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Riesling

One of the world's great grape varieties and the acknowledged king of German vineyards, also important in Alsace, Riesling goes through a number of ripening phases making it incredibly varied. Picked early it can form a base wine for Methode Champenoise; a little later, it makes a wonderfully crisp, aromatic lemon-lime filled dry white. A little riper the grapes produce an excellent, slightly sweet 'Spatlese' wine, later again an 'Auslese', and so on. In Australia, crisp, minerally, citrus-led styles dominate, with regions like South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia producing the finest examples. Fish, shellfish and crustaceans are perfect partners. Browse our top rated Riesling wines here.

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2016 Dr Loosen Erdener Pralat Alte Reben Riesling Grosse Gewachs

Mosel, GERMANY

$170. 00 Bottle
$2040.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The most concentrated of Loosen's 2016 GGs, but also the most closed. This has everything you expect from a Grand Cru quality dry Mosel riesling. After the creamy richness on the mid-palate comes a mighty wave of minerals at the bold finish. Better from 2018 and for many years after.
96 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

The 2016er Erdener Prälat GG is made from very old un-grafted vines, and was fermented with ambient yeasts and aged in oak for almost 12 months. This offers a gorgeous nose of pear, mango, grapefruit, passion fruit, brown sugar, apricot blossom, fine spices and flint stone from reduction. The wine is slightly bold on the palate and leaves a juicy and clean feel in the long and nicely firm and bold finish. The aftertaste is nicely long and elegant. 2021-2031.
91-93 points
Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

Rather occluded nose for the moment. Sherbetty sweetness is the first thing to hit the palate. Still very tightly wound. Lacks the immediate appeal of the Treppchen. Wait? There is certainly density and persistence here.
16.5+/20 points
Jancis Robinson

Tasted in late July 2017 and slated for late September bottling, this leads with a pungent, site-typical meld of sassafras, horehound and kumquat. In keeping with the evolution of Loosen and Schug’s approach to Prälat over the past decade, it displays more than enough animation and primary juiciness to accompany its glycerol-richness and sense of stuffing. Suggestions of apple and mango exhibit a dichotomy of ripeness along with “green” pungency, but in the context of this wine’s piquant, zesty citricity and sense of herbal suffusion, I find the effect stimulating rather than inharmonious. The finish here grips aggressively but without overt bitterness and with persistent refreshment. This could conceivably be the last of its kind, as Loosen and Schug are considering discontinuing a “regular” Prälat Grosses Gewächs and instead shunting the entirety of dry wine labeled for that site into their “Reserve” program.
90-91 points
David Schildknecht - Vinous

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2017 A. Christmann Reiterpfad-Hofstuck Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Pfalz, GERMANY

$130. 00 Bottle
$1560.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A fabulous GG to drink now, thanks to an exotic-fruit character that's totally ripe yet so delicate, the succulence not a jot too much. Great balance through the long, very polished finish. From biodynamically grown grapes. Respekt certified. Drink or hold.
95 points
Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

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2018 A. Christmann Idig Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Pfalz, GERMANY

$150. 00 Bottle
$1800.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

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The lemon/lime-green colored 2018 Idig Riesling Trocken "GG" offers a deep and complex, still yeasty-scented and flinty nose. Lush and juicy on the palate but with a fine and silky texture, fine tannins and a very long finish, this is an outstandingly rich and powerful Riesling with perhaps some grams of sugar or a lower acidity but with the vitality of a remarkable wine that will surely and clearly improve in the bottle.
93 Points
The Wine Advocate

This is a remarkably mineral and taut style with dried citrus, quartz, ivory and brightly squeezed citrus. Edgy and compact on the palate with subtle, caressing phenolics and vibrant, bright acidity. Long and very citrusy on the finish. Drink now or hold.
96 Points
jamessuckling.com

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2016 A. Christmann Idig Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Pfalz, GERMANY

$140. 00 Bottle
$1680.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The delicious paradox of this great dry riesling is the way it is built on an imposing scale, but is very pure and super straight without any hint of heaviness, even on the very long powerful finish. You'll need to be patient for at least a couple of years if you want to experience all the subtle nuances, but the ripe mirabelle note is already delightful. At least thirty years of ageing potential.
96 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

For once orchard fruit getsthe upper hand on meadow herbs in a Christmann Grosses Gewächs, but not in a heavy-handed but rather delightfully animating way. Fine mineral and herbal notions add interest and the merest hint of residual sugar serves only to increase the Idig’s power of seduction. I liked the 2014 for its subtlety, but think the 2016 deserves an extra half point for elegance.
18/20 points
Michael Schmidt - jancisrobinson.com

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2018 A. Christmann Reiterpfad-Hofstuck Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Pfalz, GERMANY

$130. 00 Bottle
$1560.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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Bitter lemons and orange pith, as well as barely ripe nectarines and loquat. Medium-to full-bodied with raw power to the acidity and crystalline purity to the citrus fruit. Long and mineral on the finish.
95 Points
jamesuckling.com

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2015 Adam & Haart Goldtropfchen Riesling Auslese

Mosel, GERMANY

$110. 00 Bottle
$1320.00 Dozen

ABV: 7.5%

Closure: Cork

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The 2015 Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Auslese is the botrytis selection of the terraced Laychen plot that mainly sources the dry Riesling cru. From ungrafted 70-year-old vines, this Auslese opens stunningly clear, fresh and stony on the nose, with flinty flavors and remarkably fine and precise fruit aromas. This is a very well defined, finessed and mineral Auslese with some Saar features, although it is more lush and tender, of course. The finish is pure and stony, very fine and piquant, with lots of salt and stimulating finesse. A great and gorgeous Mosel Auslese!
95 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate #230 (April 2017)

