The planets aligned with this bottle. JOSMEYER Hengst (Stallion vineyard) 2014. In a perfect place right now developed yet vibrant and electric. Biodynamically grown on limestone and will rock a roasted bird from here to the moon. Paired with turkey and usual root winter veggies. I’m into the 14s. Ride the stallion.
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Wow, higher prices than Keller for wines I’ve never heard of. The website looks like Napa, prices do too. It even includes the phrase “think disruptively”.
Have you tasted these wines? Do you think they’re the best dry wines coming out of all of Germany? Significantly better than Breuer Schlossberg, Keller GGs, Schonleber Halenberg, etc?
I hope I don’t seem rude. I’m just kind of shocked.
‘lusciousness’ in this wine is my problem with recent versions!
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Indeed. Just goes to show how things evolve. I would never have used the word ‘luscious’ as a descriptor for Abtsberg, but I haven’t kept up in recent years and maybe @Colby_Scott is referring mostly to post-2010 vintages?
Later than that I think…
Have only had 2016, 2017, and 2021 Kabi, and my first thought is always luscious, tropical, Mai-Tai, etc. ‘16 & ‘17 were more like Spätlese, or even Auslese, to me, while 2021 is a proper Kabi. Going to have to seek out some older vintages, if I can afford it…
Those two producers are about as good as it gets.
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Yes, Dreissigacker would need a name first in the USA, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks to everyone for their honest feedback! Hope to see you all on Berserker Day:)
Nice article on the Rheinhessen from VinePair. You can get a feel for what producers are known in the U.S.
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Love this, I didn’t even know that: “German sparkling was as famous as Champagne and sometimes even more expensive,” Klaus Peter Keller shares in an email. “When the Titanic left Southampton in 1912, the most expensive sparkling on board was a German one. So you can say when the Titanic sank, also German Sekt culture started to sink. Two World Wars, the wine trade in Jewish hands — the Nazis killed our best ambassadors. After World War II, France continued with high-quality Champagne, and Germany increased the yields and became sweet and cheap.”
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Opened a 2019 Weingut Karlsmühle Kaseler Nies’chen Riesling Kabinett that I picked up earlier today for $16 (marked down from all of $19). I know Theise used to import them in the 90’s and 00’s, but I don’t much about the producer and notes online about recent wines are pretty scarce. It has lovely, peach/apricot, orange citrus, floral, and crushed stone notes with what I think of as a pretty traditional Kabinett level sweetness, acidity, and body. For the price, it’s a screaming deal. I also picked up a 2020 of the same cuvee as well as a 2019 Lorenzhofer Spatlese Alte Reben Trocken. If anyone know more about the producer, I’d love to hear it.
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Somewhere, on WB I think, I stated something very similar when I first tried the 2021 Abtsberg Kabinett toward the end of 2022. It is the first true Kabinett in a long time. A second bottle, same. I’m hopeful for the 2024, which I haven’t had yet although do like their Spatlese in cooler vintages still. But these are not the MG of the period up through about 1998/99. I like the 2004s but they are a little fatter. At some point soon, I’ll have to go back to the 2012/15/19s.
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Julien Renard Gott’Che 21 - this is stellar. Opened a bottle and happy I didn’t finish it all in one night, there’s a really pleasant mustard green/herbal streak to go with all the bright citrus and light floral notes. Kicking myself for not buying more, this is a different but no less delicious expression of the kind of rieslings I normally go for.
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To celebrate my girlfriend’s birthday, I invited her to a three-course lunch at Schloss Monaise in Trier. The legendary chef-owner Hubi Scheid recommended a bottle of Dr. Loosen’s 2020 Ürziger Würzgarten GG Alte Reben trocken. The wine, from old vines in the Urglück sector, was precise, very fine, and a pleasant surprise.
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I had been holding off on 2020 German rieslings but a friend brought over 2020 Clemens Busch Marienburg GG last night. It started off a bit coiled but opened nicely, a good combination of moderate body and precision. I guess it’s not supposed to be the most backward wine in the CB stable, but it still gave me a nicer view of the vintage than I remember having a few years ago.
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Hey @Rahsaan_M Sorry for the delay. I reached out to the shop and tried to buy it to figure out what it is but they didn’t get back to me yet. I can’t buy it online. Once I know more, I’ll let you know too.
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Had Felseneck recently was great
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we opened a 2019 Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben “Gisela” #8 with dim sum the past weekend and we drained it. So f*cking delicious at 7.5% alcohol
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