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@satomitu12 ай бұрын
Absolutely,Forster Ungeheuer,by Reichsrat von Bull
@Dkkm102 ай бұрын
What wine key do you use?
@nicholasrobinson97402 ай бұрын
Good video. Perhaps you could do the same for Spatburgnder?
@mikaelplaysguitar2 ай бұрын
This is my favorite wine video each year. So much Riesling, so much fun!
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@williamrobinson74352 ай бұрын
Well worth a second look, this is a perfect introduction to high end Rieslings. The wines are represented and selected by our finest modern Master Of Wine. Nice one Konstantin! 🌟👍
@NachtwaechterSchlafprodukte2 ай бұрын
Konstantin please mention or write the drinking windows in the description. This would be immensely helpful for your viewers! I am always lost when I am interested in a wine as the drinking windows is probably my second most important buying decision. Great video as usual 😊!
@clydeblair96222 ай бұрын
You left me drooling all over my phone. I wish I could afford to spend a year immersing myself in Rieslings like this.
@JabadSBS2 ай бұрын
I would like to see more german grapes like silvaner, portuguieser, gewurztraminer... And best examples of those grapes!
@SimpleXSP2 ай бұрын
Portuguiser would be fun, we also have that in Czechia
@davidf7602 ай бұрын
Never heard about portuguieser, is there any relation to portuguese grapes?
@SimpleXSP2 ай бұрын
@@davidf760 it is very not known. Blauer Portugieser is a cross between Grüner Silvaner (male parent) and Blaue Zimmettraube (female parent; the offspring of Blauer Gänsfüsser). Historical ampelographic sources have provided very solid evidence that the geographic area of origin of the variety is Lower Styria (today Slovenian Styria).
@DaGeit2 ай бұрын
Gewurztraminer is definitely one of my favorite grapes. If we wanna go into rare grapes as well, maybe try some Klevener de Heiligenstein (Alsatian wine though, not German)
@misterAvdB2 ай бұрын
huxelrebe!!
@whitelightning22912 ай бұрын
Just love watching you talk about German riesling. Clemens Rothenpfad was my favorite when I visited, has a very unique mineral character from red slate. ES Halenberg is exactly what you said, a crazy ride between that incredibly soft texture, bright acidity, and intense concentration. Will have to try the Weil and PKuhn. Adding Schloss Johannisberg Silberlack which is a personal favorite
@JnB-fb3gv2 ай бұрын
Last Winter I tasted with three friends a bottle of Schäfer-Fröhlich Felseneck GG 2012. I was blown away. It tasted like Riesling but at the same time I couldn't stop thinking about Chardonnay from Cote d´Or. Beautiful wine. Just beautiful!
@alastairgreen67832 ай бұрын
I have some from 2008, and will open it soon.
@mmmbass60682 ай бұрын
I haven’t finished watching this yet, but man KB - your face was glowing as you worked through the Schäfer-Fröhlich!
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
My palate was too ;)
@ericjust62382 ай бұрын
Never thought to use the phrase floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee in my wine descriptions, but I love how accurate that could be for something like a Riesling
@oa.vodopiyanov2 ай бұрын
Great thanks! 🎉 You dive me into ocean of top Riesling's!
@Trotnixon042 ай бұрын
Love seeing you back to tasting quality wines. We all have experienced bad wine so the Lidl and China videos weren't super enlightening - great to learn about wines to seek out down the road! Thanks!
@Madsakre2 ай бұрын
SF is my favourite producer.. period..
@georgeliapis472 ай бұрын
Haven’t had the pleasure to try a lot of VDPs, but the SA Prum GG one from 2011 and 2012 were absolutely stunning, a mix of flavour so complex that blew away everything else we have tried - and crowned Riesling as the top white grape variety for us, by far. This video now… is a perfect Christmas bucket list!
@VinoVistara2 ай бұрын
Thanks Konstantin!
@dangareau31432 ай бұрын
Great timing with this episode. I only discovered Riesling this year (red wine guy) but holy crap is there some incredible wines out there and this episode just got me more excited to delved deeper into these German gems. Some get Riesling coming out of Australia as well. Just saying. Great episode. Cheers!!
