Josh Morgenthau

9.4

Wow… this spatlese hit the spot. Buttered peach and pear. Coconut, caramel, cotton candy, petrol and tremendous florals. bright, light and irresistible. — 3 months ago

Penny Wild-perkowski

9.0

More sweet than I like Rieslings but very well balanced. — 3 years ago

Iwan

9.3

Golden amber color. Tart tropical fruit, mineral, a little bit of honey. Another excellent aged Riesling Auslese. — 4 years ago

Austin Hohnke

9.2

First of two bottles was corked but this one is carving its own path. Dense tropics. Creamy guava, papaya, and pineapple with minerality you could chip a tooth on. Like a stiletto on your chest. Almost tannic. Absolutely no rush. — 5 months ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Hmmmm (Reisling cooing sound): high quality QbA from Nahe with that Nahe high toned minerality with JUST an impression of sweetness. Star fruit, underripe Cantaloupe, dried ginger. Just a delight, and for about 17$ even more so. — 3 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.3

This was my favourite in a very interesting blind tasting involving 17' rieslings from 4 different German regions - Nahe, Rheinhessen, Rheingau, and Pfalz. The wines were hauntingly similar at the start, but started to reveal themselves when left to their own devices. The tasting reinforced my belief that German rieslings best show their terrior aged or post-ferment, unsulphured and straight from the tank/barrel.

Regardless, I kept coming back to this wine. It was perhaps the most open of the lot. I guess the vineyard does help here, given the typical opulence of Goldloch - something I picked up while helping Caroline at Diel. The nose definitely shows some ripeness, with apricots and quince dominating, but pulled back with aromas of fresh herbs. The palate's fleshy and salty, with some spicy intrigue, oily texture, and a driven acidity. It's so drinkable at the moment.

NB: I think I need to pay a little more attention to JB Schafer after this. I gotta admit, I might have gravitated towards the Wagner-Stempel if it wasn't a blind. JB Schafer doesn't have the rep yet, espeically given how little their kabi sold for in the last VDP auctions, but I reckon riesling drinkers will be caught off guard in the future if this winery continues in this trajectory. — 5 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.2

Delicious with some air contact. — 8 months ago

Brian Hearty

9.2

2015. By the time we added this delicious Burgundy to the table while we were still enjoying the Diel Extra Brut Sekt and the R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva Rosato it created a perfect spectrum of colors and flavors to match the dishes prepared by the Boiler Room chefs. A great way to usher in the New Year! — a year ago

TJ Maxwell

9.5

2012 vintage. Wow. Fantastic — 4 years ago

Glynnis

9.0

Distinctive flavor, lots of tennis ball on the nose and a very acidic start with a dry finish. Some earthiness and mineral that makes it distinct from other Rieslings. — 6 years ago