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2015 A.J. Adam Hofberg Riesling Spatlese

Mosel, GERMANY

$79. 99 Bottle
$959.88 Dozen

ABV: 7.5%

Closure: Cork

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The 2015 Dhroner Hofberg Riesling Spätlese comes from the warmer part of the cru and from 60+ year old vines that were picked botrytis-free in the end of October. The wine offers a super precise, fresh and intense bouquet of perfectly ripe Riesling berries intermixed with cool, crystalline-clear slate and flint aromas that give an exciting counterpoint. On the palate, this is a highly piquant and elegant, very finessed and lush Spätlese. It has a gorgeously elegant, balanced and stimulatingly salty finish. This is a picture-book Spätlese from the 2015 vintage and comes highly recommended.
93 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate #230 (April 2017)

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2020 Ad Hoc Wallflower Riesling

Great Southern, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

$17. 99 Bottle
$215.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2021-2029)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant water like core with greenish tinged edges. Pronounced lemon and lime juice scents are followed by green apple, wet steel and slatey mineral notes. Mouth watering flavours of lime juice drive the palate with lemon, granny smith apple and steely mineral characters lying underneath. Snappy acidity leads into a long piercing finish that has an austere feel to it.
Cellar 6-8 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2021 Barking Mad Watervale Riesling

Clare Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$14. 99 Bottle
$179.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 12%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant very pale straw colour with greenish tinged edges and a watery hue. Leaping out of the glass are intense lemon and lime aromatics which are trailed by orange rind and distinct talc notes. Concentrated lime and lemon fruits are totally mouthfilling with some orange rind, talc and flinty mineral characters lying underneath. Crunchy acidity with a long scrumptious aftertaste.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 12%

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2019 Brave Souls The Lighthouse Keeper Riesling

Eden Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$21. 99 Bottle
$263.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

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

ABV: 11.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant very pale straw colour with greenish tinged edges and a watery hue. Intense lime and citrus scents stream out of the glass followed by orange rind and talc. Racy lime juice and lemon fruits are to the fore with hints of green apple and subtle oily toast like characters lying underneath. Dry steely finish with punchy acidity and a medium length aftertaste.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 11.5%

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2018 Bream Creek Reserve Old Vine Riesling

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

$34. 99 Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2021-2027)

ABV: 12.6%

Closure: Stelvin

Produced from a vineyard planted in 1974 believed to be amongst the oldest Riesling vines in Tasmania, this wine is only produced in top vintages. Brilliant water like core with distinct highlights of green coursing around the edges. Intense aromas of lime juice meld into orange blossom, faint honeyed notes and some smoky minerality. Nicely rounded in the mouth, the palate is bursting with ripe lime, red apple and citrus fruits. Infusions of orange blossom, light honeysuckle and subtle smoky mineral characters flow onto the back half. Dry to off dry finish with crisp acidity enhancing the long scrumptious aftertaste.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 12.6%

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Comes from Bream Creek's 44yo riesling vines, believed to be the oldest in Tasmania. It is already flaunting its wares with titratable acidity of 8.2g/l and residual sugar of 7.3g/l. It simply ratchets up the power of all in the inputs, and will give pleasure when very young or very old - and any point along the way. Drink by 2038.
96 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

Bream Creek has been around since the 1970s and the Reserve Old Vine Riesling is made from the first plantings in 1974.
Older vines should bring intensity and focus and that is exactly what is happening here. The green apple is a focused Bramley apple, lemon zest, sherbet, grapefruit curd, lemon blossom and fresh limes all are precise and intense. There is a hint of maturity in the kerosene and a silky richness to the vanilla notes but ultimately this is still so youthful with many years to come. Quintessentially Tasmanian, this is a wine with a glorious sense of place and sense of self, delightful. Drink 2021-2031.
95 points
Curly Haslam-Coates

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2019 Capel Vale Regional Series Riesling

Mount Barker, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$24. 99 Bottle
$299.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: 6 - 8 Years (2026-2028)

ABV: 11.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant water like colour with greenish tinged edges. Delicate lime and lemon aromas have a light kerosene overlay with subtle toast and wet steel notes also evident. More pristine than the nose the palate has an austere feel to it with lime and lemon juice flavours overlaying subtle oily toast like elements and wet steel. Finishes very dry with crunchy acidity and a linear aftertaste that sees traces of lemon butter emerge.
Cellar 6-8 years.
Alc. 11.5%

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2018 Catlin The Molly Mae Riesling

Clare Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$19. 99 Bottle
$239.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: 5 - 6 Years (2025-2026)

ABV: 10.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant water like colour with greenish tinged edges. Aromas of lime, lemon and orange rind have a talc overlay with light oily steel like notes following on. Light and quite steely in its feel, the palate is subtlety flavoured with lemon, lime juice and granny smith apples. Wet steel and mineral characters sit in the background. Finishes very dry with crunchy acidity and a lime juice driven aftertaste.
Cellar 5-6 years.
Alc. 10.5%

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Machine-harvested, pressed, no SO2, wild-fermented, 6 months on lees. Fermented to very low residual sugar (1.2g/l) its acidity is obvious and mouthwatering, and adds a bold swagger to the palate. Extreme length. Will richly repay patience. Drink by 2032.
94 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

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2020 Claymore Wines Superstition Reserve Riesling

Clare Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$22. 99 Bottle
$275.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2021-2029)

ABV: 12%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant very pale straw colour with a glimmer of green around the outskirts and a watery hue. Scents of lemon and lime jump out of the glass trailed by granny smith apple, orange rind and flinty mineral notes. Mouth watering lime and lemon fruits are underpinned by searing acidity. Green apple, chalky talc and steely mineral characters ensue. Finishes dry and crisp with an aftertaste that’s long and snappy.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 12%