@stroopwafel61412 ай бұрын
Riesling is my number 1 grape for (dry) whites, but the GG's are quite expensive now. One can still find affordable Rieslings in the Nahe, Pfalz and Rheinhessen. Entry wines around 12-15 euro, very good wines between 20-30 euro. Joy per sip is unbeatable.
@nyhotdogman2 ай бұрын
Top! Habe auf genau dieses Video gehofft :D
@nyhotdogman2 ай бұрын
Konstantin - wie fandest du den 2023er Dönnhoff Hermannshöhle GG? Habe mir davon mal 2 Stück bestellt :)
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Der hat auch dieses Jahr wieder überzeugt.
@michaele71772 ай бұрын
My favorite of Schäfer-Fröhlich in 2023 is Felseneck GG. Idig (Riesling) of Christmann is gorgeous, but my personal favorite over all, is Kreid 2023 of Rings.
@romecify3 күн бұрын
My favorite Riesling is Simon Gattinger Loibenberg from the Wachau. Would be fun if you did a similar tasting with Austrian Rieslings aswell 😀
@clydeblair96222 ай бұрын
Yes, Nahe. I tasted a knockout Nahe Qualitatswein with boar burgers!
@Fisklina2 ай бұрын
Glad to see you've finally joined the Schäfer-Fröhlich train haha. They've been one of my favourite producers for years and never disappoint.
@justinaubin25922 ай бұрын
What a fun video. You seemed like you were really enjoying yourself as well.
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
I was!
@andrewwebster152 ай бұрын
You can’t cover Riesling too much for my tastes. I love it. Hard to get the premium ones in Canada, and these might be out of my price range anyway, but it’s great to learn more about the varietal and styles.
@tostman3332 ай бұрын
Wow, what a tasting!!! 👏❤️🔥💪
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
So good!
@mickeylee26242 ай бұрын
So far, I've only tried German VDP Wineries in Dönnhoff (Village Level), Kunstler (Erste Lage), and Dr. Loosen (entry level). The first is one of my very favorite white wines thus far and the second was very enjoyable being a far more elegant style (perhaps may have benefited from a bit more aging?), while the third was acceptable but unremarkable.
@loghorizon452 ай бұрын
0:00 already spitting straight facts
@calli99362 ай бұрын
Huge fan of Maximin Grünhaus Abtsberg Rieslings, would love to hear your opinion.
@liamblake93718 күн бұрын
The 2017 abtsberg kabinett is what made me fall in love with riesling!
@vincentnb2 ай бұрын
Clemens Busch wines are my favourite German wines
@tarjeibenjaminsen88462 ай бұрын
Love it
@mjcampbell452 ай бұрын
Great stuff - Konstantin do you have any thoughts on Swiss wine?
@bernardfontaine95762 ай бұрын
Hello, thanks for this sharing. I would like to know which vintage of riesling tastes the most for you right now ? For instance, I believe that Chablis from 2014 or left bank bordeaux from 1990 just taste perfect today... Thank you for your simplicity and kindness. Have a nice week.🥳
@koenvandijk38832 ай бұрын
I didn’t have the chance to drink them all. But i visited Worwag weingut this year. Their wines are amazing and their Riesling is my favorite.
@chefpaulfehribach2 ай бұрын
Boy favorite GG riesling is a tough question, but currently it's a 2016 Bassermann-Jordan Hohenmorgen ask me tomorrow and you might get a different answer lol. Love the channel and especially your takes on German wine!
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@MB-ck4nq2 ай бұрын
Schäfer Fröhlich hat mir auch sehr viel Freude bereitet. Sehr lecker 😋
@bethdevine64532 ай бұрын
Love this. TY. We are going to Nuremberg and Heidelberg in November and I’ll definitely be searching some of these out. By the way, what do you do with all of the open bottles of wine? Cheers 🥂
@Dalsgaard33Ай бұрын
My favorite Riesling: Von Winning Pechstein
@karlinggard2 ай бұрын
The 2023 vintage for Riesling blew me away at the Vorpremiere, especially the Nahe and northern Rheinhessen. Happy to see we shared a lot of the same wines in our top picks!
@RandyEby-t3k2 ай бұрын
Great video as always! As a professional brewer who just enjoys wine for fun I think it would be pretty interesting to see you taste some beers and hear your thoughts on them and the category in general, espeically with Germany being such an important region for beer both historically and in modernity.
