2020 Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Riesling Hommage à Luise
An introductory level wine that I got on sale for $12. 9.5% alcohol. Straw with a slight green hue. Some petrol on the nose. Tart white fruit. This is a mostly dry wine but does have a touch of sweetness in a kabinett style. Flinty with apple on the finish. Good acidity. 88 points.
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JK. Agreed. 19’s are super delish. We drink them with my in-laws as they love Riesling.
Yes, when you see the wine carte of Hotel Adlon in Berlin from around 1920, the most expensive wines were German Riesling.
2023 Koehler-Ruprecht „Kallstadter“ Riesling Kabinett trocken
I am thrilled by the balance and calmness „innere Ruhe“ of this Kabinett trocken.
A „Maul voll Wein“ with juiciness and clarity. Flavors of chamomile, dried fruits, pears and herbs incl. a creamy texture. And quite elegant too.
What a value for 11-12€
I saw your IG post. I need to try this. Hope you are well @Martin_Zwick
My next big Rieslingstudy will be in Philadelphia at Pizza Beddia on February 8. I will be bringing a bunch of old, rare and large format riesling and some Spätburgunder for the half-time show! People do travel in from all over the country for these events.
Funny, in my first draft I wrote:
„Robert has certainly several cases in his cellar. If not, hurry my friend!“
I left it out, as I was shure you know this Kabi trocken already.
Ha anyone seen a Kabi Trocken RR before?
(I haven’t)
NO, I don’t think so..
Nope!
No, I don’t think there was ever such a thing
Who chose the wines for your event at Pizzeria Beddia? I’m glad to see Hofgut Falkenstein’s 2023 Niedermenniger Sonnenberg Riesling Kabinett trocken in the lineup.
I always hate to miss a local Philly event, but the Super Bowl-day scheduling has made this very tempting but a no-go for me. (I know that’s kind of the point of scheduling on that day, just saying!)
Sounds great. I am often a snob and just buy the Saumagen Kabinett trocken (I need to be selective) but this shows the error of that approach. I guess 2023 gave a bit of ripe punchy fruit, supposedly including some Saumagen as well.
YES
The 2023 Saunagen Kabinett trocken is more for the long run. 94/100 by Anne Krebiehl/VINOUS
2015 Carl Loewen Longuicher Maximin Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (12/15/2025)
– popped and poured –
– tasted non-blind over a couple hours –
NOSE: sweet white stone fruits; no petrol; this is starting to develop a bit of aged character in the form of a light honey note; aromas are of medium+ expressiveness.
BODY: medium rich green-tinged yellow color; no spritz; medium-light to medium bodied.
TASTE: Kabinett to Kabinett+ sense of sweetness — this is a large-boned Kab.; medium+ to high acidity, and it’s well-integrated. Starting to show a bit of age – that light honeyed note on the Nose is repeated here on the palate, and that hasn’t been present with previous bottles. I continue to love this wine. This still has plenty of runway in front of it. Drink or Hold.
Highly underrated producer.
Yyyyep. And that works just fine for me! 
Thanks for directing my attention towards this! Always love seeing Jin pop up as well, of course. He and I were messaging just a couple of weeks ago about another Rheinhessen producer that it feels like you see less of than you would expect in the US: Wittmann. Jin said their export director suggested that they sell so much of their wine so easily in Germany and the Scandinavian markets that they simply don’t worry all that much about US export, which I suppose makes sense. I’ve just always been amazed how little of the Morstein I see from them on top US wine lists, given it is one of the greats of the Riesling world.
This was absolutely beautiful, still incredibly youthful and light on its feet. Driven, focused, and mineral with deep reserves of orchard fruit that were only just unfurling. Really impressive and a forward-looking wine from a producer that could be easy to assume is old fashioned (making the sort of off-dry, ‘dry’ styles that I agree with @David_Bu3ker can push me away from Alsace).
My only complaint? For a wine that is intentionally aged by the winery for years before release, it was under a Diam 5 closure. The 5 means that diam doesn’t guarantee the closure after 5 years, and I’ve had plenty of them soak through with age, which just feels like a mismatch for the wine. To be clear, this is not a “cork v screwcap” quibble, just a comment on the length of time the closure is meant for versus the reasonable cellar expectation of the wine.
