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2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Brauneberger Juffer Kabinett
“The 2022 Brauneberger Juffer Riesling Kabinett is very clear, bright and citric on the delicate and filigreed nose. On the palate, this is a light and lush, very delicate Kabinett from a coolish and windier 2,000-square-meter plot that is cultivated by Christian Hermann and Dominique and Benjamin Thomas. The wine was fermented in the Thomas's cellar (Weingut Klosterhof), but each producer bottles his 50% share with his own label in his own domaine. The wine is perfectly round and a simply delicious Kabinett that was bottled in March with 7.5% stated alcohol and 50 grams of residual sugar. Tasted in May 2023 at the Hermann domaine in Erden. Natural cork..” 92 Points Wine Advocate
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Treppchen Kabinett -6-
"The 2022er Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett -6- was made from un-grafted vines in the privileged Kammer, Schmitzberg, and Schönberg sectors of the vineyard, from early harvested fruit at 79° Oechsle, and was fermented in Fuder down to fruity-styled levels of residual sugar (42 g/l). It offers a beautiful nose made of lemon, cassis, mint, elderflower, and whipped cream. The wine is gorgeously playful, delicate, and yet packed with flavors on the palate. The finish contains a very subtle touch of creaminess but the overall balance is firmly Kabinett in all its lightness and racy glory. 2027-2042.” 94 Points Mosel Fine Wines
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett
“The 2022er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett was made from fruit picked at 80° Oechsle in a part high up the hill, and was fermented in stainless steel down to fruity-styled levels of residual sugar (42 g/l). It offers a gorgeous nose made of white flowers, grapefruit puree, elderflower, bergamot, and smoke. The wine is stunningly well balanced, intense, precise, and playful on the palate and leaves the intense and subtly creamy feel of a Spätlese with the raciness and lightness of true Kabinett in the glorious finish. What a success! 2032-2042.” 94 Points Mosel Fine Wines
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Treppchen Kabinett Alte Reben
“The 2022er Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben was made from over 100-year-old un-grafted vines in the prime Onnerts sector of the vineyard situated just above Prälat, from early harvested fruit at 80° Oechsle, and was fermented in Fuder cask down to fruity-styled levels of residual sugar (45 g/l). It offers a stunning nose of bitter grapefruit, bergamot, elderflower, lemon zest, and fresh herbs. The wine is gorgeously balanced on the palate with a superb balance between tartness, freshness, and depth delivered with ethereal lightness. The finish is pure, playful, and elegant. This is a truly stunning Kabinett which completely transcends the vintage! 2027-2042.” 96 Points Mosel Fine Wines
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett Alte Reben
"From ancient, 100+-year-old vines on red slate, the 2022 Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben opens with an intense, highly refined and elegant bouquet of tropical fruits, lemon oil, herbs and crushed red slate. On the palate, this is a mouth-filling, crystalline, vital and saline Kabinett with great intensity and complexity but also a fascinating weightlessness and mouth-watering salinity. This is a fantastic, age-worthy and structured Kabinett for a very reasonable price. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023."95 Points Wine Advocate
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Treppchen Spatlese
“The 2022er Erdener Treppchen Riesling Spätlese AP 10 was made from fruit picked at 88° Oechsle in the Kriebslay and was fermented to sweet levels of residual sugar (65 g/l). It offers a beautiful nose driven by citrusy fruits and cream, and complemented by a touch of apricot and pineapple, all wrapped into white flowers. The wine proves superbly playful and balanced on the palate and leaves a gloriously fresh and animating feel of citrusy fruits, whipped cream, and floral elements in the long finish. A touch of earthiness adds depth to this superb Spätlese in the aftertaste. What a great success! 2027-2042” 95 Points Mosel Fine Wines
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Piesporter Goldtropfchen Spatlese
