Tasting Notes

Bockstein

2018 - Bockstein Riesling GG
The most elegant nose in the line-up of Nik Weis, very fine fruit, beautiful spices. On the palate fine-fruity, elegant-deep acidity, moving over into a great spiciness that defines the long finish with pepper. A great Riesling!

2018 - Bockstein Riesling Kabinett
Nose with slate minerality, slight petrol notes that quickly disappears, fresh young and lively fruit. The palate comes with a perfect acidity-spice-fruit-balance, racy, crisp, inviting and light-footed. Super mouthwatering finish. A great Kabi!

2017 - Bockstein Riesling Kabinett
We are having the Bockstein Kabinett riesling Grosse Lage. The nose is fresh, with great spices and floral notes, slightly smoky, apricot, white peach, green apples. On the palate super-fresh acidity, great fruit follows with some spices, yellow apples, apricots again, grapefruit peel. Mouthwatering spicy-fruity finish.

2015 - Bockstein Riesling GG
Did we ever mention that we truly like the type of Riesling Nik Weis does? It is a pleasure from nose to finish. Even though the wine is way to young to drink. The nose is filled with citrus fruit notes and powerful firestone like minerality, notes of clove, fine herbs, unripe pineapples and mango. On the palate very dense and still super elegant, grapefruit notes in the crisp acidity, beautiful slate minerality, finishes with herbal notes, citrus and orange peel. Very animating!

2010 - Bockstein Riesling Kabinett
Dense and ripe nose, honey, floral notes, nice ripe fruit. Creamy palate with spices, racy acidity, perfect in balance. Long and intense fruit finish. So delicious.

2007 - Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett
So well balanced, fresh, fruity (yellow stone fruits of apricots and peach) and spicy mineralic. Fantastic Kabinett Riesling.

Goldtröpfchen

2018 - Goldtröpfchen Riesling Spätlese
Fine fruit, freshness, some apple fruit and lots of exotics. On the palate spicy start, dense sweetness, juicy fruit, acidity with only low power. This can be a wine with potential – like the 2011s once were – where the fruitiness got lower and the minerality gave it some additional power. Need to definitely try this baby in five years.

2017 - Goldtröpfchen Riesling Auslese
It is still a bit sparkling, just because it is so young. What a beauty! In the nose intense ripe exotic fruits, honey, deep spicy minerality, slightly smoky, nicely floral. On the palate juicy, fruit notes come first, carried by a great acidity, spices everywhere. Finishes super creamy with nice exotic and grapefruit notes. Very delicious!

2015 - Goldtröpfchen Riesling Spätlese
It has a beautiful nose with slate minerality and strong fruit flavors, on the palate great fruit-acidity-play with plum and cherry flavors, ends very fruity, close to an Auslese.

2012 - Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett
Nose is fine and elegant with honey, light in the fruit notes, some wet leaves and tobacco notes. On the palate racy, fresh acidity, spices, all super inviting. Can’t stop drinking this great Kabi!

Laurentiuslay

2017 - Laurentiuslay Riesling Spätlese
Fine and fresh-herbal nose, great slate minerality. On the palate a lot of fun, lots of elegance, great fruit-spice-freshness-mix. We enjoyed this one very much.

2016 - Laurentiuslay Riesling GG
Nose with spices and vanilla, slight wood and smoke. Fresh acidity, fine spicy, fresh citrus and citrus peel. Finishes with spices and citrus-style acidity, salty in the end.

2010 - Laurentiuslay Riesling Spätlese
Special type of wine, Nik Weis calls is a “cigar wine”, much character, drier than you would expect from a Spätlese, a lot of ripeness but at the same time fresh. Dense structure on the palate, ripe fruit, fine spices, fresh acidity. Great length with beautiful fruit, soft and ripe. Very good!

Layet

2018 - Layet Riesling GG
Nose with fine spices, noble elegance and density, slight smokiness. Powerful, elegant acidity, great spices, makes a lot of fun. Spicy, slightly salty finish, very long, with firestone-style minerality power. Love it!

