Lovely nose with pineapple, chalk, ripe peach, salt, nettle. On the palate, some dissolved CO2 gives a spritz and lift, but still seems a bit sloppy: good acidity and salinity, but very hot and weirdly tangy. Very hot, salty finish. Good, but not sad this is my last btl. — 4 years ago
Grapefruit, white flower, a bitter bite, and a good bit of acid. — 6 years ago
Gorgeous bright golden hue, sweet pea and honeysuckle with guava, tropical and citrus fruit on the nose. Palate has an inviting streak of lime pith, mouthwatering acidity and the faintest tinge of RS to me but is delightful on its own! — 3 years ago
This smells intensely of sage and sage flowers, along with passion fruit, grapefruit and elder flower. (“I am Scheurebe, hear me roar!”) Given such a resounding opening gambit, the wine proves (relatively!) discreet on the polished palate, turning in a coolingly minty and melony direction while preserving such luscious fruit as well as herbal pungency as the aromas promised. The terrifically-sustained finish is infectiously juicy, exhibiting overt but perfectly-integrated and supportive sweetness. Sage, grapefruit zest and smoky black tea accents serve for invigorating counterpoint. On occasion, the Rumpfs have demonstrated that these vines in the Dautenpflänzer can yield Scheurebe capable of playing in the Pfeffingen or Müller-Catoir league – and this is one of those delicious occasions. (On the heels of this beauty – on November 2, 2018 – I tasted a dry 2018 Scheurebe trocken, from fruit harvested in mid-September, that was already improbably delicious; but the Dautenpflänzer Scheurebe grapes from 2018 had been picked only a few days before I visited!) (David Schildknecht, Vinous, April 2019) — 6 years ago
Erik Longabardi
Outstanding — a month ago