lots of interest and pleasure delivered.
  17/20 points
  Jancis Robinson

  Tasted in late July 2017 and slated for late September bottling, this delivers a fascinating combination of coolness and incisiveness by way of greenhouse-like scents of foliage and flowers, seedy kiwi, zesty lime and cress. Glycerol-rich but with underlying firmness, the palate is not at all weighed down by its 12.5% alcohol. This finishes with penetrating, refreshingly juicy persistence and admirable animation, salinity and impingements of cress and crushed offering saliva-inducement and invigoration.
  91-92 points
  David Schildknecht - Vinous

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  2019 Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett

  Mosel, GERMANY

  $360. 00

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  Shimmering and pale but brilliant and slightly lime-greenish in color, the 2019 Scharzhofberger Kabinett is crystal clear and precise on the pure, fresh and coolish, highly refined and complex flinty-scented nose that is unmistakably Egon Müller's "regular" Scharzhofberger Kabinett (there is an Alte Reben bottling for the auction in September, too). Lush yet precise and enormously piquant and salty on the palate, it displays crisp white stone fruit aromas and the crystalline mineral nerviness of the iron-rich gray slate soils that eat up the residual sugar easily so that the taste is just electrifying and salty yet not really sweet. This is a frisky, mouthwateringly salty and piquant Riesling of remarkable precision, finesse and elegance, with picture-book tension for Kabinett. The finish is highly stimulating and incomparable. I dare to say that this Kabinett is my favorite this year due to its precision and coolish, precise nature. Tasted from AP 3-20 in April and June 2020.
  96 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Aug 2020)

  So sharply focussed and really concentrated for this category. Stunning mineral freshness illuminates the succulent fruit like a laser beam shining on a diamond. Great potential.
  95 points
  Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

  The 2019er Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett was fermented down to barely fruity-styled levels of residual sugar. This bright-white colored wine offers a rather subtle and, at the beginning, even shy nose driven by reduction. After a little airing, absolutely textbook flavors of white peach, white flowers, and slate emerge from the glass. These classic flavors for a Scharzhofberger carry over onto the palate, where they are joined by some zesty acidity and a gorgeous touch of whipped cream. Everything is simply in balance and this sense of completeness also drives the gorgeous finish and after-taste. This hugely impressive Kabinett is without doubt one of the finest at this Estate over the last few years!
  96+ points
  Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

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  2019 Egon Muller Scharzhof Qualitats Riesling

  Mosel, GERMANY

  $110. 00

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  $1320.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 10.5%

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  The bright colored 2019 Riesling Scharzhof displays very fine Saar typicity on the nose. This is like a spring mountain river full of Riesling rolling over crushed slate. It is highly delicate but lush and sexy, with great precision, crystalline acidity and lingering salinity, finishing with just the right amount of residual sugar. Impressively long and tensioned on the pure and stimulating finish, this is just gorgeous and possibly the most fascinating Scharzhof I have tasted in 20 years. The times of calling this is a Best Buy are long gone, but if you ant to taste the DRC of Riesling, you should definitely try it. Tasted in April 2020.
  94 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Aug 2020)

  For the estate-riesling category, this is an impressively complete wine with white and yellow-peach, ripe-gooseberry and fresh-mint aromas. Medium-dry, succulent and vibrant with a very long, clean, minty finish.
  92 points
  Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

  The 2019er Riesling Scharzhof is an off-dry wine made from Estate holdings in the Wiltinger Braunfels, Oberemmeler Rosenberg, and Saarburger Rausch. This bright white-colored wine offers a gorgeous nose made of white peach, apricot blossom, a hint of cream, smoke, slate, and still quite some residual scents from its spontaneous fermentation. The wine proves gorgeously intense and even almost powerful on the palate at first, but then develops great finesse in the long and subtle finish. Some minty herbs join the gorgeous flavors of white peach, chalky minerals, and a hint of whipped cream in the delicately airy and off-dry tasting after-taste. This wine proves a huge success but one which will benefit from a few years of bottle aging to develop its full aromatic finesse.
  92 points
  Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

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  2019 Envinate Parcela Palo Blanco

  Tenerife, SPAIN

  $69. 99

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Envínate, which literally translates as “Wine Yourself,” is the project of four young passionate winemakers: Roberto Santana (based in the Canaries), Jose Martinez (Almansa), Laura Ramos (Murcia) and Alfonso Torrente (Ribeira Sacra). The four met while studying oenology in Alicante in 2005 and formed a collective based on a shared philosophy of wine and a desire to explore the ancient, Atlantic influenced terroirs of western Spain.