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2020 Clemens Busch Marienburg Riesling Spatlese

Mosel, GERMANY

$84. 99 Bottle
$1019.88 Dozen

ABV: 7.5%

Closure: Cork

Clemens and Rita Busch are one of the pioneering organic, and now biodynamic, producers working in Germany. As the fifth generation winemaker at this estate, Clemens stopped using herbicides in 1976, then in 1984 he and wife Rita converted to organics. They were among the first in Germany to commit to organic viticulture and led the movement establishing an association of organic growers in 1986. The estate converted to biodynamics entirely in 2005, earning certifications from the EU and Respekt-Biodyn.
Based in Pünderich, almost all of the vines they work are on the slopes of the Marienburg, and unique for the Mosel, feature parcels planted on the three main colours of slate; blue, red, and grey. In the winery Clemens works with wild yeasts, and ferments mostly in very old 1000-litre barrels. Nothing is added to the wines at any stage, apart from a touch of sulphur at bottling. Most of the wines at the Busch estate are vinified dry, and they are rich, complex and often powerful. They age very beautifully, gaining in complexity and texture. However, the sweet and noble sweet wines from the estate are also impressive, ranking among the finest wines made anywhere on the Mosel.
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Gigantically fresh, with a whole garden of fresh herbs, plus white peach and a touch of white currant. Great energy whipping it down the road on the sleek and focused palate. There must be quite some natural grape sweetness in here, but the acidity it so vibrant that you barely feel it. From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification. Drink or hold.
95 points
Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com
It’s not easy to prise apart the complex fragrance of the Marienburg Spätlese, suffice to say that herbal and mineral elements shape the first impression, with fine floral and fruity notes demanding a little more olfactory application. The taste of crunchy apple and zesty citrus fruit gets the juices flowing, sweet lemony acidity prolongs the sensory stimulation. More classic than avant-garde, traditionalists deserve to be pleased too.
17.5/20 points
Michael Schmidt - JancisRobinson.com

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2019 Clemens Busch Marienburg Riesling Spatlese Goldcap (375ml)

Mosel, GERMANY

$59. 99 Bottle
$719.88 Dozen

ABV: 7.5%

Closure: Cork

Clemens and Rita Busch are one of the pioneering organic, and now biodynamic, producers working in Germany. As the fifth generation winemaker at this estate, Clemens stopped using herbicides in 1976, then in 1984 he and wife Rita converted to organics. They were among the first in Germany to commit to organic viticulture and led the movement establishing an association of organic growers in 1986. The estate converted to biodynamics entirely in 2005, earning certifications from the EU and Respekt-Biodyn.
Based in Pünderich, almost all of the vines they work are on the slopes of the Marienburg, and unique for the Mosel, feature parcels planted on the three main colours of slate; blue, red, and grey. In the winery Clemens works with wild yeasts, and ferments mostly in very old 1000-litre barrels. Nothing is added to the wines at any stage, apart from a touch of sulphur at bottling. Most of the wines at the Busch estate are vinified dry, and they are rich, complex and often powerful. They age very beautifully, gaining in complexity and texture. However, the sweet and noble sweet wines from the estate are also impressive, ranking among the finest wines made anywhere on the Mosel.
Other Reviews....
Busch's 2019 Marienburg Spätlese Goldkapsel is clear and noble on the intense yet highly elegant and slightly flinty nose that displays perfectly selected Riesling fruit intertwined with floral notes. Tropical aromas on the light and filigreed yet intense and perfectly balanced palate, this gold capsule has a graceful structure and salty-piquant acidity. Notes of mango/pineapple juice fill every corner of this great, pure, refined and highly stimulating Spätlese. A fabulous Riesling and picture-book Spätlese that is impossible to spit! 7.5% alcohol. Tasted from AP 1320 in July 2020. Drink 2020 - 2060.
94 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Aug 2020)
This masterpiece is just beginning to blossom! Great bouquet of spring meadows and floral honey, this is a rich, concentrated Spätlese with more than enough structure to carry the substantial weight, the lively acidity providing wonderful delicacy at the finish. From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification. Drink or hold.
96 points
Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com
The 2019er Marienburg Riesling Spätlese, as it is referred to on the main part of the consumer label and with a golden capsule, was made from fruit picked at 102° Oechsle from a selection of partially (10%) botrytized fruit and was fermented down to noble-sweet levels of residual sugar. It offers a superbly backward nose made of vineyard peach, cassis, elderflower, some almond cream, a hint of apricot, fine spices, and smoke. The wine proves superbly delineated and focused on the comparatively light-footed palate and leaves a light and dancing feel in the hugely precise and profound finish. The after-taste is subtly honeyed, packed with fresh fruits, herbal elements, and zest. This gorgeous wine cut along the lines of a light-footed expression of Auslese GK is truly superb! Drink 2029-2049.
95 points
Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

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2019 Clemens Busch Marienburg Riesling Auslese

Mosel, GERMANY

$145. 00 Bottle
$1740.00 Dozen

ABV: 7.5%

Closure: Cork

Clemens and Rita Busch are one of the pioneering organic, and now biodynamic, producers working in Germany. As the fifth generation winemaker at this estate, Clemens stopped using herbicides in 1976, then in 1984 he and wife Rita converted to organics. They were among the first in Germany to commit to organic viticulture and led the movement establishing an association of organic growers in 1986. The estate converted to biodynamics entirely in 2005, earning certifications from the EU and Respekt-Biodyn.
Based in Pünderich, almost all of the vines they work are on the slopes of the Marienburg, and unique for the Mosel, feature parcels planted on the three main colours of slate; blue, red, and grey. In the winery Clemens works with wild yeasts, and ferments mostly in very old 1000-litre barrels. Nothing is added to the wines at any stage, apart from a touch of sulphur at bottling. Most of the wines at the Busch estate are vinified dry, and they are rich, complex and often powerful. They age very beautifully, gaining in complexity and texture. However, the sweet and noble sweet wines from the estate are also impressive, ranking among the finest wines made anywhere on the Mosel.

