A question for you German Riesling fans out there ...

WINE TALK
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Does Willi Schaefer use the GK designation for any of his wines? All of his bottlings are under gold-colored capsules, and today I purchased a 2005 Auslese of his that the retailer had denoted as a “GKA” on their website. I’m wondering if the retailer is wrong about this designation - did the retailer merely see the gold-colored foil and [wrongly] assume it was a Gold Cap wine?

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No, they just use fuder/AP numbers to differentiate between wines, as they offer multiple kabinetts, spatleses and ausleses in some vintages.

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Thats my understanding as well

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Also, all of Schaefer’s wines use gold foil caps.

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I’ve emailed Christoph Schaefer for clarification because I just realised the 07 Auslese #25 I bought at the VDP auction in 2008 is listed in the catalogue as a goldkapsel.

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I’ll be very curious to hear what he has to say, Neville. Welcome to the board, by the way! [berserker.gif]

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Thanks for the welcome.

Christoph said: It depends on the vintage if we make a GK or a normal Auslese to take to the VDP auction. But, as you know, we use a gold cap for all our wines, which may cause some confusion. All our auction wines are marked with a round sticker.

We have always one auction Auslese of a higher quality and a classical, “normal” Auslese. We mainly identify them by the cask number or the auction Auslese as “the auction wine”.

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thanks for the update, Neville. [basic-smile.gif]