  In 2008, the group bought their first vineyard in Ribeira Sacra, then took control of vineyards on the north side of Tenerife, and followed with a single patch of Tinta Amarela in Extremadura. Finally, in 2012, the group began working with a site in Almansa, where Jose lives and works, planted to Garnacha Tintorera. In each region, they work old, previously abandoned vineyards, but importantly for a project with such spread, one of the team lives full time in each location, working the vineyards year round.

  Migan and Palo Blanco are both very old vine wines from the Valle de la Orotava zone, although they don’t bear the D.O. stamp. The old vines are trained in the Trezendo fashion: braiding new shoots over older ones until the vines begin to resemble old dreadlocks weaving over the landscape. The terrain is flatter than Táganan, more conducive to farming. Migan is two parcels of Listan Negro, both over 100 years old, while Palo Blanco is a single vineyard from the town of Los Realejos planted on black volcanic soils.

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  The 2019 Palo Blanco was produced with Listán Blanco grapes from the village of Los Realejos in the Valle de la Orotava. They consider 2019 an exceptional vintage for this cuvée, which comes from four plots of centenary cordón trenzado braided vines that ripened properly and earlier than normal, avoiding an unusually warm October. The wine has a moderate 12% alcohol and great freshness and acidity for the variety and especially after having gone through full malolactic. In 2019, 70% of the wine matured in well-seasoned, neutral oval 2,500-liter oak foudres and the rest with fine lees in 350-liter oak barrels. They kept adding vineyards for this wine, so they were able to produce a little more wine. This is a wine that showed them that fermenting at higher temperatures resulted in less fruit and more soil character in the wines. There's always a Burgundian feeling to this wine, sharp and precise and very long, layered and with depth. This follows the path of the 2018. 10,000 bottles and 30 magnums were produced. It was bottled in December 2020. Drink 2022 - 2029.
  97 points
  Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (Feb 2022)

  This shows rather salty, dried-apple and pineapple character with some white flowers. It’s medium-bodied with a creamy texture and a long, flavorful finish. Soulful and tasty. Drink now.
  93 Points
  JamesSuckling.com (October 2021)

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  2018 Envinate Benje Blanco

  Tenerife, SPAIN

  $42. 99

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  $515.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Envínate, which literally translates as “Wine Yourself,” is the project of four young passionate winemakers: Roberto Santana (based in the Canaries), Jose Martinez (Almansa), Laura Ramos (Murcia) and Alfonso Torrente (Ribeira Sacra). The four met while studying oenology in Alicante in 2005 and formed a collective based on a shared philosophy of wine and a desire to explore the ancient, Atlantic influenced terroirs of western Spain.

  In 2008, the group bought their first vineyard in Ribeira Sacra, then took control of vineyards on the north side of Tenerife, and followed with a single patch of Tinta Amarela in Extremadura. Finally, in 2012, the group began working with a site in Almansa, where Jose lives and works, planted to Garnacha Tintorera. In each region, they work old, previously abandoned vineyards, but importantly for a project with such spread, one of the team lives full time in each location, working the vineyards year round.

  Benje refers to an area high above the cloud cover on the western edge of the Tiede volcano. It’s an area that produces markedly different wines, from the sappy freshness of the coastal zones but still carries the hallmark lightness of all of Envínate’s wines. Benje Tinto is straight Listan Prieto, Benje Blanco is Listan Blanco. Both are grown on a mixture of old ash and red clay at over 1000m above sea level.

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  The 2018 Benje Blanco comes from the south of the island and was produced with Listán Blanco, the local strain of Palomino. This is a blend of different plots of vey old vines at high altitude, 900 to 1,100 meters above sea level. The thing that is different about this wine is that 65% of the volume matured in concrete tanks under a veil of yeasts, flor, in search of a sharper texture rather than aromas or flavors, as these yeasts eat glycerin and make finer wines. The rest was aged in used 228-liter oak barrels with the lees and then was blended and bottled. This has lots of character, mixing the varietal notes with volcanic notes, and it is fresher (much fresher) than the 2018. There is a hint of flor on the palate, more of a texture than a set of flavors. The warm and cooler years are more challenging in the south of Tenerife (here) than in the north (Taganana and La Orotava). 2018 was much cooler, and the vines behaved well; the key is to keep the leaves because otherwise the grapes dehydrate rapidly. 21,500 bottles were produced. It was bottled in July 2019.
  92 points
  Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (Sept 2020)

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