Then it looks like you have some tasting to do. CORVERS-KAUTER in Oestrich, HANS CRUSIUS in the Nahe, DIEFENHARDT in Eltville, SOLVEIGS in Geisenheim, GOLDATZEL in Geisenheim, GINDORF in Leiser, GEORG MULLER in Hattenheim. All have wonderful current Spatburgunder releases.
And yes, The MAXIMIN GRUNHAUS were a bit ‘new world’, and the ‘22 Abstberg Pinot Noir GG was heavily oaked, but it was frickin’ stunning to say the least.
I will definitely try to taste all of these.
Wow - that was such a wonderful wine. Oak Knoll doesn’t even produce a Raspberry wine anymore. And of course, it was the Sandburg Wine Cellar back then (with the greatest German wine inventory in the country at the time) that continued my love of German wines. I remember my two mentors at the time; Sigfried Langstatter and Walter Boll, both long time German wine merchants warning me, “Thomas, American wines are fun luncheon wines, but should never, and we mean never, be on a dinner table.” Those were the days…
And please make it over to the Hans Crusius estate. These are just superb wines, and it is mind boggling that they don’t have an American importer - while the winemaking is a little more subtle than Donnhoff, they are just as good -
I haven’t seen the name HE Dausch in this thread, or elsewhere on the board. Arguably among the best (not only) German Pinots out there. If anybody is in Frankfurt on 09/26, there is a tasting in the planning.
Because you haven’t posted anything on the winery. Please post some notes, and tell me more about the estate, would love to hear about them -
You can find all this online:
More less a one man show (the brother helps with the field work), part time winemaker and consultant (i.a. Corvers - Kauter - that‘s why I posted it here), the other part being ski instructor. Based in the Pfalz, not far from Knipser. Meanwhile Pinot only, German clones, raised in top French barrels, hosted at Knipser‘s. Less than 1 ha in total, total production a few thousand bottles. Top quality, top prices. It starts at about 100 eur, the premium bottling lArtiste goes for about 300 eur. Consistently rated among top German Pinots.
It‘s been a while since I had my last Dausch. It‘s always been a memorable experience. Classical style, elegant, smooth. Has been compared to top Burgundy. If you never had one you don‘t have a complete picture of German Pinots.