“The 2022er Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Spätlese was made from fruit picked at 90° Oechsle in the Niederemmel part of the vineyards and was fermented down to sweet levels of residual sugar (68 g/l). It offers a still slightly reduced nose at first, which only gradually gives way to pear, citrusy elements, earthy notes, bergamot, cream, and spices. The wine proves gorgeously balanced and superbly racy on the palate where the fresh cassis side adds a great sense of precision to the experience. The wine is superbly tart and mouthwatering in the finish. What a great Spätlese! 2027-204” 94 Points Mosel Fine Wines
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kranklei Spatlese GK AR
“From 110-year-old vines on red slate and picked at 88° Oechsle in the middle of October and with an accordingly more moderate acidity compared to the Kabinett wines of the vintage (7.9 grams per liter), the 2022 Ürziger Würzgarten In der Kranklei Riesling Spätlese Alte Reben (Gold Capsule) is wonderfully intense, refined and elegant on the nose, with perfectly ripe fruit and very delicate slate and citrus aromas. On the palate, this is a hedonistic but refined and elegant, very saline and savory Kranklei Spätlese with a mouth-watering, saline and crystalline finish, with grapefruit bitters on the aftertaste. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023.” 95 Points Wine Advocate
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Herzlei Spatlese GK Alte Reben
“From 130-year-old vines in the spectacularly steep and terraced monopole inside the Treppchen, the 2022 Erdener Herzlei Riesling Spätlese Alte Reben (Gold Capsule) opens with a clear, very fine but intense and complex, fabulous nose of crunchy blue-gray slate and perfectly ripe and elegant fruit. This is a mouth-filling, highly finessed and beautifully balanced Herzlei with a very long, saline and mouth-watering finish. It is a spectacular, great Riesling that you shouldn't miss if you love great Mosel Rieslings. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023.” 97 Points Wine Advocate
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Pralat Spatlese GK Alte Reben
“The 2022 Erdener Prälat Riesling Spätlese Alte Reben (Gold Capsule) comes from Hermann's upper parcel in this famous 1.49-hectare cru and 100+-year-old vines cultivated on gray-red slate. The wine opens with a clear, very fine yet intense and elegant nose with delicate flinty notes of weathered red slate. On the palate, this is a light, vibrantly fresh, delicate and elegant Prälat Spätlese with a spectacularly saline and grippy, very long and stimulating finish. It's still young and a bit tight but very promising. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023.” 96+ Points Wine Advocate
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Treppchen Auslese
“The 1,000 liters of the 2022 Erdener Treppchen Riesling Auslese is everything from the six hectares Christian Hermann cultivates in this 36-hectare-cru (plus 650 liters for the gold-capsuled Auslese). Picked at 93° Oechsle and with about 10% of overripe or botrytized grapes, the wine opens with a very clear and intense as well as elegant nose of ripe and well-concentrated Riesling berries. On the palate, this is a dense and juicy, vibrantly fresh and savory Auslese with grip and tension, but it is also still very young and nervous due to 8.5 grams of total acidity per liter. It has great potential and is very invigorating, but the 2022 deserves our patience. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023.” 95+ Points Wine Advocate
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Pralat Auslese Alte Reben
“Picked at 105° Oechsle in the lower part of the cru and with 5% to 10% botrytis grapes, the 2022 Erdener Prälat Riesling Auslese Alte Reben offers a very clear, intense and slightly iodine-inflected nose with flinty notes of crushed lemons and gray-red slate. On the palate, this is a lush and generous, crystalline and savory, saline and mouth-watering Prälat with intense fruit and nice phenolic grip on the finish. It's pretty light for a Prälat. Only 650 liters produced. There are 50 liters of a Prälat Beerenauslese as well. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023.” 96 Points Wine Advocate
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Treppchen Auslese GK
“Picked with 30% strictly selected botrytis grapes in the middle of October, the 2022 Erdener Treppchen Riesling Auslese (Gold Capsule) is intense and elegant on the well concentrated and slightly flinty nose. There are also saffron aromas that I haven't picked up since the 2014 vintage in the Mosel. On the palate, this is a lush and savory, quite pure and fresh but textured Auslese with quite intense fruit and a saline, tight and grippy finish. Still very young but juicy and intense, this Auslese will benefit from further bottle aging. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023."95 Points Wine Advocate
