We can't get enough Riesling, especially during the summer months (see why in My great white hope), so here is a collection of notes on the most recent ones we have tried, from Germany, Australia, New Zealand and a lone but very good value example from Alsace.
The wines below are grouped by region/country and within each country they are ordered by declining score.
GERMANY
Fully evolved and very pungently rich with a dry finish. Masses...
Only 220 half bottles produced from an incredibly steep slope...
Intense aromatic purity of grapefruit and just a slight...
Smells riper and more apricot-laden than the Pius but still some...
Rieslaner/Scheurebe blend that sells for less than €20! Entry...
A similar smoky reductive aroma as on the Niersteiner H Kabinett...
Featherlight but chock full of floral aromas. Definitely...
From this admirable estate which has been certified biodynamic...
From Erden. Grapes were hand picked on 22 Oct (the usual...
High-quality, long cork. Complex and perhaps slightly reductive...
More delicate and purely citrus-driven than the Piesporter...
Beautifully pure Riesling aroma that combines surprisingly ripe...
Gosh, one doesn't expect a Mosel Beerenauslese at 12%! Yet it's...
More herbal, more sweet, a little more syrupy than the Mosel...
Mid gold. Really dense and winning with real muscle. Exciting...
Firm and smoky on the nose. Really quite angular and severe but...
Fresh and a little spindly with some blackcurrant leaf notes...
AUSTRALIA
The late release of this single vineyard wine from Robert Hill...
Say the Barrys, 'This micro batch super premium Riesling is the...
The 2011 Eden Valley winter was warmer than usual with the mean...
Single vineyard. After a drier than average winter, budburst...
Jim Barry purchased the Lodge Hill vineyard in 1977, as he was...
NEW ZEALAND
Own roots – cane cuttings from Felton Road. Single cane, one...
From old gold mining country in Bannockburn. This is the drier...
ALSACE
Lightly pungent nose with some perceptible ripeness on the front...
The image above left is the Sybille Kuntz logo, taken from their website.
