2021 Robert Weil Kiedrich Gräfenberg Riesling Auslese (375ml)

98 POINTS

Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

Gigantic fresh pineapple aroma that crashes over you like a giant wave, the minerality and herbal freshness surfing on it. Hard to imagine how this could be more concentrated without it starting to hurt. Lightning strike acidity at the staggeringly long and dynamic finish. Very limited production. Try to be patient, because this has almost unlimited aging potential.

96 POINTS

Ulrich Sautter - Falstaff

Still closed, peach, berry, raisin, also dried banana chips. Pineapple and passionfruit on the palate, lively, well-integrated acidity, mouthwatering, juicy, powerful, very dense, multi-layered and all of a piece. A stylish muscle pack.

96 POINTS

Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

Tangerine dream nose! Stunning succulence and vitality on the very concentrated palate. The tension between the richness and electric acidity is something to be experienced. Either you’re tough enough to handle this, or not. Razor-sharp finish in spite of the high natural grape sweetness. Limited production. Enormous aging potential!

96 POINTS

Stephan Reinhardt - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2021 Kiedrich Gräfenberg Riesling Auslese is pure, refined and piquant on the clear and spicy nose. Lush and round on the palate yet with enormous salinity and tension, this is a rich yet piquant, vital and tensioned Auslese with concentrated yet vivacious fruit and spectacular salinity. 8.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in July 2022.

96 POINTS

Stephan Reinhardt - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

From shriveled grapes, the 2021 Kiedrich Gräfenberg Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule (Auction) is based on healthy grapes and offers a clear, lemon-fresh and concentrated yet refined bouquet of plums and peaches. Enormously dense, sweet and piquant on the palate, this is a saline, concentrated and tight Auslese that needs at least a decade to shine. 8.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in July 2022.

94 POINTS

Aleks Zecevic - Wine Enthusiast

A prominent saffron aroma strikes at the first whiff, but it also extends on the palate, where it is met by honeysuckle and quince paste followed by flavors of honey, candied lemon peel, and flambéed pear. Grand acidity stands behind it all, underscoring and linking the elements and giving this a firm, impenetrable structure. Complex and mineral on the long finish.

93 POINTS

Ulrich Sautter - Falstaff

Aroma of dried and candied citrus fruits, mineral notes after aeration, lime, dried apricot, complex. On the palate it shows with fine, balanced acidity and very well balanced fruit sweetness, stone fruit, herbal savouriness. Still needs time.