The Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019 was released on Friday, October 26, 2018. The Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019 reviews on about 1000 pages more than 11.000 wines of 1000 wineries. Its rating symbol is a star and Germany’s best winemakers are awarded one to five stars. The wines are rated on the 1 to 100 scale.
The Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019 honored the following three outstanding personalities of the German wine world with Winemaker of the Year, Rising Star of the Year and Discovery of the Year awards:
Winemaker of the Year (Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019): Roman Niewodniczanski, Owner, Weingut van Volxem in Wiltingen/ Saar
Rising Star of the Year (Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019): Niko Brandner, Sekthaus Griesel & Compagnie , Bensheim, Hessische Bergstraße
Discovery of the Year (Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019): Yvonne Libelli and Martin Lucas, Weingut Margarethenhof, Forst, Pfalz
I plan to issue 4 postings with regard to the Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019:
Germany’s Best Winemakers – Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019 Awards
Germany's Best Wines: 10 Categories - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019
Germany’s Top Winemakers (With 5/5 Stars) - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019
Winemaker of the Year (Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019): Roman Niewodniczanski, Owner, Weingut van Volxem in Wiltingen/ Saar
Best Winzersekt
The ten top 10 categories are led by Winzersekt of the Year. Volker Raumland from Rheinhessen is (almost) unbeatable in this category. In the VINUM Weinguide 2019 he presents a total of six top 10 Sekte, including this year's winner, the 2008 "MonRose" Extra Brut Prestige (94 points). "Brioche, fresh pastries in the overflowing fragrance, great elegance, finest play - a sparkling wine as big as love," enthuses the jury.
Best Spätburgunder
In the Pinot Noir 2016 category, the surprise winner came "after a thrilling neck-to-neck race from a mini-winery in the South Palatinate": with 96 points, the 2016 Pinot Noir from Hans- Erich Dausch with "fine roasted notes, great acidity and clear Burgundy-style" is the Spätburgunder of the Year and thus primus inter pares before of the (equally highly rated) cometitots Rebholz, Metzger, Huber, Knipser and Friedrich Becker.
Best Weißer Burgunder
Unbeatable however was Rebholz (Palatinate) in the white Burgundy category. With 95 points, the 2017 Birkweiler Mandelberg Grosse Gewächs sets itself apart from the competition: "Lush, but not fat, beguiling spice in the Reverberation - what more could you want from a Pinot Blanc? " the jury praised the 2017 Birkweiler Mandelberg Grosse Gewächs of Rebholz.
Best Silvaner
In the VINUM WeinGuide, the Silvaner takes its "traditional place among the great German white wine varieties". The outstanding wine of this category and thus Sylvaner of the year is according to the judgement of Joel B. Payne and his tema with 94 points of 2017 Sulzfelder Creutz from Weingut Zehnthof Luckert (Franconia): "Almost weightless, begins to open after hours, is becoming more profound. A great wine! "Was the verdict of the VINUM jury.
Picture: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Zehnthof Luckert, in Sulzfeld, Franken, with Philipp Luckert. See: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Zehnthof Luckert, in Sulzfeld, Franken, with Philipp Luckert - Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Württemberg, Franken
Best (trockener) Riesling
"Great" is already on the label of the winner of the category Riesling dry: Klaus-Peter Keller's GMax 2017 (98 points) impresses with "fine floral scent, creamy body, mineral depth and vibrating energy". There were four wines of Klaus Peter Keller among the ten best of the vintage!
Best Riesling Feinherb
"The Weber family of Hofgut Falkenstein really knows how to do a feinherb wine", said Payne and Henn. Their 2017 Niedermenninger Herrenberg Spätlese - 23 - took first place in the top 10 list with 94 points. The wine with the same name with the barrel number 4 reached with 93 points third place, behind the second placed Enkircher Batterieberg (Weingut Immich Batterieberg, Mosel).
Best Riesling Kabinett
In the category Riesling Kabinett, theere are only winemakers from the Moselle region this year: All ten top 10 wines come from wineries on the Mosel, Saar and Ruwer. The best is the 2017 Dhroner Hofberg by A.J. Adam (94 points): "Long aftrtaste, a firework of the cool Riesling flavors!"
Best Riesling Spätlese
Hardly less impressive is the number one Riesling Spätlese wine, the 2017 Berncasteler Doctor (97 points) from the Weingut Wwe Dr. Thanisch, Erben Thanisch (Mosel): "Hint of apricots, mountain herbs, good flow, archetype of the classic Riesling Spätlese", it says in the description of the VINUM editors.
Best Riesling Auslese
In the past, German winegrowers could produce Rieslings of the predicate grade "Auslese" at most twice, three times a decade, but these exquisite wines made from golden yellow, fully matured grapes are now produced almost every year thanks to global warming. Again, in this category the Mosel region dominates: The best Riesling Auslese of the 2017 vintage produced Fritz Haag with his Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr - 15 - lange Goldkapsel (98 Punkte) ahead of the equally rated wines of Thanisch, Selbach-Oster and Egon Müller.
Best Edelsüßer (Noble-sweet) Riesling
As "elixirs" of "infinite storability" calls Joel B. Payne the royal class of noble sweet Rieslings; a "breathtaking Trockenbeerenauslese"of the young Constantin Richter, Weingut Max Ferd. Judge (Moselle) is the winning wine. With 100 points, his 2017 Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Trockenbeerenauslese is one of the very rare perfect wines, according to the critical VINUM jury! 100 points also got the second and third placed Trockenbeerenauslese wines of Fritz Haag and Egon Müller.
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