@barkingdaggs722 ай бұрын
Would love to hear your thoughts on Von Winning. Personally I love their GG wines, but they tend to be a producer that people seem to either love or hate.
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
I like their wines but sometimes the oak influence bothers me.
@certisko12 ай бұрын
Hi Konstantin. I realy like dry rieslings from Weingut Dönnhoff - Roxheimer Höllenpfad or Kreuznacher Kahlenberg. Greetings from Slovakia
@ased74632 ай бұрын
You should try A.J. Adam Riesling from Neumagen/Drohn, if you liked the funky , sulfuric aspect :-)
@RalphWendlandt2 ай бұрын
I can't decide on one favorite Riesling,I love Emrich-Schönleber Halenberg R, Rebholz Ganz Horn and Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen R.
@jonikaranka33932 ай бұрын
Robert Weil GG has still surprisingly good prices in the UK. A very unsung producer for some reason. Maybe I'm a classicist.
@HawkeyeJmf2 ай бұрын
Yes to more German grapes. I drank their reds b4 the whites!
@angusmcmillan89812 ай бұрын
I would love to see you compare these top class Getman bottles with the best Rieslings from Alsace, eg those from Trimbach or Zind Humbrecht.
@NomenNescio-g1o2 ай бұрын
My go-to German wine producer or Winzer is Weingut Jünling in Neumagen Drohn. It's Riesling Salamandus I always look forward to. Thank you for your course in Riesling tasting, I learned a lot!.
@donfluso90422 ай бұрын
you should try A.J. Adam in Drohn 😉
@zaphod3332 ай бұрын
Answering your question of the day, I don't have /a/ favorite VDP Riesling as it depends on circumstances and feelings. Out of your selection I'd have to go with S-F, though I esteem Felseneck and Stromberg higher than Halenberg. For Halenberg check out Emrich-Schönleber. Clemens Busch I also like. The others, not so much; ymmv. As for “funkyness” or reduction: I recently came across a quote from another very respected VDP winemaker that goes like this: “We don't ferment dirty, we don't want to force reduction.” (That quote was given related to their high end Chardonnay though.) And that speaks from my soul, because I can't do much with this hip, distinctly reduced style. That's why I recently sorted out Knewitz. And don't forget to look outside VDP: There are some real gems to be found, and you can save a buck, too.
@sascharohde50122 ай бұрын
Bei Riesling bin ich ja voll dabei. Die Vielseitigkeit ist fantastisch. Konstantin, wie versuchst du die Entwicklung der GG „vorauszusehen“? Ich habe auch schon degustiert, aber gemerkt, dass sie noch zu jung sind, aber wie weiss ich, wie sie in 5 Jahren sind? Gruss aus der Schweiz, Sascha
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Das ist alles eine Frage der Erfahrung. Wenn man diese Weine jung und gereift verkostet entwickelt man dafür ein Verständnis. Es ist aber keine exakte Wissenschaft
@privatprivat92132 ай бұрын
I am a big fan of wine glasses. Could I ask you which stemware they’ve used at the event? Cheers from Düsseldorf!
@frankbremen54702 ай бұрын
The Gräfenberg is not a monopoly vineyard of the Robert Weil winery (13:27): As of 2021, five wineries share the Gräfenberg. The Robert Weil winery owns the largest share. The rest is divided between the Georg Sohlbach, Speicher-Schuth, Schüler-Katz and Barbeler-Wilhelm wineries.
@DanA-bt7dr2 ай бұрын
Maybe you are too humble to point this out, but the best part? The price for these top tier wines! German wines are still so underrated/underappreciated. For the quality as well as difficult growing/harvesting conditions I think German producers ought to command more for their wines. I'm bummed I missed the GG Clemens in my market last year. As a side note, I think there's a formal name for associating colours with things. I recall a musician explaining they heard music in different colours.
@GinSoakedBoy2 ай бұрын
Looks like only the Knewitz has been released in the 2923 vintage in Norway so far. Most of the others are available in their 2022 vintage, though I'm guessing 2023 vill be available soonish. Don't have the budget to taste all of these, but will definitely make a selection of a couple of them.