2022 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Pralat BA GK AR
“The 2022er Erdener Prälat Riesling Beerenauslese was made with botrytized fruit harvested at 138° Oechsle and was fermented down to noble sweet levels of residual sugar (170 g/l). This bright-yellow-colored wine offers a superb nose of citrusy elements, almond cream, rhubarb, fine spices, and a whiff of volatile acidity. The wine proves gorgeously playful and subtly racy on the palate and leaves a superbly honeyed feel of dried date and cream in the finish. This glorious BA proves a tour de force for the vintage! 2027-2047!” 97 Points Mosel Fine Wines
2021 Dr. Hermann Pinot Noir
“The 2021er Pinot Noir is made from 80% destemmed fruit picked in the Zeltinger Himmelreich and was fermented and aged in 30% new Barrique (Tonnellerie Rousseau) and 70% used Barrique, among others from leading Burgundy growers, for 12 months before being bottled unfiltered. This bright-brick-red-colored wine offers a superb nose made of strawberry, cooked raspberry, a hint of soy sauce, and very fine spices. The wine proves superbly silky and loaded with succulent ripe red currant fruits on the medium dense palate. A hint of tart zesty elements then come through and add a superb “Mosel” touch to this very elegant and pure expression of Pinot Noir. This wine can be enjoyed mindlessly and offers quite some subtlety and complexity. Now-2028.” 91 Points Mosel Fine Wines
2020 Dr. Hermann Pinot Noir Kinheimer Rosenberg -R-
“The 2020er Kinheimer Rosenberg Pinot Noir -R- is made from 70% de-stemmed fruit picked on almost 30-year-old vines and was fermented and aged in 50% new Barrique (Tonnellerie Rousseau) and 50% used Barrique from leading Burgundy growers for 24 months before being bottled unfiltered. This dark-red-colored wine offers a deep nose of red and black berried fruits, soy sauce, clove, fine Asian spices, and a hint of smoke. The wine proves superbly precise and still a touch backward on the palate, where succulent flavors of fruits are beautifully wrapped into spices, a hint of zest, and juicy tartness. The finish is hugely long and lingering as more flavors of spices and succulent ripe fruits make for a feast of senses. This proves already aromatically approachable now, but will benefit from a little aging to integrate its elements on the palate. This is a stunning (remember: début!) bottling of Pinot Noir from the Mosel! 2025-2035” 93 Points Mosel Fine Wines
2021 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Treppchen GG Trocken
"The 2021er Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG, as it is referred to on the consumer label, is a bone-dry wine which was fermented one year in Fuder cask. It offers a gorgeous nose of bitter lemon, earthy spices, whipped cream, fresh herbs, and spices. The wine proves beautifully structured and playful on the palate and leaves a fine and structured feel of minerals and herbs in the long finish. The aftertaste is still a bit rough at this stage but give it 3-5 years and it will be a stunner (with even some upside potential), especially as the elements blend together. 2027-2041." 93+ Points Mosel Fine Wines
2020 Dr. Hermann Riesling Losnicher Forsterlay GG Trocken
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2016 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Herrenberg Auslese GK
"The 2016 Erdener Herrenberg Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule is sourced from the upper part of the Erdener Berg, which is located at 270 meters above sea level and ripens three weeks later than the lower parts of the Treppchen. It was picked at -7 degrees Celsius on the 5th of December, just a few hours after the Eiswein from the Treppchen that was picked at -9 degrees Celsius in the early morning (at 6 a.m.). Christian Hermann finds that the wine is not concentrated enough to be classified as Eiswein although he would have been allowed to do so. However, the wine opens with a concentrated and tropical-scented bouquet of pineapples and slatey aromas. Bottled less sweet than an Eiswein—with nearly 113 grams of residual sugar—this is a concentrated, lush and very elegant Riesling that is extremely stimulating to drink. It is piquant, very precise and salty and reveals a crystalline structure, finesse and lingering salinity. Great finesse and tension here. Tasted February 2018." 95 Points Wine Advocate
2010 Dr. Hermann Riesling Erdener Treppchen Beerenauslese GK
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