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2019 Clemens Busch Marienburg Fahrlay Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Mosel, GERMANY

$135. 00 Bottle
$1620.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Clemens and Rita Busch are one of the pioneering organic, and now biodynamic, producers working in Germany. As the fifth generation winemaker at this estate, Clemens stopped using herbicides in 1976, then in 1984 he and wife Rita converted to organics. They were among the first in Germany to commit to organic viticulture and led the movement establishing an association of organic growers in 1986. The estate converted to biodynamics entirely in 2005, earning certifications from the EU and Respekt-Biodyn.
Based in Pünderich, almost all of the vines they work are on the slopes of the Marienburg, and unique for the Mosel, feature parcels planted on the three main colours of slate; blue, red, and grey. In the winery Clemens works with wild yeasts, and ferments mostly in very old 1000-litre barrels. Nothing is added to the wines at any stage, apart from a touch of sulphur at bottling. Most of the wines at the Busch estate are vinified dry, and they are rich, complex and often powerful. They age very beautifully, gaining in complexity and texture. However, the sweet and noble sweet wines from the estate are also impressive, ranking among the finest wines made anywhere on the Mosel.
Other Reviews....
The 2019 Marienburg GG Fahrlay is perfectly ripe and concentrated on the densely aromatic nose that intertwines ripe, intense and flinty fruit with fascinating notes of crushed stones and herbs, yet everything is already marvelously interwoven and balanced as well as pure, precise and crystalline, with lemon zest notes. Full-bodied, intense and crystalline on the palate, this is a rich, concentrated, perfectly ripe and aromatic Fahrlay with a long, intense, elegant, crystalline and persistently salty finish. This would be rich and bolder if there were no old vines in blue slate. This is an impressive wine that was bottled just a few days before I tasted it in September 2020. Drink 2025 - 2045.
96 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Oct 2020)
The 2019er Marienburg Fahrlay GG, as it is referred to on the main part of the label, was fermented spontaneously in traditional oak casks with fruit harvested in a blue slate part of the Marienburg vineyard. It offers a superbly engaging nose made of cassis, grapefruit zest, citrusy fruits, ginger, elderflower, fine spices, herbs, and smoke. The wine proves gorgeously packed with racy flavors and smoke on the intensely flavored palate and leaves a superbly playful feel of whipped cream, earthy spices, and grapefruit zest in the long and subtly smoky finish. This is a stunning dry Riesling in the making! Drink 2024-2034.
96 points
Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

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2021 Clonakilla Riesling

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AUSTRALIA

$29. 99 Bottle
$359.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2021-2029)

ABV: 12%

Closure: Stelvin

A near perfect vintage along with Murrumbateman’s well suited terroir has produced a stunning Clonakilla Riesling.
Brilliant water like core with greenish tinged edges. Aromas of lime, orange zest and lemon mix with chalky talc like notes and a subtle steeliness. Showing great precision the palate is bursting with intense lime and lemon flavours which are underpinned by searing acidity. Green apple, delicate orange rind, wet steel and flinty mineral characters present themselves on the back half. Outstanding power finishing dry with a long sharply focused aftertaste. Superb.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 12%

Other Reviews….
One of Australia’s finest rieslings; a benchmark riesling for me.
Loads of floral perfume, preserved lemon, pretty talc scents, a bit of warm river pebble, lime juice. Delicate in the palate, more lime juice here, tart and with great energy, crispness, cool herbal notes, some chalky pucker and endless mouth-watering length. Tightly wound but slightly juicy, if you get the drift. Beautiful expression, high toned saline mineral acidity, refreshing now to the max, will last a generation. Drink 2021-2040+
96 points
Mike Bennie – The Wine Front

A seriously good, young dry riesling with a striking mineral edge to the nose of fresh lime juice, wet stones and gentle herbal notes. The palate has real intensity and depth with a vivid citrus and white-peach fruit drive. Snaps dry and the flavors hold pure and long. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
96 points
JamesSuckling.com

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2014 Clos Clare Watervale Riesling

Clare Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$34. 99 Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 11.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant pale straw colour with a distinctive glimmer of green around the rim and a watery hue. Top notes of lime and citrus meld into oily lemon butter like notes, light toast and wet steel. Intense lime and citrus fruits have a steely underbelly with elements of toast, subtle kerosene, lemon butter and flinty mineral characters also chiming in. Finishes dry with crunchy acidity and a long, still remarkably fresh aftertaste.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 11.5%

Other Reviews….
Tasted 10/11/2014: From a 44yo dry-grown vineyard, hand-picked, chilled overnight, then whole bunch pressed. Apple and lemon blossom fragrance sets the scene for a particularly elegant and focused palate; while still in a primary phase, and very delicate, it has utterly perfect line, length and balance. Drink by 2029.
95 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

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2020 Corryton Burge Eden Valley Riesling

Eden Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$22. 99 Bottle
$275.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant water like colour with greenish tinged edges. Jumping out of the glass are intense lime, citrus and orange rind scents followed by hints of green apple and talc. Very concentrated and textured the palate is engulfed with mouth watering lime and citrus fruits which are sprawled over a back drop of orange rind, talc and minerals. Crunchy acidity backs the fruit. Fantastic power with a long tangy aftertaste.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2020 Craigie Knowe Estate Riesling

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

$29. 99 Bottle
$359.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2021-2027)

