Germany

Muller-Catoir Scheurebe Pfalz 2022 Review – Crisp White Wine

We don’t get our hands on bottles of Scheurebe all too often, as this cross of Riesling and Bukettrebe is not grown too widely and, by extension, sometimes difficult to find on the export market. (Case in point, we got this bottle via our Picked by Wine.com subscription and, in checking their inventory, we have tried both of their two bottles available at the time of publication.)

Naturally, we were quite excited to give this one a go and we were quite surprised how much this white wine from Pfalz reminded us of a delicious Sauvignon Blanc!

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Sybille Kuntz Organic Riesling 2020 Review – Skin Contact

We love Riesling from the Mosel valley in Germany, and one of the reasons for this is that you can often find it in an array of styles- from dry to sweet and everything in between.

One form of Riesling we often see less of is when it is made with skin contact, producing a richly colored orange wine. The skin contact often adds ample new flavors and complexities that you would otherwise not get with light pressing. Sybille Kuntz Organic Riesling was one such wine, and this one certainly packed a punch!

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Dr. Burklin-Wolf Riesling Trocken 2022 Review – Dry Riesling

Dr. Burklin-Wolf is a premier wine producer in the Pfalz region with a stellar portfolio of wines with a strong lean to Riesling (naturally)!

Our exposure to wines from Pfalz has historically been limited, and we were excited to try a sample of the Riesling Trocken courtesy of Wines of Germany for review.

Although this one had a bit lighter flavor intensity on the palate, it hit all the right notes for a beautiful, dry Riesling from Germany!

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Pfeffingen Dry Scheurebe 2020 Review – Waxy and Delicious

We always love finding varietal bottles of grapes we’ve only ever had as blends, and Pfeffingen’s Scheurebe from Germany is one such bottle.

This one blew us away with its complexity and rich, waxy texture so much so that we wonder why this grape is not more popular to begin with!

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Dr. H. Thanisch Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Auslese 2017 Review

While many tend to think that an Auslese Riesling is sweeter than other styles, this is not always the case. Auslese directly translates to ‘selected harvest’ which is often done late in the season when the grapes have a high concentration of sugars in them (in fact, the sugar content of the grape is how the categorization works outright).

But sugar in the grapes does not necessarily translate to sugar in the glass. Some producers may ferment the sugar out while others (in our experience, the vast majority of others) may stop fermentation early to leave some residual sugar in place for you to enjoy in your glass.

Dr. H. Thanisch’s Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Auslese is in the latter category and offers up both a sweet and complex German Riesling that we cannot get enough of.

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