Grosses Gewächs

Wagner-Stempel

Höllberg Großes Gewächs Riesling 2020

Highly aromatic with a saline burn — a day ago

Gut Hermannsberg

Bastei Großes Gewächs Riesling 2022

Lyle Fass
9.6

Just a brilliant, cerebral Riesling. Nose has some funk, lemon, lime, slate, lemon pith, lemon flesh and juicy lime. So piercingly mineral. The palate is just stunning. So gorgeous and pure. Really young out of the gates. Like biting into a lemon. Awesome acidity and freshness but very very young and closed. Air does wonders here. Wonderful but man does this need air. Now, 24 hours later we have gotten air. Boy is this stunning. The nose finally had that slate/porphyry minerality in spades. Dense and elegant with a fiercely mineral finish. Chewy. Structure for days! — 3 months ago

S.S., Scott@Mister and 6 others liked this

Weingut Robert Weil

Kiedricher Gräfenberg Erstes Gewächs Trocken Riesling 2009

'09 in 3/26. KL auction $45. Last one. Still in great shape. Missing the "bite" I loved from my very 1st Weil experience. 13.5 but def not bone dry. — 3 months ago

Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz

Kastanienbusch Großes Gewächs Riesling 2023

See previous notes. Less showy today. From one of the top vineyards in the Pfalz Germany. Quite herbaceous, very racy, coiled. Apricots, not overly acidic, minerals galore. Touch bitter. Sour mandarine. Needs 10 years or so. I would leave this alone for now!!! — 7 months ago

Andrew, ESF and 4 others liked this

Rudolf Fürst

Centgrafenberg Großes Gewächs Spätburgunder 2017

Medium light garnet , wide garnet rim . Quite open from the off , red cherry , rose , red currant , raspberry , a touch of smoky oak, after a while a little deeper fruit . On the palate this has quite sweet strawberry , raspberry , red currant but with good acidity , rounded on the palate but with quite gritty tannins , with saline hints on the spiced cherry tinged finish . This is still pretty young and needs a little more time , maybe 2-4 more years , and will last a further 5-8. — 9 months ago

Tom, ESF and 6 others liked this

Dönnhoff

Höllenpfad im Mühlenberg Grosses Gewächs Riesling 2020

Chinese Christmas feast. Kerosene, baked golden apples, lime zest. Clean and crisp acid to cut through the Mongolian beef. — 2 years ago

Ira, Tom and 1 other liked this

Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier

Am Schwarzen Herrgott Großes Gewächs Riesling 2019

Lyle Fass
9.4

Excellent purity, aromas and cut. — 2 years ago

Peter, Erik and 5 others liked this

Wittmann

Morstein Großes Gewächs Riesling 2018

vintage 2018 | — a month ago

Ira, Doug and 9 others liked this

Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz

Ganz Horn im Sonnenschein Großes Gewächs Riesling 2023

2023 vintage. Courtesy of @Pinotman /// Andreas. 12.2% ABV. Light-medium body. Slight hint of initial sweetness before casting it off. Obscene amounts of stone fruit flavors on the finishing palate. Clean almost to a fault. Trace amount of petrol made a cameo appearance on the intro after 1.5 hours open. Nice bleep @Pinotman /// Andreas. Thank you again! — 3 months ago

Doug, Somm and 5 others liked this
Pinotman /// Andreas

Pinotman /// Andreas

Stonefruit mostly super clean. Always among the top 20 Rieslings in Germany. Saddly $$$.
9.4

Schäfer-Fröhlich

Felseneck Großes Gewächs Trocken Riesling 2010

Nose: intense white and yellow flowers. Expansive. Hints of grapefruit peel. Complex. An element of aged profundity.

Palate: the wall of flavor. Mineral. Citrus. Dense. Elegant. Grippy. A minor hint of slutty sexiness. Grapefruit.

Long.
— 4 months ago

Andrew, Zach and 1 other liked this

Schäfer-Fröhlich

Bockenauer Felseneck Großes Gewächs trocken Riesling 2023

Lyle Fass
9.6

Concentrated, deep, nimble and painfully young. Needs 5-6 years. — 8 months ago

Iwan, Zach and 10 others liked this

Gunderloch

Rothenberg Große Gewächs Trocken Riesling 2014

Jeremy Shanker
9.1

Lights out. 11 years in and it is blossoming. — 9 months ago

Tom and Aravind liked this

Schäfer-Fröhlich

Felseneck Großes Gewächs Riesling 2011

This had notes of citrus, orchid fruit, honey, floral with vibrant acidity — a year ago

Ira, Iwan and 8 others liked this

Knipser

Kirschgarten Großes Gewächs Spätburgunder 2019

Balanced and extremely mourish. Bottle was finished in record time. Knipser is so reliable. Truelly one of the great producers in the german wine scene. — 2 years ago

David, Bob and 9 others liked this

Andreas Laible

Stollenberg Großes Gewächs Erste Lage Riesling 2021

Needs an hour of air. Becomes magnificent at that point.

N: white flowers and lemon floor wax. A hint of Passion fruit with air.

P: sweet lemon. Hint of apricot. Mineral. Laible brightness. Not as mineral as the Klingelberger. Very good density. Amazing deliciousness. Long. A great drink.

Fass selections
— 2 months ago

Andrew, Daniel and 1 other liked this

Schäfer-Fröhlich

Felsenberg Großes Gewächs Riesling 2017

The nose alone is a 10. Like being locked in a flower shop and all of the flowers fell on your face and when you stood up James Cagney smashed a grapefruit in your face. So much going on in the mouth , citrus, spice and stone fruits. The acid provides you with a very long and rounded finish.. — 3 months ago

Daniel, Ted and 33 others liked this
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

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Sounds more like Buster Keaton but point understood.
Doug Powers

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Sounds awesome @Ira Schwartz!!
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@Doug Powers one cannot ask for more

Wagner-Stempel

Großes Gewächs Heerkretz Riesling 2017

Vintage 2017 | Tasted seven years ago, but has gained refinement and elegance. Rich smell, lemongrass, beautiful balance. — 5 months ago

Rob, "Odedi" and 9 others liked this

Fritz Haag

Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr (GG)Großes Gewächs Trocken Riesling 2021

Love that petrol taste in German Riesling. Lots of sugar but high in acidity. — 8 months ago

Zach, Tom and 5 others liked this

Reichsrat Von Buhl

Jesuitengarten Großes Gewächs Riesling 2012

Wow, perfect bottle, still young. — 10 months ago

Jan, Jeroen and 2 others liked this

Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. Von Bassermann-Jordan

Jesuitengarten Großes Gewächs Riesling 2022

This was probably too young but already a banger. Proper Pfalz Riesling with lots of barriquey goodness and petrol. Balanced acidity. Love this — 2 years ago

Tom, Lyle and 10 others liked this