ABV: 11.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant water like colour with greenish tinged edges. Jumping out of the glass are intense lime and citrus scents which are followed by green apple, talc and orange rind. Mouth watering flavours of lime, lemon and mandarin zip across the racy palate underpinned by razor sharp acidity. Infusions of orange blossom, wet steel and flinty mineral characters ensue. Finishes dry and zesty with a long aftertaste.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 11.5%

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2019 Craigie Knowe Estate Riesling

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

$27. 99 Bottle
$335.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2021-2029)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant water like core with a distinctive greenish tinge running around the outskirts. Intense lime and lemon scents are married to notions of wet steel, chalk and minerals. Zesty lemon, lime and orange rind flavours fill the mouth and are underpinned by racy acidity. Finishes dry and crisp with steely mineral characters chiming in on the back half. Excellent drive and concentration with a long mouth watering aftertaste.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2018 Crawford River Expression #1 Riesling

Henty, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

$79. 99 Bottle
$959.88 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Screw Cap

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It’s great to see some for the second generation influence in a few of the Great Riesling Houses of Australia coming through, with Frankland Estate eking out Alter Weg and now Crawford River releasing this thoughtfully produced new release that likewise uses barrel fermentation and lees to enhance high quality riesling fruit. La Violetta is first gen, but Andrew Hoadley’s Das Sakrileg comes to mind here too. This wine saw its natural ferment out in barrel and then hung out there for two more years. To paraphrase, this is an intent to “constantly strive for high quality wines while extending some winemaking boundaries”. Indeed.
It’s kindred to Crawford River’s riesling staples in intensity, concentration and presence in the glass, but this is a whole new thing. A wild expression with quality writ large, but this isn’t for purists, let’s say, unless oxidative, nutty-savoury wines of Jura or lo-fi Burgundy comes to mind readily, as it shares kindred space with wines of that ilk, in some ways. While not wholly in an eccentric camp it’s just strikingly different to Crawford River’s detail and purity with riesling; there’s salted cashew, sourdough yeasty notes, toffee apple characters and of course the citrus, floral and apple that fills the DNA of the vineyard’s staple characters. Acidity is saline, coursing with energy and incredibly refreshing in this wine. Texture is taut, slightly gummy like wet chalk and excellent. Flavours are bold, as is the perfume. It’s lavish, it’s so very complex, so very interesting, so very good. Give it time in a decanter, don’t drink too cold. Drink 2021 - 2030.
96 Points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front (August 2021)

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2020 Crawford River Riesling

Henty, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

$49. 99 Bottle
$599.88 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Screw Cap

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Crawford River riesling needs little introduction. The 2020 harvest in Henty seems to be very good by most reports, though I’ve heard of yields being down and some climate pressure with frost and the like, early. Crawford River’s vineyards are in their own universe so probably all good there.
Brilliant riesling. Texture, weight, drive, energy – top marks for all. Scents of green apple juice, frangipani, ozone, fennel and lime. Flavours are similar with beautiful concentration, glossy texture, flecks of talc-powdery minerality, and an extremely long, cool, herbal, juicy-lime finish making this moreish and righteous. Impeccable balance, a sense of grace and comely flow. A wine to sip and savour; relish the little details. Magic stuff. Drink 2021 - 2040.
96 Points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front (August 2021)

Hard to believe this complex, astounding riesling is so, so, very young. It comes fully formed, in balance, bursting with freshness, purity of varietal expression and beautiful fruit. And, yes, by usual standards it is riper, with stone fruits joining lemon drop, grapefruit and baked apple. But it brings added complexity and texture, which joins with a tingly acidity to produce something memorable. Drink by 2030.
96 Points
Jeni Port - James Halliday's Wine Companion (January 2021)

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2020 Crawford River Young Vines Riesling

Henty, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

$31. 99 Bottle
$383.88 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Screw Cap

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A Very Anticipated Wine Release Each Year.
Very Intense Release. So much perfume, so much velocity and fruit power to taste. Citrus oil, apple juice concentrate, faintest honeyed character, a sluice of saline minerality. Powerful, amazing white wine here. A few grades up in usual density and intensity from Crawford River on this cuvee. Drink 2021 - 2030+
94 Points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front (May 2021)

A combination of crushed and whole-bunch fruit, neutral yeast, fermentation in stainless steel, 3 months on lees prior to racking and blending. Not fined. So youthful, so fresh in a squeezed juice kind of way. Lemon jelly crystals, lemon drop, grapefruit pith, orange peel, lime blossom, in scent and on the palate. Nice texture in building phase. But, as usual, the co-star with equal billing in this production is the crunchy, tangy acidity. Drink by 2031.
95 Points
Jeni Port - James Halliday's Wine Companion (January 2021)

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2021 Curator Wine Co. Eden Valley Riesling

Eden Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$19. 99 Bottle
$239.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2021-2027)

ABV: 11%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant very pale straw colour with a distinct glimmer of green around the outskirts and a watery hue. Intense lime, citrus and orange rind scents jump out of the glass with notions of talc and chalky minerals also evident. Mouth watering lime zest, lemon and orange rind fruits show both volume and concentration across the palate. Crunchy acidity with talc, green apple and slatey mineral characters flowing onto the back half. Dry, zippy finish with a scrumptiously long aftertaste.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 11%

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2018 Donnhoff Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese

Nahe, GERMANY

$84. 99 Bottle
$1019.88 Dozen

ABV: 8%

Closure: Cork

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The 2018 Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Spätlese is very intense and aromatic on the dense and voluptuous nose. Lush and creamy on the palate, this is a generous and dense, lush and persistent Brücke Spätlese with remarkable freshness and piquancy. It's pretty straight and piquant, with remarkable finesse and mineral tension. Tasted in July 2019.
93+ points
Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Oct 2019)

