Weltner

Hoheleite GG Riesling

9.66 ratings
9.72 pro ratings
Franken, Germany
Riesling
Pork, Squash & Root Vegetables, Chili & Hot Spicy, White Fish, Fruit Desserts, Meaty & Oily Fish, Duck, Goat & Feta Cheese, Blue Cheese
Top Notes For
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Yowza. This is stunning. The secret power of this estate is the GG Riesling. What a nose. Impossibly complex minerality. Just staggering and delicate and so intense at the same time. Confectionary as well. Outrageous. Sweet greens as well. Smells so pure. Palate is just insane. So deep, so fresh, so elegant, so concentrated, so crystalline pure that you try so hard to find a flaw on that diamond but you can’t. This is a flawless diamond. Power without weight and just incredible density and structure. Just unbelievable. As this airs the nose gets to a 9.9. It’s so floral, so airy, so complex. Jaw dropping aromas. This is so delicate yet powerful. The marriage of density/minerality/sweet tart fruit on the mid and finish is all woven together like the finest silk.

Yowza. This is stunning. The secret power of this estate is the GG Riesling. What a nose. Impossibly complex minerality. Just staggering and delicate and so intense at the same time. Confectionary as well. Outrageous. Sweet greens as well. Smells so pure. Palate is just insane. So deep, so fresh, so elegant, so concentrated, so crystalline pure that you try so hard to find a flaw on that diamond but you can’t. This is a flawless diamond. Power without weight and just incredible density and structure. Just unbelievable. As this airs the nose gets to a 9.9. It’s so floral, so airy, so complex. Jaw dropping aromas. This is so delicate yet powerful. The marriage of density/minerality/sweet tart fruit on the mid and finish is all woven together like the finest silk.

Feb 26th, 2022
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Sick, dramatic nose, wintergreen, herbals you the wazoo, spice, flowers, pink grapefruit, almost a greenhouse effect on the nose, sickness. Some faint Riesling stoniness. Smells like a JR Tolkien scene. Insane inner mouth aromas. So dense, so chewy, so mineral, so dry. Lovely dry extract and purity. But also gentle and so so so mineral. I don’t think there is any fruit. And that’s a good thing. Long, meandering, finish with sick purity, and length. Chewy. So complex. Ethereal.

Sick, dramatic nose, wintergreen, herbals you the wazoo, spice, flowers, pink grapefruit, almost a greenhouse effect on the nose, sickness. Some faint Riesling stoniness. Smells like a JR Tolkien scene. Insane inner mouth aromas. So dense, so chewy, so mineral, so dry. Lovely dry extract and purity. But also gentle and so so so mineral. I don’t think there is any fruit. And that’s a good thing. Long, meandering, finish with sick purity, and length. Chewy. So complex. Ethereal.

1 person found it helpfulApr 19th, 2020
Matthew Cohen

Nose: terrific. White and yellow flowers. Really elegant and balanced. A 9.65.

Palate : mineral. Sweet lemon. So good. Big acidity

This will be better in 5 years, I think. But great now.

Fass selections

Nose: terrific. White and yellow flowers. Really elegant and balanced. A 9.65.

Palate : mineral. Sweet lemon. So good. Big acidity

This will be better in 5 years, I think. But great now.

Fass selections

Jul 1st, 2024
Matthew Cohen

A very ripe vintage here.

Nose: tropical fruits. Yellow flowers.

Palate: tropical. Mineral of course. Delicious. Not as razor like as other vintages.

Needs 2-3 years or a serious decant now. Day 3 much better. It’s gone from goofily tropical to seriously tropical. Great balance. You get that weltner razor like balance. Bravo. More lemon on the palate with elegant 33% pineapple.

Fass selections.

A very ripe vintage here.

Nose: tropical fruits. Yellow flowers.

Palate: tropical. Mineral of course. Delicious. Not as razor like as other vintages.

Needs 2-3 years or a serious decant now. Day 3 much better. It’s gone from goofily tropical to seriously tropical. Great balance. You get that weltner razor like balance. Bravo. More lemon on the palate with elegant 33% pineapple.

Fass selections.

Mar 12th, 2024
Matthew Cohen

Nose Mineral. Lemon perfume.

Palate: mineral. Elegantly rich. Gods lemon soda.

Long delicious finish.

Fass selections.

Nose Mineral. Lemon perfume.

Palate: mineral. Elegantly rich. Gods lemon soda.

Long delicious finish.

Fass selections.

Mar 7th, 2023
Matthew Cohen

Holy mother of god!

Nose is sweet apple made into minerals and pulverized. Gorgeous. As it opens you get lemon flower.

Palate is sweet minerals and apples. Some citrus. Wow. Elite precision.

9.4 on open. Gets better.

Elite levels of deliciousness. Getting better.

Bought from fass selections

Holy mother of god!

Nose is sweet apple made into minerals and pulverized. Gorgeous. As it opens you get lemon flower.

Palate is sweet minerals and apples. Some citrus. Wow. Elite precision.

9.4 on open. Gets better.

Elite levels of deliciousness. Getting better.

Bought from fass selections

Feb 19th, 2021