The wines below, from Rheingau, Pfalz and Franken, are grouped by region and then alphabetically by producer surname.
RHEINGAU
Fragrant meadow-flower aromas and a refreshing citrus flavour...
Compliments on the management of the malolactic fermentation, as...
Delicate aromas of pineapple and guava put a tropical slant on...
A slightly herbaceous aroma remotely reminiscent of hops may be...
Intriguing fragrance of camomile reflects the herbal character...
Hay and herbs determine the fragrance, complemented by a...
A fragrance of almost exotic fruit dominates the nose, but there...
I only spotted this as a 2012 because of the relatively relaxed...
Stone fruit and herbs form an attractive partnership of aromas...
Idiosyncratic nose of hay and wooden tea box makes for an...
Flick manages to extract some unique aromas from his Grosse...
I would have missed out on this one, had it not been brought to...
Herbs and hay are not an uncommon fragrance in the 2013 Rheingau...
Meadow herbs, hay and a hint of stone fruit build a successful...
Very gentle fruit fragrance with a vaguely tropical expression...
The aromas of vanilla, mandarin and freshly cut logs all point...
Together with Wegeler and Breuer, Gunter Künstler has been one...
A waxy, polish-like fragrance indicates high ripeness of the...
An intriguing fragrance of apricot and gooseberry titillates the...
To me, the Marcobrunn of this estate has clearly benefitted from...
A combination of hay, herbs and yellow fruit sets a first accent...
As in previous years, I still seem to detect hint of oak...
A dash flinty, lightly herbaceous, but most of all surprisingly...
Quite restrained on the nose, but nevertheless exhibiting a fine...
The smell of rice pudding and a little caramel brings back...
Flowery on the nose, but also with a fragrance of hand lotion...
Eases in with a fragrance of fresh hay, and remains pleasant on...
Mint and elderflower present an unusual combination of green...
The Spreitzer brothers always manage substance, texture and...
Still very subdued on the nose, faint notion of glycerol as in...
I was only ever once disappointed by the Gräfenberg and that was...
PFALZ
The style of the Acham-Magin Pechstein is consistent over the...
A flowery fragrance accompanies aromas of ripe green and citrus...
The Hohenmorgen has managed to assemble an impressive amount of...
It’s almost scary how much my notes resemble those I took for...
Delicate aromas of yellow and green fruit find a ripe expression...
Gooseberries and rhubarb reflect the successful combination of...
A little unpleasant at first, but the veil of sulphur lifts to...
I think most of us know that old golfers never die but lose...
A generous fragrance of ripe stone and citrus fruit only hints...
A fresh fragrance of tropical fruit tempts the olfactory...
Subtle fragrance combines floral, dusty and ripe fruit aromas...
Christmann’s Reiterpfad shows a remarkable consistency over the...
A truly fruity fragrance spans the spectrum from local orchard...
Not quite Stonehenge, stone hump would be an apt translation for...
Philipp Kuhn first made his name with some excellent reds, but...
Kirschgarten translates as cherry orchard, but strangely enough...
By all accounts stone fruit and stony minerality add up to a...
Gentle fragrance of ripe green fruit leads the way. On the...
A sweet fragrance of citrus fruit more than just pleases the...
Mandarin and apricot, but no, it’s not Viognier but winemaker...
With the Kalkofen, Attmann’s use of wood always appears a little...
Even if oak is used in the maturation of all von Winning’s...
If some of von Winning’s Grosse Gewächse exercise restraint, the...
FRANKEN
Just when you think you know all the VDP producers… I had never...
Green strawberries and stewed rhubarb may sound like an eclectic...
From a parcel within the Stein, the Harfe is quite similar to...
Green fruit and herbs shape the fragrance of the Schlossberg...
Gentle aromas of yellow fruit and mint enter into an intriguing...
Crushed green leaves and garden herbs produce a fragrance more...
My first Stein (no, not at the Oktoberfest, I have never been...
I have always had a weak spot for the Kallmuth, all the more...
Gentle aromatic fragrance of ripe gooseberries. On the palate...
Winning a top accolade at the IWC proves that this estate has...
A hint of nettles and mint puts a herbaceous angle on the...
Quite faint on the nose, but a most gentle aroma of exotic fruit...
The timing was not perfect for this one, as a post-fermentation...
The Innere Leiste turns out a little leaner than some of its...
One eminent German wine critic believes that this may be the...
A more than taciturn man, Paul Weltner lets his Silvaner do all...
A fragrance of mandarin and butterscotch reveals suspicions of...
The nose is still a little reticent at this infant stage of...
Fresh, almost medicinal fragrance of green leaves and mint acts...
