Tasting Notes

Goldloch

2018 - Goldloch Riesling GG
Juicy fruit-spice mix with herbal elements in the nose, ripe yellow fruits. Nice structure on the palate, nice spiciness, lots of ripe citrus notes and some peach, very lively. Long citrus-style finish with a nice salty note.

2016 - Goldloch Riesling GG
Great firestone minerality in the nose with lots of peach and apricots. On the palate juicy and straight, elegantly bodied, some stone fruit flavors, spicy minerality, all very harmonious, salty and opulent finish. A great Riesling to keep for a couple of years!

2012 - Goldloch Riesling GG
In the nose a smooth and warm fruit-spice-mix, some vanilla and wood, lots of apricots, some ripe mango, some ripe strawberries, slate minerality. On the palate: racy acidity meets powerful spices, super young and energetic, great minerality, comes with pressure, doesn’t taste like seven years old at all, lasts forever with a great mix of spices and citrus peel.

1998 - Goldloch Riesling Auslese
So much great caramel, honey and dried fruits. Can’t stop drinking this baby!

Burgberg

2017 - Burgberg Riesling GG
Great nose with a fine fruit-minerality-balance, lime, orange peel, grapefruit, but also honey, some cassis and apple notes, very rich and still super elegant. On the palate citrus fruit with some gooseberry, great minerality, lots of power, great spices, very creamy. Finishes creamy, long, dense and elegant. A great Riesling!

2015 - Burgberg Riesling GG
So lovely and perfectly balanced - what is rare are the berries (also strawberries!) in the nose. Great minerality and acidity!

2012 - Burgberg Riesling GG
The nose is clearly minerality driven, firestone style from the quartzite terroir, supported by some nice aging notes of honey, some peach, red apples, white currant, fresh herbs, slightly smoky. A very beautiful nose – very inviting. On the palate great complexity, great texture, great body. Smooth and elegant, still powerful and ripe acidity, fantastic spices, citrus and grapefruit fruit elements, all very soft and mouthwatering. Finishes with a nicely balanced mix of spices, citrus fruit notes and slight salt. Everlasting long!

1999 - Burgberg Riesling Auslese
In the nose beautiful mix of apricots, caramel and chocolate. On the palate nice acidity, smooth, notes of licorice, spicy black pepper notes, black currant, also smoky. Delicious. 

Pittermännchen

2018 - Pittermännchen Riesling GG
The nose is super animating and inviting, very open and harmonic, yellow and red fruits with some black tea, white pepper, spices. Great elegance and freshness on the palate, greatly drinking, nice spices, very much in great balance already. Finishes with a fine fruit-spice-mix, pepper and flintstone.

2018 - Pittermännchen Kabinett
Great fresh-fruity Kabinett nose, super inviting, great mix of soft sweetness and energetic spices. On the palate a perfect inviting fruit-spice-mix, the slight sweetness is perfectly balanced by the crisp acidity and fresh minerality. Spicy-fresh finish which is super racy.

1990 - Dorsheimer Pittermännchen Riesling Auslese
Beautiful aging nose with lots of caramel, raisins and honey, slightly smoky, with spices and herbs, on the palate lively acidity and nice minerality, dried fruits, raisins and caramel, quite long finish.

Eierfels

2018 - Eierfels Riesling
From the Grand Cru vineyards of Burgberg and Goldloch. Beautiful nose with yellow fruits like nectarines and yellow plums, slightly smoky, firestone minerality, some lemongrass. Deep spiciness on the palate, firestone again, juicy, racy and energetic. Finishes crisp with great spices.

Schlossberg

2018 - Schlossberg Riesling
Fine nose, yellow fruits, slightly reserved, fine spices, juicy. Elegant fruit notes on the palate, lively and energetic spiciness, very straight, very racy. Lots of spicy minerality in the finish, grapefruit and citrus peel.

Krone

2018 - Laubenheimer Krone Riesling
Juicy and inviting nose with fresh yellow fruits, great spices and slate minerality. Very nice acidity-minerality-mix on the palate, lot of energy, racy, citrus notes and grapefruit peel. Finishes with unripe pineapple notes and slate spiciness.

Hölle

2018 - Burg Layen Hölle Riesling
Fine nose, still slightly closed, nice apple notes with slate spiciness. On the palate a lively acidity with a lot of fine elegance, citrus notes and fine spices. Finishes with lots of lemon, nice minerality and some salt.

Others

2018 - Nahesteiner Riesling
Diels Gutswein, nice freshness in the nose, ripe citrus fruit, also apples and peach, fine minerality. On the palate apple, citrus fruit, grapefruit, dry with racy acidity, a lot of energy and tension, beautiful spices. A great Riesling for the money.

2018 - Burg Layen Riesling
A lot of red and yellow apples in the nose, deep spices. On the palate elegant and precise, slate minerality, citrus fruit but also unripe pineapple. Finishes nice with citrus-style, lemon peel, lemon and beautiful spices.

Brut

2012 - Riesling Sekt Reserve
Slightly reduced fruit nose, super nice and elegant, white fruits, especially pear and gooseberries. On the palate a fine and lively perlage, fresh citrus fruit, great fire stone minerality. Dry and creamy finish with citrus peel, long, lively and energetic.