Winzerhof Thörle

Hölle Riesling

9.72 ratings
9.61 pro ratings
Rheinhessen, Germany
Riesling
Pork, Squash & Root Vegetables, Chili & Hot Spicy, White Fish, Fruit Desserts, Meaty & Oily Fish, Duck, Goat & Feta Cheese, Blue Cheese
Top Notes For
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

The big boy at Thorle. The creme de la creme. Nose is super complex but mad closed. Always the best wines take the longest to unfurl. Spicey. Citrus. Massive limestone. Amazing purity and depth. The nose of the superstar wine. Herbal and mineral. Wafting. Always changing. Wow, what a palate. Concentrated and dense with all sorts of pithy vineyard peach, apricot and citrus and then snaps back with intense minerality and ridiculous freshness. Wow. What presence. Takes over your palate and leaves an impression of minerals like nothing else. Super impressive. Sappy and long. Nose gets more complex as it airs. Just more and more. Dizzying. The limestone imprint is palpable. Amazing density and concentration and as usual Holle needs the most time and air. I will be back. But a no brainer 9.6.

The big boy at Thorle. The creme de la creme. Nose is super complex but mad closed. Always the best wines take the longest to unfurl. Spicey. Citrus. Massive limestone. Amazing purity and depth. The nose of the superstar wine. Herbal and mineral. Wafting. Always changing. Wow, what a palate. Concentrated and dense with all sorts of pithy vineyard peach, apricot and citrus and then snaps back with intense minerality and ridiculous freshness. Wow. What presence. Takes over your palate and leaves an impression of minerals like nothing else. Super impressive. Sappy and long. Nose gets more complex as it airs. Just more and more. Dizzying. The limestone imprint is palpable. Amazing density and concentration and as usual Holle needs the most time and air. I will be back. But a no brainer 9.6.

Jun 6th, 2021
Matthew Cohen

If you don’t love this wine you need to have your head examined.

Utterly magnificent.

Nose: perfect apricots. As this opens magnificent dense complexity. Mesmerizing. Met hints of dried apricots take this to another level. Almost like aged piesporter goldtropfchen. Like a sexy nasal caress. A hint of sluttiness. But just a hint. Damask. More elegant dense peach as it opens.

Palate: apricots. Peach. Powerfully mineral. Utterly delicious. Almost savory. Unreal. So f….ing good.

Prototypical rheinhessen Riesling. Tyson vs Ali. This is Tyson. Tyson in ip man.

Fass selections.

If you don’t love this wine you need to have your head examined.

Utterly magnificent.

Nose: perfect apricots. As this opens magnificent dense complexity. Mesmerizing. Met hints of dried apricots take this to another level. Almost like aged piesporter goldtropfchen. Like a sexy nasal caress. A hint of sluttiness. But just a hint. Damask. More elegant dense peach as it opens.

Palate: apricots. Peach. Powerfully mineral. Utterly delicious. Almost savory. Unreal. So f….ing good.

Prototypical rheinhessen Riesling. Tyson vs Ali. This is Tyson. Tyson in ip man.

Fass selections.

Jan 27th, 2024