@christopheferraux28642 ай бұрын
here in France, when we talk about riesling we systematically think of Alsace wine. Could you make a video on Alsatian Riesling?
@lindqvistelias2 ай бұрын
For price/value Nik Weis Layet GG. For some reason the 2020 sold at ~30€ in Sweden. Drinks great young, but just keeps getting better. Most of my GGs are 19-21 so ask me again in 5-10 years which is the best regardless of price :)
@SvenSchneider-tl1bf2 ай бұрын
VDP, Dönnhoff Hermannshöhle & Schönöeber Halenberg, non VDP Seehof Morstein old grapes (best value)
@b286guy2 ай бұрын
“My teeth were in a sorry state.” 😂
@didfet54962 ай бұрын
Hi you’ve selected your 6 favourite German Rieslings but it would be great to have a review of Alsace wines too.
@eduardoribeiro3832 ай бұрын
Konstantin, when are we getting from you a video on good and affordable Württemberg RED wines? PLEASE 🙂
@seganlp2 ай бұрын
Curiously Konstantin is not using the Riesling glasses for this tasting... I have the same Riesling glasses and I use them for almost every wine....except Riesling...I find that they don't perform so well for the grape they were designed for... and I end up using generic white wine glasses for my rieslings...lol
@longmuskox41942 ай бұрын
My favorite Riesling is Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling Dry. I do like some Rieslings from Traverse City, Michigan, but they are so obscure, why mention them.
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
I tasted the Eroica on the channel a while ago.
@Big1Doc2 ай бұрын
I'm so tempted by the Clemens Busch GG and I'm going to visit the Mittelmosel in October, but it's well above my budget unfortunately 😭🙈
@glennjohnson49192 ай бұрын
I refuse to spit. 162 wines a day would be the end of me. But that Riesling tasting sounds extraordinary. I’m envious, as always.
@williamrobinson74352 ай бұрын
@@glennjohnson4919 Absolutely correct.
@marknelson87242 ай бұрын
Tasting 162 wines would be a very nice day, trouble is that I would probably go through them too fast and so possibly miss nuance and subtle notes. This might explain how "shouty" wines get the higher scores.
@jameswingad32122 ай бұрын
Interesting to see so many new names compared to the last time you did a video based on this tasting. When you say "a few years" how soon do you think the 23s will be ready to drink? Similar to 18?
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
They are already nice but I think in 4-5 years they will be even more fun.
@JRTnew2 ай бұрын
My favourite this year is Ökonomierat Rebholz‘ 2023 Kastanienbusch GG
@danfarmer67302 ай бұрын
Konstantin, have you ever rated a wine you tasted on your videos where you rated higher or lower after tasing it again?
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
It has happened.
@DeejayKStor2 ай бұрын
any chance you've tasted Domäne Serrig ?
@donfluso90422 ай бұрын
Vielen Dank! Bin überrascht das der Halenberg dieses Jahr die Nase vorn hat gegenüber dem Felseneck GG. Falls dir der Rheingau zu eingeschlafen vorkommt, probiere mal ein paar Weine von Carl Ehrhard, das ist mega Stoff.
@andreasdietrich70052 ай бұрын
Zur Zeit Josef Milz, Hofberg, GG 2020 . letzte Woche aufgemacht und echt schon schöne Reife.
@konradlllstaufer1562 ай бұрын
Alles Gute nach Baden- Baden. Was ist dein Lieblingsrestaurant „ für jeden Tag“ in deiner Region? Keine Baiersbronner Sterne Küche.
@williamrobinson74352 ай бұрын
These are all of course relatively high end Rieslings and one could expect them to be good, nevertheless the high scores (we KNOW you've made every effort not to be biased) had me going "WOW!" every now and then.. As an old, fat Englishman who knows nothing addressing a German Master Of Wine I can say that if you ever get heartburn from Riesling it's because you are not eating enough mashed potato, Jamaican jerk chicken, mac & cheese, gravy, broccoli au gratin and so on with your wine. In other words I suspect that you are a Riesling glutton Sir. It stands perfectly to reason that if one is a gourmande in the Riesling dept, then one must proportion this with food. "Dr" 😂William prescribes; Rice pud and Riesling. Delicious. Seriously, I have had cheapo Riesling which has had (tho not as fine) broadly a simulcrum of the profiles you have described. Over here years ago we had an orange and lemon angelica sweets box u could buy, round, the pieces were made to resemble the slices of said fruits, and I recognise some of the "funky" notes to which you refer in Riesling as reminiscent of these delicious sweets, although they didn't really resemble the fruits they represented really 🤣at ALL.. I really MUST get myself invited to something posh so I can properly give you an informed opinion. 😇😋😋😋😋😋😋😋Delicious. Hic. Nice one Konstantin! 🌟👍
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
@benlaben072 ай бұрын
I’m looking for a Riesling that I could lie down for 15-20 years. Do you think any of these have that potential?
