What country are you in? If you’re in the US, CSW and Flatiron send out cellar emails every week and often have aged German riesling.
US. Will sign up.
Epiphany wine for me.
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Can’t beat Dee Vine Wines
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2021 Steinmetz Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Trocken Green Cap is a lovely rockin’ and rollin’ bottle of wine. I was impressed at a tasting earlier this spring, which led to my purchase, and I was curious if the same joy would be present later with more time to contemplate. No need to worry.
Gorgeous effusive nose from the beginning, and plenty of ripe juicy fruit in that middle-ground green melon mode. Not the hard orchard fruit and not the ripe tropical fruit. Right in the juicy middle. But with plenty of electric Mosel mineral crystal acidic cut and crunch. A lively vigorous 2021 that is not the deepest wine, but is very happy to be poured right now.
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What does the green capsule signify? Is it off-dry, like Markus Molitor’s?
It’s 12% alcohol, wouldn’t describe it as off-dry. And it is labeled ‘trocken’.
I’m no expert on the Steinmetz labeling, he seems to make a lot of different wines and change the nomenclature from year to year. But my understanding was that this was the ‘basic’ PG trocken, as opposed to some of the specific PG parcels/special bottlings that he also made in 2021.
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Thanks! I couldn’t see the alcohol percentage or the term “trocken” in your photo.
On a recent visit to Günther Steinmetz, I noticed that all of the wines had gold caps.
That seems odd. The vast majority of Steinmetz wines, at least into 2024, had white capsules.
That said, he does do several GK Auslese bottlings.
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You’re right. He had gold caps on his red wines when I tasted there with David Schildknecht last month. I just can’t remember seeing any white caps. That’s why I’m confused.
As you may know, Mosel Wine Merchant first imported Günther Steinmetz. Back then, friends at an agency in Trier changed the design of his label and switched to white caps. After Mosel Wine Merchant closed, Stefan changed the paper type from vertical ribbed to a coarser horizontal ribbed paper and started using extra-tall flutes.
Broadbent Selections had Steinmetz for a while.
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After Mosel Wine Merchant, Stefan Steinmetz switched importers a couple of times in a short period. If I recall correctly, he first worked with Grand Cru Selections, followed by Broadbent Selections. Then came Fass Selections, Down to Earth Wine, and most recently, Bowler Wine.
You forgot Corkhoarder who was post Grand Cru. Down to Earth and Fass are not technically importers in the truest sense and they both still work with Stefan. My guess is Fass sells more of the high-end than Bowler. Bowler should be a good fit for Stefan.
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Thanks! Yes, I forgot Corkhoarder.
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And FWIW, Broadbent did not seem to give a damn about the wines. Lyle Fass and Robert Panzer clearly do.
Post-Mosel Wine Merchant:
vom Boden: Peter Lauer, Stein, Weiser-Künstler, and Enderle & Moll
Louis/Dressner Selections: Clemens Busch (also Dee Vine Wines), Immich-Batterieberg, and Knebel (now Schatzi Wines)
Grand Cru Selections: Günther Steinmetz (now Bowler Wine)
Bonhomie Wine Imports: Später-Veit
Schatzi seems nearly invisible these days.
1999 Prum WS BA AP 24 18
From half, a beautifully drinkable BA, floral, honied, airy. Tropical, very clean, a hint of black tea. Brilliant.
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I opened a 2007 Maximim Grünhaüser QbA last night, which is at a lovely moment. It’s surprisingly concentrated and sweet for a QbA, and has developed some caramel and honey, all balanced by Ruwer acid that (one might say) is not shy.
I have to wonder if this wasn’t declassified juice that would have qualified for a higher Pradikat.
The last bottle I opened three years ago was more golden and more evolved – probably on a downward slope, though very good. This was more what I’d expect. I won’t rush to open my remaining two bottles.
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