Falstaff - Top 100 Wines of the World 2012: The Wines from Germany

Christian G.E. Schiller with Manfred Pruem, Weingut JJ Pruem - #29 on the Falstaff Top 100 2012 list. I met Manfred's daughter Katharina Pruem in Washington DC recently and wrote about Weingut JJ Pruem: JJ Pruem Goes Supermarket: Meeting Katharina Pruem and Tasting the Incredible JJ Pruem Wines at Wegmans

At this year’s ProWein in Düsseldorf, the Austrian wine magazine Falstaff published its list of the world’s 100 best wines (since the year 2000). On the surface this looks like the Wine Spectator Top 100, with the only difference that it is a list compiled with an European perspective. But this is wrong. For the Wine Spectator ranking, a number of factors come into play so that you may find a mass wine for $ 10 at the top. The Falstaff Top 100 list, however, is exclusively quality based. No wonder that the list is dominated by Bordeaux and Bourgogne.

As usual, white wines are under-represented – just 23, opposed to 77 red wines. But: out of the 23 white wines, no less than 9 wines come from Germany. And: all are Riesling wines and most of them are dry.

Here is the complete list: Falstaff Top 100 2012

German Wines on Falstaff Top 100 2012 List

23 Riesling Auslese 2005 Scharzhofberger von Egon Müller (Mosel)

29 Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel 2010 Wehlener Sonnenuhr von J.J. Prüm (Mosel)

46 Riesling G Max 2008, Weingut Keller (Rheinhessen)

56 Riesling Großes Gewächs Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle 2010, Weingut Dönnhoff (Nahe)

74 Riesling Kiedricher Gräfenberg Großes Gewächs (ohne Jahrgangsangabe), Weingut Weil (Rheingau)

80 Riesling Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Auslese GK 2007 von Fritz Haag (Mosel) auf Platz 80

83 Riesling Monzinger Halenberg Großes Gewächs (ohne Jahrgangsangabe), Weingut Emrich-Schönleber (Nahe)

84 Riesling Morstein Großes Gewächs (ohne Jahrgangsangabe), Weingut Wittmann (Rheinhessen)

92 Riesling Birkweiler Kastanienbusch (ohne Jahrgangsangabe), Weingut Rebholz (Pfalz)

The Top 10 of the Falstaff Top 100

Here are the Top 10.

ROMANEÉ-CONTI
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (Burgund, Frankreich)
www.romanee-conti.fr
2008: ca. € 8.500,–

CHÂTEAU LAFITE-ROTHSCHILD
(Bordeaux, Frankreich) www.lafite.com
2010: ca. € 1.200,–

CHÂTEAU LATOUR
(Bordeaux, Frankreich)
2010: ab ca. € 1.400,–

CHÂTEAU PÉTRUS
(Bordeaux, Frankreich) www.moueix.com
2010: ab ca. € 2.800,–

CHÂTEAU CHEVAL BLANC
(Bordeaux, Frankreich) www.chateau-cheval-blanc.com
2010: ab ca. € 950,–

CHÂTEAU HAUT-BRION
(Bordeaux, Frankreich) www.haut-brion.com
2010: ab ca. € 850,–

UNICO RESERVA ESPECIAL – VEGA SICILIA
(Ribera del Duero, Spanien) www.vegasicilia.com
ab ca. € 350,–

CHÂTEAU MARGAUX
(Bordeaux, Frankreich) www.chateau-margaux.com
2010: ca. € 950,–

CHÂTEAU MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD
(Bordeaux, Frankreich) www.bpdr.com
2010: ab ca. € 850,–

GRANGE BIN 95 SHIRAZ – PENFOLDS
(Australien) www.penfolds.com
€ 400,–

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