Tasting Notes

Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland

2018 - Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling GG
Fine-spicy nose, with huge elegance, slightly floral, citrus and lemon style fruit notes. Beautiful spiciness on the palate followed by a great, racy acidity, very elegant and noble. Finishes very mineralic, white pepper and ripe grapefruit.

2015 - Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling GG
Great crisp acidity and minerality driven nose with great spiciness and citrus, unripe pineapple and herbs, slight peach. On the palate a short glimpse of creamy, then a powerful acidity breaks through with great spicy slate minerals, fruity body of green apples, apricots and grapefruit notes, long and salty finish. Juicy and elegant. Just great! 

Hochheimer Hölle

2018 - Hochheimer Hölle Riesling GG
Already Goethe knew about the quality of Hochheim wines and this one is another great proof. Racy, spicy, super elegant nose, fresh apples and pears, broad ripe citrus and grapefruit elements, very inviting because of its huge elegance. On the palate juicy and rich, wonderful complex and at the same time easy drinking, spicy with elegant acidity. Finishes very harmonic with beautiful ripe citrus elements and spices.

2015 - Hochheimer Hölle Riesling GG
In the nose a great mixture of spices, great minerality and yellow fruits like ripe apricots, in a funny way the nose starts spicy and ends with a soft sweet note. On the palate smooth but powerful, great fresh acidity, fruit notes of plums, ripe peach and apples, long mineralic finish. A great wine! 

2015 - Hochheimer Hölle Riesling Auslese
Huge wine. The nose is filled with an entire basket of fruits, spices and floral elements, plums, cherry, exotic elements but also apples, herbal notes a well. On the palate great spicy minerality, smooth and very long, very complex but it comes quite elegant and classy. Love it!

2008 - Hochheimer Hölle Riesling GG
The nose is a beauty: Great floral notes with a fruit mix of donut peach and sweet, juicy nectarines, great spicy minerality. The palate is dense and elegant, great dry acidity, warm and complex, wonderful deep spices, almost firestone like minerality, white pepper. A beauty!

1998 - Hochheimer Hölle Riesling Auslese
Amber color, slight oxidation, in the nose honey, liquorice, zabaione, cherry, on the palate caramel and honey, mineralization with a slight, hardly recognizable petrol note, ripe pineapple, great wine! 

1997 - Hochheimer Hölle Riesling Beerenauslese
The nose is opulent and elegant at the same time, very inviting, big stone fruit notes of yellow plums, apricots, citrus elements especially grapefruit, unbelievably spicy and herbal, fantastic minerality. On the palate super smooth, soft and elegant, fruit basket, beautiful herbs and spices, fresh acidity, very animating. One of the best Beerenauslese wines we ever had!

1989 - Hochheimer Hölle Riesling Auslese
The nose is overwhelming with a spiciness you wouldn’t expect, also lots of of caramel, herbs and honey, slight licorice. On the palate a bomb of taste, spicy acidity meets smoky minerality, dark chocolate, raisins, long finish with spicy, herbal caramel. Most amazing!

Schlossberg

2018 - Schlossberg Riesling GG
Power and elegance in the nose, firestone, slight licorice, lemon balm, but also peach and ripe apples. On the palate beautiful spices, added by a crisp and powerful acidity, very precise and deep. Mineralic, spicy finish with grapefruit peel and ripe citrus notes.

Hochheimer Kirchenstück

2018 - Hochheim Kirchenstück Riesling GG
A beautiful GG - maybe the secret champion of the 2018 collection of Künstler - great mix of spices, cherries, slight smoke, green apples, lemon balm in the nose, super elegant and round. On the palate great harmony, acidity is racy and still elegant, beautiful spices, slight wood, slightly herbal. A great wine!

2015 - Hochheim Kirchenstück Riesling GG
In the nose a fine and powerful mixture of beautiful almost firestone-like spicy minerality and nice fruit notes of apples and citrus, also pineapple and pear, slight peach. On the palate powerful minerality and crisp acidity, slight fruit notes only, very long citrus and firestone finish. 

2014 - Hochheim Kirchenstück Riesling GG
Unbelievably precise and clear, super mineralic, very long. Just want we needed. Spicy minerality meets fresh fruit notes.

Kostheim Weiss Erd

2018 - Kostheim Weiß Erd Riesling GG
Very different character than the other Künstler GGs, but just so lovely. Nose is very floral, great limestone minerality, sweet fruit, very floral. On the palate racy and passionate, still with great elegance, pepper-style spices, dry and deep acidity, peach and ripe apricots, slight honey. Finishes dry but with ripe, sweet fruit aromas.

2015 - Kostheim Weiß Erd Riesling GG
It has the most fruity nose with lots of intense notes of many ripe fruits like apples, peach and pears, very deep limestone minerality, soft acidity, very smooth on the palate, great Riesling! Very characteristic!

Hochheimer Stielweg

2018 - Hochheimer Stielweg Riesling Alte Reben dry Erste Lage
Apricots, cassis and red apples in the nose, good spices, especially white pepper. On the palate a great minerality-acidity-balance, very elegant, slightly creamy in the spicy, long finish.

1997 - Hochheimer Stielweg Riesling Spätlese dry
Super elegant nose with cassis, apples, great spices, fresh and very inviting. On the palate full of energy, super lively, elegant and at the same time powerful acidity, beautiful minerality. Everlasting long and in perfect harmony. A great proof for the everlasting aging potential of dry Rieslings.

Hochheimer Domdechaney

2018 - Hochheimer Domdechaney Riesling dry Erste Lage
Floral, fine spicy nose, pepper, juicy apples, citrus elements. On the palate beautiful acidity, fresh and energetic. Citrus and pepper finish, slightly salty. So much fun!