Wine in Black Riesling-GG-Paket

VDP-Mitglied Achim von Oetinger wurde von Vinum zum „Winzer des Jahres 2021“ gekürt, Wein-Plus zählt den Rheingauer Meister mit 4 von 5 Sternen zu den besten Produzenten in Deutschland. Oetingers Rheingauer Rieslinge überzeugen mit Charakter und großem Entwicklungspotenzial.

What an incredibly subtle nose of pomelo and yellow grapefruit, the notes of flint and golden fruits expanding as it slowly opens up in the glass. Very concentrated and compact on the medium-bodied palate, then mind-blowing minerality at the super-long finish that shines right across the universe like a distant quasar. Very limited production.

The 2022 Riesling Erbacher Siegelsberg Grosses Gewächs is shy on the nose, as is the entire portfolio. The palate delivers gentleness, creaminess, smoothness and balance. This is not about fruit but is instead built on texture and vivid pithiness that is potentiated with every swish across the palate. The concentrated body is slender and driven, delivering lemony poise at every angle. This is a bone-dry Riesling that meets you at eye level.

Das traditionsreiche VDP-Weingut Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch – Erben Thanisch gehört mit 4 Trauben bei Gault&Millau und 4 Sternen bei Falstaff zu Deutschlands besten Erzeugern. Sofia Thanisch und ihre Töchter Juliane und Christina führen die fast 400-jährige Geschichte der Familie erfolgreich fort.

Cool and minty but with ample white peach fruit, this is a very elegant dry Mosel riesling with a wonderful racy vitality and stacks of wet stone character on the very focused, medium-bodied palate. Underplayed power and concentration, then a super-elegant and precise finish.

Ein Prinz auf dem Weg zum König: Fred Prinz ist der Rising Star unter den Riesling-Interpreten im Rheingau. So ein Meisterwerk wie das GG aus der Jungfer wird hier nicht jedes Jahr gelesen. So viel Finesse, Eleganz, Mineralität und Terroir: Fred Prinz hat einfach einen Lauf!

Incredibly complex and cool nose, this is extremely fresh without the yeastiness that often accompanies this. Reine claude plum and crisp pear aromas, but also intense notes of herb garden after rain and ferns. Stunningly energetic and racy with such a pure and expressive finish.

From gravelly-sandy quartzite soils in a gentle, southeast to southwest-facing site at 200 meters in altitude, the Hallgartener VDP.Grosse Lage 2022 Jungfer Riesling trocken GG opens with a deep, pure, clear and intense, very elegant and characteristic nose of ripe fruits and saline notes. Round and mouth-filling on the palate, this is a full-bodied and intense yet also lean, fine and very mineral structured and finishing Riesling with a long and complex aftertaste. 13% stated alcohol. Screw-cap closure. Tasted in July 2024.

The 2022 Riesling Hallgartener Jungfer Grosses Gewächs is from a southeast-facing site on quartzite with sand and gravel, where the oldest parcels are just over 50 years old and the youngest, 10. This was made partly in wood and partly in stainless steel. The subtly-scented nose is full of creamy apple, dried apple peel and lifted, dried citrus peel. The palate is zesty, fine, creamy, juicy and precise, all at once, like, ripe, mellow apple flesh bathed in citrus. It’s a totally charming and disarming wine, not loud, but beautifully pervasive.