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Yes, they do. Off dry styles are usually even more age worthy though
@welshtoro32562 ай бұрын
How about a review of Alsace Riesling or, indeed, Alsace whites in general?
@bugsygoo2 ай бұрын
I detect a slight change in your demeanor compared to that last Aldi tasting...🥰
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Slightly more happy with the wines in that tasting.
@FelixBT932 ай бұрын
Gibt's den 2023 Fahrley von Clemens Busch schon im Handel? Finde bisher nur ab 2022 und die 2023 GGs sind doch eigentlich schon im Verkauf, oder?
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Vielleicht kommt der erst etwas später aufmachen den Markt. Das ist aber auch eine sehr kleine Menge
@Steve-qb5sc2 ай бұрын
Finger Lakes Rieslings can go toe to toe with any from Germany.
@LiveLifeLasting2 ай бұрын
Best Riesling is from Eva Fricke, all of her lineup is superb, she never joined VDP
@Azxnrjsle2 ай бұрын
First comment!
@ninostrcic67092 ай бұрын
What's the reason behind the rule that GG wines always have to be dry?
@ollibaum2952 ай бұрын
i love köhler Rupprecht...i think its not VDP i think its above VDP:-)
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
They are great. I visited them for my Pfalz Video a while back.
@ohpotatoesandmolasses2 ай бұрын
No Falkenstein?!
@nicovanboekel39732 ай бұрын
Heymann Lowenstein if i have to name one that is affordable
@panaceiasuberes64642 ай бұрын
Alvarinho (descendant of Riesling, I'll conceed), Encruzado, Verdelho... and I'm just mentioning the Portuguese varietals better than Riesling. :)
@zaphod3332 ай бұрын
The descent of Alvarinho from Riesling has not been definitively refuted, but it has been seriously questioned, hasn't it? As far as I know, it is now considered to more likely be related to Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Blanc or Petit Manseng.
@ArthurPowell262 ай бұрын
you ever tried Walt Riesling?
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Not yet!
@andrebern79052 ай бұрын
Württemberg?
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Not this time. No Baden, Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Ahr, Mittelrhein, Hessische Bergstraße either... ;)
@ROGER-yo9cy2 ай бұрын
Blind tasting: German Riesling VS French Riesling? 😉
@ROGER-yo9cy2 ай бұрын
Or Riesling VS Hondarribi Zuri
@uabpsab2 ай бұрын
Are these wines all kabinetts?
@larsj.48442 ай бұрын
I think they are all "Spätlese" quaility because all GG Rieslings (Grand Cru) are Spätlese
@xjackisbackx2 ай бұрын
No, they are Grosses Gewächs so a dry style (but with higher must weight than Kabinett).
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
Grosse Gewächse need to be dry, hand harvested at max 50 hl/ha, and they have to be from the allowed varieties from classified sites. They do not carry Prädikate (like Kabinett) on the label.
@patricklaureys92382 ай бұрын
If Pinot Noir is God, then Riesling is for sure the Holy Spirit.
@clydeblair9622Ай бұрын
An Alsatian tasting.
@nicolasmaligner87532 ай бұрын
Alsace is missing here.
@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine2 ай бұрын
The tasting only includes German wines
@manuelcarvalho3928Ай бұрын
Pleeaasee stop swirling the glass in close-up so that we can see the wine colour clearly! Otherwise it is like " watch me playing with wine inside a glass and I am not spilling it...Yeeaaaah!
@JuergenW-rk5gg2 ай бұрын
Fun fact, Kallstadt in the Pfalz is the home town of Donald Trump's grandfather. They probably won't advertise that much