White peach, quince and red raspberry give an impression on the nose and the creamy, polished palate of both jellied and fresh fruits. An influx of lime serves for welcome, animating brightness, and the penetratingly sustained, mouthwateringly salt-tinged finish is transparent to wet stone, setting up a shimmering fruit–mineral exchange.
94 points
David Schildknecht - Vinous

This is a decadent sweet wine with bright dried peaches, white truffle and light honey. Tropical fruit, too. Full-bodied, dense and layered with beautiful intensity and richness. Sweet finish.
94 points
jamessuckling.com

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2018 Donnhoff Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Nahe, GERMANY

$160. 00 Bottle
$1920.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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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
The Wine Advocate

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2016 Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Nahe, GERMANY

$160. 00 Bottle
$1920.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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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 Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Nahe, GERMANY

$160. 00 Bottle
$1920.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

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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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2014 Dr Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhur Riesling Spatlese

Mosel, GERMANY

$59. 99 Bottle
$719.88 Dozen

ABV: 7.5%

Closure: Cork

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The 2014 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese (AP #20) offers a nice flinty flavor intermixed with ripe Riesling aromas. Racy and piquant on the palate, but also rich and very juicy, with the sweetness well masked by the piquant and racy nature. I find this Spätlese pretty young and would cellar it for at least seven or more years. Drink 2023 - 2030.
90+ points
Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Mar 2016)
Brown spices, vanilla and lime zest accent the tangy fresh apple fruit of this buoyant yet mouth-filling and subtly creamy bottling. Significant residual CO2 adds to the stimulation of a juicy, judiciously sweet finish. I find the delicacy and clarity of the corresponding Kabinett marginally more appealing today, though this Spätlese should become more interesting with time and hold its allure longer. Drink 2016 - 2024.
89 points
David Schildknecht - Vinous
Lush, with a creamy texture and flavors of gooseberry, glazed apricot and apple cobbler, matched to spicy notes. The honey-accented finish has some minerally hints. Drink now through 2013.
91 points
Kim Marcus - Wine Spectator
Touches of exotic spice and crushed minerals lend complexity to sun-kissed peach and melon flavors in this medium-sweet Riesling. It's punchy and spry, full of high-toned acidity and lift, but finishes long, lean and elegant. It's youthful and exuberant now, but should continue to meld beautifully through at least 2027.
94 points
Anna Lee C. Iijima - Wine Enthusiast

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2015 Dr Loosen Erdener Pralat Riesling Grosses Gewachs Reserve

Mosel, GERMANY

$370. 00 Bottle
$4440.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

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This dry Mosel masterpiece is a sleeping giant, just beginning to awaken, but has decades of life ahead of it. Extremely deep and concentrated, but no less finely delineated, this is so complex you could spend hours studying all the spicy details. However, the ripe-mango note that dominates the foreground is also ravishing. The best wine of this category (long matured GGs) made so far in Germany! Drink or hold.
99 points
JamesSuckling.com
In reviewing the “regular” vintage 2015 Erdener Prälat Reserve, I looked forward comparing the eventual Reserve bottling, and expressed “my hunch ... that the latter will prove not just more expressive in its early years but also longer-lived.” Well, that time is here, and at least in terms of expressiveness, this tasting unfortunately failed to confirm my hunch. This Reserve appears less successful than the “regular” Grosses Gewächs in reflecting Loosen and Schug’s determination (beginning with 2004) to capture an animation and dynamic exchange of flavors in all of their Prälat bottlings that were missing when the site was getting picked later and based more on achieving high must weight. The nose here shows an oxidative tendency that I haven’t noted in other Loosen Reserve bottlings, though in itself, I don’t consider that a problem. Prickly notes of lemon and kumquat zests, along with an incisive note of white pepper, are very much in keeping with how the “regular” Grosses Gewächs performed in its youth. But smoky black tea and Latakia tobacco, along with suggesions of wet stone, moss and lichen, take the nose here to a new level of complexity. So far, so good – very good, in fact. Furthermore, the midpalate comes off as slightly slimmer as well as more texturally refined than that of the regular bottling, which might in part be a function of alcohol having been blown off by an additional year in cask, but also and in large part of lees buffering. It’s the finish of this Reserve – though impressive in its sheer persistence – that I find a letdown. A slightly dank alkaline and mossy impression seems to be all that remains of those elements that the nose led one to anticipate, and there is a sense of opacity, with only modest primary juiciness. “This is just Prälat being Prälat,” insisted Loosen, “and it needs time to come back.” As for longevity, that must obviously also remain an open question. Drink 2022 - 2026.
90 points
David Schildknecht - Vinous

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2015 Dr Loosen Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Grosses Gewachs Reserve

Mosel, GERMANY

$210. 00 Bottle
$2520.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

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This dry Mosel makes a bold statement with tons of spice, beautifully interwoven with the serious concentration, rolling over you in one huge wave that washes you up on a rocky, volcanic shore. In spite of all that, there’s great subtlety at the breathtaking finish. Drink or hold.
98 points
JamesSuckling.com
Framboise and strawberry distillates, lime peel and wet stone inform an ethereal nose. There is some of the same delightfully invigorating impression of fresh, seedy red berries as in the as-yet unbottled “regular” 2018 Grosses Gewächs, a further demonstration that extended time in cask (this spent two years there) need by no means sap Loosen Grosse Gewächse of primary juiciness, animation or invigoration. In fact, the energy that this bottling projects is quite tightly wound. Alkaline, saline and kelp-like notes serve for intrigue and saliva-inducement on a tongue-tingling finish. The mineral and marine elements here are perceived more as a suffusion, and there is, for now at least, not the sense of transparency projected by the corresponding Wehlener Sonnenuhr. Drink 2020 - 2028.
92 points
David Schildknecht - Vinous