2017 - Layet Riesling Spätlese
The nose is fresh, exotic fruit notes of mango and ripe pineapples, also mandarine peel, apple, herbal notes, nice minerality. On the palate a very balanced and very dense, broad fruit basket with mango, peaches, citrus and grapefruit flavours, nice spiciness from the blue slate. Finishes creamy, juicy and long. For lovers of Spätlese wines a big recommendation! 

Saarfelser

2018 - Saarfelser Riesling GG
Typical Saar-like freshness, lively, slightly metallic, multiple herbs. On the palate lots of spices followed by fresh acidity, great minerality. Dense and fresh finish with stony minerality. Nice one!

2015 - Saarfelser Riesling GG
Beauty in the nose based on great minerality and crowned with fruity and floral notes, flavors of peonies. On the palate spicy minerality, cherry, apricots and melon fruit notes, powerful acidity, a great mix that finishes long and almost salty. Fantastic Riesling! 

2014 - Saarfelser Riesling Erste Lage
Not hard to describe this nice wine: Berries, great and present minerality, long finish, fresh acidity.

Zickelgarten

2018 - Bockstein “Z” (Zickelgarten) Riesling GG
From the best parts of the Bockstein vineyard regarding age and genetic diversity. Spicy elegance in the nose, ripe fruit, slightly smoky, but also metallic note, super inviting. Exiting on the palate, tension and energy, power, super-smooth elegant acidity, endless minerality with spices and herbs. Long, spicy finish, warm and round. A beauty!

2012 - Zickelgarten Riesling Spätlese
The nose comes super inviting with a fantastic fruit-freshness-balance. On the palate you immediately realize how much harmony you have in the glass, ripe apple fruit notes, elegance and balance. So lovely.

Leiwener Klostergarten

1997 - Leiwener Klostergarten Riesling Auslese
Honey, cherry, tangerine, gooseberry, smoky notes of slate, nutty, tart reverberation, just wicked.

Others

2018 - Mosel Riesling
From the Leiwener Klostergarten which is technically a Cru vineyard. Very nice freshness and spiciness in the nose, licorice, ripe apple fruit. Inviting crisp acidity on the palate, nice fruit-spice-mix. Citrussy and green apple in the nice spicy finish, super fresh and mouthwatering. Unbelievable quality for 9,80 Euros!

2018 - Schiefer Riesling
Great herbal and spice notes in the nose, slightly smoky from the red slate minerality. Silky texture on the palate from the blue slate, intense smoky notes, fine acidity, great stony spiciness. Very delicious!

2018 - Mehringer Alte Reben Riesling
Spices, depth and character in the nose, slight smokiness, fine structured, light-footed, blue slate minerality. Spicy and crisp acidity on the palate, beautiful herbal notes. Great spicy finish.

2018 - Wiltinger Alte Reben Riesling
Another must-buy for unbelievable 15,80 Euros. From the ‘Wiltinger Schlangengraben’, vines planted in 1904 with high genetic diversity. Elegant, smooth nose, beautiful fruit, spices from red slate, great complexity. Fine balance from fresh acidity, nice spiciness, fruit and freshness. Mouthwatering finish, spicy and salty.

2017 - Wiltinger Riesling Alte Reben
Fresh, mineralic nose with multiple citrus aromas and green apples, beautiful herbs. On the palate spices followed by a fresh herbal acidity, great minerality, lemon and citrus peel, deep and long. Finishes with a nice spicy citrus mix. 

2015 - Wiltinger Riesling Alte Reben
Slate minerality in the nose with floral flavors, on the palate elegant acidity, quite a character, with powerful minerality, still very well balanced. Great one! 

2013 - Wiltinger Riesling Alte Reben
Riesling with crazy mineralization and freshness, crisp acidity and beautiful fruit notes.