Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Spatlese 2008

No other wine, anywhere, exceeds the clarity, polish, complexity and sheer beauty of flavor of this grower’s finest wines. Simply, like the most perfect Riesling that can ever be. more

Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2009

THIS GIRL IS SERIOUS! Aromatic, smooth, vibrant and tasty. Think tangerine, apricot, wet stone, key lime, clove and nectarine....now stop thinking and start drinking...‘CAUSE KUNG FU GIRL KICKS ASS!  more

Selbach-Oster Riesling Spatlese 2008

A second generic Selbach-Oster 2008 Riesling Spatlese – more typically, coming from their own fruit and 90% Zeltinger Himmelreich – offers a strikingly creamy texture and succulent ripeness of apple and pear fruit with invigorating hints of salt, fresh lime, and stone. , Open, delicate and gossamer in texture, framing ... more

O'Reilly's Riesling 2007

Sixty-one percent of the grapes for the O'Reilly's Riesling are from Outlook Vineyard owned by Owen Roe and farmed by vineyard manager Roger Bates, nineteen percent are from Hugh and Kathy Shiels' DuBrul Vineyard, twelve percent are from Elerding Vineyard, and eight percent are from Red Willow Vineyard. These small ... more

Otto's Constant Dream Riesling 2009

Shows a first nose of apple, minerality, sea spray, oyster shell, sweet honey, melon and citrus. With a refreshing entrance this true-to-the-varietal Riesling has a great concentration. Whence just on the verge of being sweet, bright acidity and a mineral driven profile rounds out this balanced friend of food. more

Weingut Carl Schmitt Wagner Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Riesling Spatlese 2007

A "core-list" wine. Because how can anything calling itself a “core-list” fail to include this monument of character and distinctiveness? This 2007 has darker, more herbal aromas than the Kabinett; the palate shows sensational complexity and a monumental authority, as if they knew it was the swansong vintage; a positive ... more

Josef Leitz Eins Zwei Dry 3 2009

Almost none of Johannes’ wines taste “sweet.” They have the coiled power of a tightly closed fist. They are intensely fragrant, as though they wished to convince you of something. They are like Wachau wines; they crave oxygen, and they do show their best ice cold. They are, to my ... more

Helmut Hexamer Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg Quarzit Riesling 2009

Handcrafted fruit-driven wines of terroir. Anti-varietal in the best sense, the same way that Condrieu isn’t merely viognier; the best from the Rheingrafenberg are wines of deep site-character as rendered by riesling. Splendidly mineral wines into which fruit of great charm is interwoven. Fresh, with exceptional purity. more

Donnhoff Tonschiefer Riesling Trocken 2009

For an essentially studious wine this says a lot. (Dellchen is always both elusive and allusive; it isn’t direct, and it needs to be probed.) It’s a soft composition with thick chords; very long, woodsy like old leaves and tree bark after a warm rain; the palate is more silvery, ... more

Weingut Alzinger Riesling Smaragd Loibenberg 2008

Schlossgut Diel Goldloch Riesling Kabinett 2008

Weingut Herbert Messmer Riesling Halbtrocken 2008

Even if the trend is going to rich and strong wines, we try to keep to our style: white wines that surprise by their versatility. Because of the soils, with their different minerals and slate, we produce delicate, expressive and fruit-forward wines – the way we like them ourselves. more