I’m glad you could find some at Discovery Wines.
Slope Cellars, Flatiron Wines, and Chambers Street Wines, among others, also carry Hofgut Falkenstein. It might take a few days before the new releases are offered. It’s best to contact them.
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Slope Cellars still has 2 magnums of the 23’ Meyer Nepal in case anyone is interested. I was chatting with Chamber Street Wines and they mentioned they wouldn’t likely get their allocation in until January (including some mags)
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Vanderbilt Ave Wine Merchants received their allocation.
The Cellar d’Or, in Ithaca, received the new wines yesterday.
Flatiron NYC finally has the new Falkenstein wines in stock.
Chambers Street Wines has some previous vintages from a private collection.
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Below is a list of the 2024 Saar Rieslings from Hofgut Falkenstein:
2024 Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett trocken
Mutter Anna (AP 1): bergamot, bitter lemon, zesty, and stony.
2024 Niedermenniger Sonnenberg Riesling Kabinett trocken
Munny (AP 9): lime zest, mirabelle, peppery—a laser beam.
2024 Krettnacher Auf dem Hölzchen Riesling Kabinett trocken
Auf dem Hölzchen (AP 21): sage, apple peel, vermouth, and tart.
2024 Krettnacher Altenberg Riesling Spätlese trocken
Altenberg (AP 7): brioche, yellow fruit, precise, and steely.
2024 Krettnacher Ober Schäfershaus Riesling Spätlese trocken
Lorenz Manni (AP 18): flinty, apple, quince, earthy, and very fine.
2024 Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett feinherb
Onkel Peter (AP 4): cassis, creamy, and lemony.
Palm (AP 3): slaty, herby, compact, anise, and long.
Meyer Nepal (AP 11): nutmeg, quince, and spritzy.
2024 Niedermenniger Im Kleinschock Riesling Kabinett
Im Kleinschock (AP 20): floral, umami, and satiny.
2024 Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett
Kugel Peter (AP 12): reductive, brisk, electric, and breezy.
2024 Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett “Alte Reben”
Mia (AP 22): herbs, forest floor, quince, and silky.
2024 Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett “Alte Reben”
Gisela (AP 8): yeasty, stingy, juicy, and very clear.
2024 Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Spätlese
Klaus (AP 6): elderflower, rosewater, minty, and airy.
Förster (AP 5): lychee, pineapple, and vigorous.
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How are production volumes for 2024 relative to 2023?
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That’s a great question. While we produced less wine in 2024 than in 2023, most of the thirty-plus casks are filled with wine. We are very pleased with the quality.
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In case anyone following this thread missed the posts below from the other thread on wine deals and is interested…
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Sorry if this has been covered before …
Why are the place names used only sometimes?
My bottles of 2017 No. 1 do not have the “Mutter Anna” place name on them, but my bottles of No. 1 from the 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023 vintages do.
My bottles of 2023 No. 18 does not have the “Lorenz Manni” place name, but my bottles from the 2021 vintage do. (EDIT: 2021 bottles do Not have the Lorenz Manni place name on them)
My bottles of 2017 No. 12 do not have the “Kugel Peter” place name, but my bottles from 2019 and 2020 do.
I would understand all this if the place names started in 2018 or 2019, but that doesn’t explain the lack of “Lorenz Manni” on the 2023 No. 18s. … and now I’m reading another post that says “Ober Schaferschaus” is the place name for No. 18, which just confuses me further.
… WTH is going on ?!?
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Answering my own question (finding old posts from Lars):
"The Webers actually only specify parcel nicknames when there is more than one wine from the same site. There have been some exceptions in the past. And some wines (i.e., parcels) have already been specified by using a particular place-name, such as Ober Schäfershaus or Im Kleinschock, instead.
For example, Krettnacher Altenberg Spätlese trocken comes from the same parcel of old vines in the place-name Enkers Weinberg. Erich Weber, however, just chalks “Altenberg” on the cask. (This parcel actually has no nickname and was one of the original vineyards from his mother.) In contrast, a parcel of old vines nicknamed Lorenz Manni and underpinned by more diabase on the same slope is labeled Ober Schäfershaus, where the Webers have three contiguous parcels in this prime location.
To confuse matters further, those three adjoining parcels in Ober Schäfershaus, which is a section of Altenberg, are nicknamed Lorenz Herbert, Lorenz Manni, and Lorenz Marie. The first two were planted at the same time as one vineyard and were later split into two vineyards. The Webers acquired Lorenz Herbert a few years later than Lorenz Manni. But the age of the vines is the same. They planted Lorenz Marie several years ago; the vines are still young."
HOLY CRAP IS THIS CONFUSING!!! (and this is not a “German wine labels are confusing” thing).
What is the best way to compare the “same wine” from Falkenstein across vintages? Fuder number? Place name?
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Sorry for the confusion. Granted, it’s not an easy label to understand at first.
We added the nicknames starting with the 2019 vintage to make it easier for those who wondered what the bold number signified. So No. 1 and No. 12 are Mutter Anna and Kugel Peter, respectively. As for No. 18, we don’t include the nickname Lorenz Manni, because there is only one wine from the official place-name Ober Schäfershaus.
Note that the nicknames denote specific parcels within a site or subsite. These are often named after the former owner of the parcel.
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You can compare the same wine across vintages with either the nickname or cask number in most cases.
No. 18 is Lorenz Manni, which is a parcel of old vines in the place-name Ober Schäfershaus.
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Ah, is that why JP referred to it as Gisela #8? Gisela is the nickname and #8 is the cask number? And there are multiple wines from the Krettnacher Euchariusberg vineyard?
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Exactly, Gisela is the nickname of a parcel of ungrafted, old vines in Euchariusberg; #8 is the cask number. And, yes, there are multiple wines from Euchariusberg.
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Thanks, Lars. I just checked my bottles of 2021 No. 18 and I was wrong about “Lorenz Manni” being on the label; like you said, it’s not.
Cellartracker has dupes for all of these, frustratingly, but I 100% understand how that happened.
May I suggest to the Webers that they put this information on their back labels (i.e.: a simple sentence or two indicating site - subsite - place name). I have to believe the vast majority of consumers, even those of Falkenstein, do not know all of this, especially at first.
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Back label?
I’m confused by your confusion. Isn’t normal for wines to have a front label and back label on the bottle?
Interesting question. My first answer for the Mosel would be no.
But I’d need to think about more.
(And of course maybe it’s different for US imports)
Well, if there’s no back label currently, I propose adding one. 