Germany 2024 Vintage (updated with the Vom Boden Report)

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Bountiful and supreme quality I hope and pray! :pray:

Thanks for a little update thus far on 2025 German wine season.

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My pleasure. You wrote the 2026 vintage, and I mistakenly did the same. That’s why I edited my previous post earlier this morning. Anyway, the 2025 vintage looks very good so far. :+1:

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I wrote “2026” to denote that MFW wrote 2026 (typo) in the link you posted.

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Thanks for your clarification.

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Pronounced stone and tropical fruits, white flowers, and mint on the alluring nose. Immense focus and precision meet weightlessness on the palate. An outstanding Riesling Spätlese from the challenging 2024 vintage.

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You could be describing my recent Graacher trocken 2024

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Excited.
I fly out in a few hours for visits in Germany/Tuscany.

Loersch
Blees Ferber
Molitor
Richter
Clemens Busch
Melsheimer
Thanisch
JJ Prum
Enderle
Steinmetz
Schafer Frohlich

From what I hear about 2024 Mosel, sounds like my cup of Zen filigree tea, acidity even more integrated than 2021.

Ill toss out what thoughts I can, as time allows.

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Has anyone found out which he is referring to here?

It’s kind of driving me crazy. Would really like to know before it’s too late.

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@Colby_Scott two educated guesses based on the fact that they are in metrovino’s portfolio:

2024 Falkenstein ‘Gisela AP8’ Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben
Listed at 7% (legal minimum). Can’t find a definitive RS, but most tasting notes describe it as light.

2024 SCHÄTZEL Kabinett
Listed at 7% legal minimum, 49g/L RS

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6.7% is quite specific, though, so I’m thinking it might be a lesser-known producer. :thinking:

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I was assuming that they rounded it up for the label, rather than declassify the wine. Also why the author didn’t want to out them

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Good point(s). Just adds fuel to the fire.

:man_shrugging::thinking:

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Falkenstein has also the Kugel Peter Kabinett 2024 and the Onkel Peter Kabinett Feinherb 2024 both with 7% abv on the label.

As for residual sugar it seems to be mandatory to state the values on the label (or through a QR code) in Germany from this vintage. Gisela states 46 g/l of residual sugar, Kugel Peter 49 g/l and Onkel Peter 40 g/l. Values can be approximate though and I don‘t know how precise they need to be put on the label :slight_smile:

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Based on the MFW review, I think it’s highly possible that this or a similar wine is the 6.7% / low RS unicorn:

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“Barely fruity styled” implies quite dry for a kabinett in their nomenclature

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Yeah I agree with you :slight_smile: Gisela is definitely Falkensteins iconic wine. I was also guessing earlier in this discussion that the 6.7% wine would likeley be Gisela :+1::grin:

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If correct, and based on the reviews, it seems like they need to change the regulations!

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A smart marketer would see these great low ABV / low sugar wines and push them towards younger drinkers who we talk so much about wanting to cut down on both of those things.

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While its low sugar in the sense of sweet riesling, its not the bone dry wine most younger people are looking for

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Nobody tell them how much sugar is in Whiteclaw or Buzzballz :stuck_out_tongue:

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:100:

On a personal note, I hope it’s not Gisela just because it’s already hard enough to get (and not exactly inexpensive). Though the more I think about it, the more I find myself agreeing with you. :worried:

Love this! Hope it becomes a thing.

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