Marcus Hofschuster is Editor-in-Chief and Lead Taster of Wein-Plus, a leading European on-line wine guide, based in Germany. Marcus Hofschuster is the man behind the reputation that Wein-Plus has gained over the past 2 decades. All wines are tasted blind. Marcus Hofschuster uses the 100 points scale.
From time to time, Marcus Hofschuster summarizes his tasting results in a "BEST OF" list. This time, he published a list summarizing his tasting results with regard to drcy Riesling from Germany. All the wines listed are from 2015 and 2016.
We have visited essentially all the wineries listed on one of ombiasy wine tours during the past years. See: Ombiasy Wine Tours 2018: 3 x France and 3 x Germany - Ombiasy Newsletter December 2017
Introduction
Marcus Hofschuster provided an introduction in German, which I translated into English:
Because they know what they are doing.
In the beginning, wine lovers and professionals were not quite in agreement about the 2016 vintage. Reactions ranged from baseless enthusiasm to complete rejection. Indeed, the quality range of 2016 is exceptionally wide.
In general, all-in-one judgments about a vintage are pretty difficult to nonsensical anyway. In the case of the 2016 vintage, they are completely impossible.
Without doubt, the year 2016 produced some disappointments. Some wines are just not as good as in other years, but still very good. But at the same time, we have tasted this year some of the best dry Rieslings we have ever encountered. The best wines of the vintage combine expressiveness with elegance and finesse in a way that we have hardly experienced in the best vintages of the last decades.
However, this has only little to do with the year 2016 and its weather conditions. Rather, German viticulture has a winegrower elite for which no effort is too big and no goal too high. And the group of elite winemakers is increasing.
German wine patriots are always fast at hand when it comes to the term "world class". Sometimes too fast. Here it is on the dot.
We tasted about 1300 dry German Rieslings in recent months, of which we can only present you the absolute top. Links to all wines from a score of 80 points can be found in the magazine article.
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Vintage 2016
100WP
Pettenthal GG, Keller
99WP
Idig GG, Christmann
98WP
Ölberg-Hart GG “Kapelle”, Christmann
97WP
Morstein GG, Keller
“La Borne” Alte Reben, Wittmann
Pechstein GG, von Buhl
Rottland GG, Ress
96WP
Brunnenhäuschen GG, Wittmann
Saumagen GG, Rings
Kirchenstück GG, Bassermann-Jordan
Gräfenberg GG, Weil
95WP
Jesuitengarten GG, Bassermann-Jordan
Niersteiner Ortswein, Keller
Schäwer GG, Minges
Pechstein GG, von Winning
Wisselbrunnen GG, Ress
Morstein GG, Wittmann
Auf der Lay GG, Emrich-Schönleber
94+WP
Halenberg GG, Emrich-Schönleber
94WP
Ungeheuer GG, Bassermann-Jordan
Felseneck GG, Schäfer-Fröhlich
Rothenberg GG, Gunderloch
Pitermännchen GG, Diel
Frühlingsplätzchen, Emrich-Schönleber
Nußbrunnen GG, Ress
Kieselberg GG, von Buhl
Hohenmorgen GG, Bassermann-Jordan
Uhlen GG “L”, Heymann-Löwenstein
Ungeheuer GG, von Winning
Kalkofen GG, Bassermann-Jordan
Abtsberg GG, Maximin Grünhaus
93+WP
Uhlen GG “B”, Heymann-Löwenstein
93WP
Engelmannsberg Erste Lage, Ress
Scharlachberg, Bischel
Halenberg GG, Schäfer-Fröhlich
Pettenthal GG, Kühling-Gillot
Kirchenstück GG, von Winning
Maustal GG, Luckert
Langenberg GG, Diefenhardt
Reiterpfad GG, von Buhl
Juffer-Sonnenuhr GG, Fritz Haag
Pechstein GG, Bassermann-Jordan
Kupfergrube GG, Schäfer-Fröhlich
Felsenberg GG, Gut Hermannsberg
Kirschgarten GG, Kuhn
Michelsberg GG, Karl Schaefer
Jesuitengarten GG, von Winning
Rotenberg GG, Gut Hermannsberg
Röttgen GG, Heymann-Löwenstein
Herrenberg GG, von Schubert
Kirchspiel GG, Wittmann
Rothenberg GG “wurzelecht”, Kühling-Gillot
Weilberg GG, Rings
92WP
Stolzenberg GG, Heymann-Löwenstein
Schlenzenberg GG, Diefenhardt
Herrenberg GG, Fitz-Ritter
Mandelgarten-Meerspinne GG, Christmann
Königsbacher Ortswein, Christmann
Hölle - Unterer Faulenberg GG, Minges
Goldtröpfchen “Adam & Haart”, A. J. Adam
Stein GG, am Stein
Bürgergarten “Im Breumel”, Müller-Catoir
Hermannshöhle, Dönnhoff
Felsenberg GG “Felsentürmchen”, Dönnhoff
Klosterberg Erste Lage, Kühn
Zellerweg am Schwarzen Herrgott GG, Battenfeld-Spanier
Hipping GG, Gunderloch
Pettenthal GG, Gunderloch
Langenmorgen GG, von Winning
Schloss Johannisberg GG, Schloss Johannisberg
Im Sonnenschein GG, Rebholz
Freundstück GG, Bassermann-Jordan
Grainhübel GG, Bassermann-Jordan
Pechstein GG, Mosbacher
Pfülben GG, Schmitt’s Kinder
Ungeheuer GG, von Buhl
Stromberg GG, Schäfer-Fröhlich
Seligmacher GG, Kesseler
Aulerde GG, Wittmann
Vintage 2015
96WP
St. Nikolaus GG, Kühn
95WP
Kirchenstück GG, von Buhl
94WP
Doosberg GG, Kühn
Hermannsberg GG, Gut Hermannsberg
Hassel GG, Barth
Schloss Johannisberg GG, Schloss Johannisberg
93WP
Rottland GG, Ress
Bastei GG, Gut Hermannsberg
Goldloch GG, Diel
92WP
“Geheimrat J”, Wegeler
Kupfergrube GG, Gut Hermannsberg
Jungfer, Georg Müller Stiftung
Stein GG “Hagemann”, Bürgerspital
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