Germany

93 points Wine Enthusiast"Smoke and violet florals add nuance to sweet quince jelly and yellow peach notes on this vibrant, mouthwatering Riesling. It's delicate in frame, but penetrates the palate with rich, juicy fruit and a shower of orange acidity...

98 points James Suckling"The deep, peach and apricot nose leads you into this enormously concentrated yet graceful dry riesling that’s got the stature to stand next to almost any Grand Cru white Burgundy. Enormously long, beautifully balanced...

97 points Decanter"This wine transposes the sparse calcareous soil and Hanspeter Ziereisen's subtle winemaking, which uses about 50% whole bunch fermentation in closed tanks to protect the fruit and later maturation in barrique, 20% new. A rather unique...

92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate"Ziereisen's Syrah 2019 Gestad opens with a pure, intense, bloody and meaty, still reductive but refreshing bouquet of dark cherries, berries, violets, black and green olives and freshly milled white pepper. On the...

95 points James Suckling"Still very youthful, this is super-elegant with intense slate character. Mini-banana and spring-flower aromas. Very focused on the sleek and silky palate, which you want to linger long over because it lingers long with you at the...

95 points Mosel Fine Wines"The 2020er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Trocken Uralte Reben GG is a bone-dry wine (with 3 g/l of residual sugar) made from fruit picked on un- grafted vines planted in 1890. It proves rather backward at first and really needs a...

94 points Falstaff"Raspberry blossom honey, heart cherry, slate, herbal candy, dandelion. Very delicate on the palate, very subtle tannins of a slightly adhesive, almost resinous quality, ripe acidity, mineral tones, long-lasting, wide-ranging aromas on...

Vinous Reverie NotesThe winemaker from the German winery Lothar Kettern has absolutely mastered his craft. Style and finesse are the characteristics of this white wine, which has its origins in the picturesque landscape of the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer...

90 points Falstaff"Quite complex in the fragrance: mandarin, red apple, marjoram. On the palate soft and round in the beginning, proportions typical of the vintage, finely rounded, mild and playful despite the rather subtle acidity." Vinous Reverie...

Vinous Reverie NotesTasting Notes: Brilliant, bright straw yellow. Clear the fruit after the kernel and stone fruit, especially yellow peach, yellow apples and solid pears.Very fresh acid, is pronounced and bold, creamy on the palate and soft...

91 points Mosel Fine Wines"Harvested at 94° Oechsle, this offers a gorgeous nose of cassis, elderflower, ginger, pear and smoky slate. Vibrant acidity brings structure to the palate, where ripe scents of melon blend into more white minerals and slate...

92 points Wine Spectator 91 points Vinous “Harvested botrytis-free at 90 Oechsle, this was stopped with a bit higher residual sugar and lower alcohol than its Spätlese counterparts, a decision based on the Merkelbachs’ assessment that...