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2015 Dr Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Grosses Gewachs Reserve

Mosel, GERMANY

$210. 00 Bottle
$2520.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

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Super elegant and refined with great herbal delicacy, this is as graceful as dry Mosel riesling gets. Buy it also has deep slate foundations that give it imposing presence. I love the laser-beam, straight finish that shoots out in the direction of infinity. Drink or hold.
97 points
JamesSuckling.com
Sea breeze, wet stone and moss intriguingly greet the nose, joined by site-typical hints of vanilla and apple. The polished, subtly creamy palate features animatingly youthful, juicy apple and lime, and the lingering finish is admirably transparent to myriad nuances of a mineral, mossy and lichen-like sort. This wine’s combination of sensual allure with head-scratching intrigue delectably substantiates Loosen’s notion that his Grosses Gewächs could be improved upon by delaying the bottling of selected fuders for a second year or longer. And my intuition, like his, is that this approach should also conduce to longer bottle life, a contention that recent re-tasting of the vintage 2012 Reserves seems to support. Drink 2020 - 2030.
93 points
David Schildknecht - Vinous

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2019 Dr Loosen Urziger Würzgarten Alte Reben Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Mosel, GERMANY

$89. 99 Bottle
$1079.88 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

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From volcanic soils, the 2019 Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling GG Alte Reben is beautifully clear, fresh and subtle on the precise and highly finessed bouquet of slate, iodine and herbal scents. The warm and elegant Riesling fruit intertwined with very fine herbal notes represents the very best of this exceptional grand cru in its original, much smaller size. Almost entirely sourced from the Urglück, this is a lush and intense, enormously powerful yet restrained and slatey Würzgarten GG with crystalline acidity that leads to a long, intense and still slightly astringent finish with refreshing lemon features. This wine is still developing and has the potential to become another giant of the vintage. Drink 2025 - 2050.
96+ points
Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Oct 2020)
This is an extrovert Mosel GG with a ton of spice and berry aromas that are just beginning to open up. At once succulent and elegant on the palate, it manages to be complex and easy to understand, the finish very long and pure. Drink or hold.
96 points
JamesSuckling.com
Apple, pear and more than a hint of spice delight the olfactory perception, although there’s also still a little yeasty exuberance of youth. Very viscous on the palate. Juicy stone fruit makes the first call, but is getting caught up by a cool stony minerality towards the finish.
17.5/20 points
Michael Schmidt - jancisrobinson.com

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2019 Dr Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Alte Reben Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Mosel, GERMANY

$79. 99 Bottle
$959.88 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

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From vines planted in 1911 or earlier in the Laichen lieu-dit, Loosen's 2019 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling GG Alte Reben is sylphlike, highly delicate and fine in its multilayered, fruity, floral and crunchy/flinty bouquet that reveals very fine slate aromas and even salty notes. Absolutely fabulous! Silky textured, lush and generous yet highly finessed, this is an intense yet subtle, pure and minerally fresh Riesling from one of the Mosel's finest vineyard. The finish is long, fresh, piquant and sustainably structured as well as salty. Irresistible. Drink 2024 - 2050.
96 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Oct 2020)
Succulent and filigree with tons of white peaches and super vibrant acidity. Enormous freshness and a really vibrant finish. Drink or hold.
95 points
JamesSuckling.com
A charming fragrance combines floral and herbal with aromas of ripe yellow fruit and a hint of earthy minerality. On the palate the fruit of peach and pear takes the initiative, but is well balanced by cool mint and fine nuances of spice with aniseed the most prominent.
17.5/20 points
Michael Schmidt - jancisrobinson.com

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2016 Dr Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Alte Reben Riesling Grosse Gewachs

Mosel, GERMANY

$69. 99 Bottle
$839.88 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

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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

$59. 99 Bottle
$719.88 Dozen

ABV: 7.5%

Closure: Cork

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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 Eiswein (375ml)

Mosel, GERMANY

$130. 00 Bottle
$1560.00 Dozen

ABV: 7%

Closure: Cork

Picked and pressed during a natural freeze in December 2007, this vibrant, racy dessert wine conjures flavors of densely packed pear, apple and guava, with an intense, nervy edge in the aroma. It is luscious, silky and juicy on the palate, with bright acidity giving it a crisp, dynamic finish.

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2016 Dr Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese (375ml)

Mosel, GERMANY

$59. 99 Bottle
$719.88 Dozen

ABV: 8.5%

Closure: Cork

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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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2016 Dr Loosen Erdener Pralat Riesling Auslese GK (375ml)

Mosel, GERMANY

$84. 99 Bottle
$1019.88 Dozen

ABV: 9%

Closure: Cork

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More exotic than Dr. Loosen's other 2016 auslese and a bit more opulent too, but it also has a very serious structure that drives the powerful finish. Drink from 2020 to 2060.
96-97 points
Stuart Pigott - jamessuckling.com

This offers a gorgeous nose of almond, pear, candied orange zest, a hint of pineapple, coconut minty herbs and spices. The wine develops a smooth and creamy feel on the palate and leaves a delicately powerful feel of herbs and spices in the long and superbly intense finish. This beautifully baroque expression of Auslese GK is still rather bold and will need a little bit of time to fully develop its inner balance. 2026-2046.
93+ points
Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

Whether it’s a function of the site or of the level of botrytis, this leaves behind the primary juiciness that characterized the “regular” Loosen Auslesen of the vintage. But it’s lovely nonetheless. Orange and muskmelon are mingled with decadent lily, headily sweet gardenia and musky peony both on the nose and on an expansive, glycerol-rich palate loaded with inner-mouth perfume. That perfume, like the wine’s ripe fruit flavors, lingers impressively, if without much animation. (This was bottled shortly after my late July 2017 visit.)
91-92 points
David Schildknecht - Vinous

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2020 Eden Hall Reserve Riesling

Eden Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$29. 99 Bottle
$359.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2021-2027)

ABV: 11.8%

Closure: Stelvin

Brilliant very pale straw almost water like colour with greenish tinged edges. Pronounced lime, citrus and orange rind scents dominate the nose with some chalky mineral and light talc notes also evident. Mouth watering lime and citrus fruits show excellent concentration with orange rind, talc and flinty mineral characters ensuing. Fullish in its feel, it finishes dry with crisp acidity and a long tangy aftertaste.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 11.8%

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From the most outstanding single block of the vintage, planted 1996. Made by Phil Lehmann. A contrasting mood to Eden Hall's Springton, the intensity and tension of the season is encapsulated here. Spicy, wild lemon, lime and Granny Smith apple fill an expansive and generous style, holding a finish of considerable drive, persistence and promise. It holds both the richness and breadth for immediate appeal and the cool, focused acid energy to go long. Drink by 2030.
94 points
Tyson Stelzer – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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2019 Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese

Mosel, GERMANY

$460. 00 Bottle
$5520.00 Dozen

ABV: 9%

Closure: Stelvin

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The 2019 Scharzhofberger Spätlese is brilliant, digitally precise and spicy on the clear, elegant, deep and terroir-typical nose with mango and papaya aromas. Tropical fruit aromas on the juicy, elegant, refined and seamless palate lead to a salty-piquant, mouth-watering and stimulating finish with great finesse and precision. This is Scharzhofberger at its very best and a Spätlese close to perfection! Tasted in April 2020.
98 points
Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate (Aug 2020)

Yes, this is a medium-sweet riesling, but the breathtaking spectrum of fruit aromas, from white peach through to mangosteen, renders this almost irrelevant. And this aromatic complexity carries effortlessly the very succulent yet finely etched palate through the lingering, smoky finish.
96 points
Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

The 2019er Scharzhofberger Riesling Spätlese AP 06 was fermented down to sweet levels of residual sugar. It offers a gorgeous and superbly subtle nose made of elderflower, grapefruit zest, apricot, almond cream, and subtly floral elements. The balance of the wine on the palate is simply stunning. Delicately creamy and incredibly subtle honeyed flavors of fruits are lifted up by some beautifully ripe acidity. The wine leaves a gorgeously airy, yet intense and persistent feel of almond cream in the long and gorgeously subtle sense of smoky slate, floral elements, ripe fruits, and fine spices. This gorgeous sweet wine has the delicate exotic presence of an Auslese GK at other Estates, but the finesse and subtlety are firmly that of a Spätlese. What an amazing success!
97 points
Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

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2019 Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett

Mosel, GERMANY

$340. 00 Bottle
$4080.00 Dozen

ABV: 9%

Closure: Stelvin

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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 Bottle
$1320.00 Dozen

ABV: 10.5%

Closure: Stelvin

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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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2020 Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Riesling

Frankland River, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

$44. 99 Bottle
$539.88 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Stelvin

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Is Great Southern the most isolated wine region on earth? Perhaps that northwest bit of China is? Feels like a good statement anyway.
Superb, energetic, taut and very complex white wine. Scents of ozone and green apple, fennel and talc. Beautiful perfume that reflects perfectly into flavours in the palate, a shimmering, glassy and tense feel drawn long and to a powdery, lightly puckering and, again, talc-like lingering finish. Epic.
96 Points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front (March 2021)

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2019 Frankland Estate SmithCullam Riesling

Frankland River, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

$59. 99 Bottle
$719.88 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

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With striking clarity and purity, this is the sort of riesling you can get lost in, merely by breathing in the aromas of fresh sliced limes, white peaches and grapefruit, as well as nuances of white flowers, gun flint and spice. The palate has a similarly complete and composed style, leading you along with pristine lime, apple, white-peach and fresh-pear flavors. Long and effortless, this is all so pleasurable. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
96 Points
JamesSuckling.com (April 2020)

I suppose you say the name with no pause now too.
It’s juicy and floral, cinnamon sticks, sweet apple with ripe lime juice acidity, light powdery texture, and a pretty but slightly savoury finish of excellent length. I most often prefer the dry Rieslings from Frankland Estate, so perhaps bear that in mind. Drink 2020 - 2026.
92 Points
Gary Walsh - The Wine Front (May 2020)

Named after the founders, Barrie Smith and Judi Cullam. Off-dry and crafted from a plot-by-plot-by-row selection across the most propitious sites. Lemon squash, candied citrus zest, mountain herb and tonic. This serves as a transparent stream of uncluttered riesling scents, neither too dry and sour; nor excessively fruity and dainty. Make no mistake, despite its ethereal flow, this mid-weighted riesling packs punch across a long finish of sap and crunch, the dollop of sugar mitigating the grape's soprano acidity.
94 Points
Ned Goodwin - James Halliday's Wine Companion (March 2020)

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Riesling in Australia.

Riesling is thought to have been introduced to New South Wales in the 1830s by the Macarthur's (pioneers of the Australian wool industry). German settlers brought the variety to the Barossa Valley in South Australia in the 1850's where the grape flourished. It's since found many new homes, such as Mt. Barker in Western Australia, the Clare Valley in South Australia, as well as Central and Southern Victoria. A tightrope of fruit and racy acidity when young, age-worthy examples develop honey and toast characteristics, sometimes accompanied by a distinct 'kerosene' note. Generally suited to cooler climates, examples from Grosset, Petaluma, Wilson Polish Hill, Dukes, Western Australia and Best's Great Western, Victoria are all worth seeking out.

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