Monday, December 11, 2023

Germany's Best Winemakers - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2024 Awards

The new Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland – for 2024 – was published in November 2023. This was the 36. release of this wineguide. It reviews more than 2.000 wines of more than 600 producers.

Its rating symbol for winemakers is a grape and Germany’s best winemakers are awarded 1 to 5 grapes, red or black. 5 red grapes is better than 5 black grapes (= 4.5 grapes). The wines are rated using the 1 to 100 points scale. 

This is the first in a series of postings which I am releasing with regard to the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2024:

Germany's Best Winemakers - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2024 Awards 

Germany’s Top Winemakers (With 5/5 Grapes) - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2024

Climbers to the 5/5 Red and Black Grapes Category - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2024

10 Next Generation Winemakers - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2024

Germany's Best Winemakers - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2024 Awards 
 

Gault Millau: „Das kompromisslose Qualitätsstreben im Weinberg von Werner und Frank Schönleber, vor allem im Keller, verdient unsere denkbar höchste Anerkennung. Jahr für Jahr erschaffen sie Wein-Ikonen, die in punkto Finesse, Filigranität und wohltuender Zartheit alles überragen. Mit ihren Weinen setzen die Schönlebers die elegante, spannungsvolle Lebhaftigkeit des Nahe-Rieslings rund um den Globus genussvoll in Szene.“

Picture: Christian Schiller and Werner Schönleber, Weingut Emrich-Schönleber at the 2013 Riesling Gala at Kloster Eberbach, Germany

Pictures: At Weingut Emrich-Schönleber. See: Tasting at Weingut Emrich-Schönleber in Monzingen, Nahe, with Owner/ Winemaker Frank Schönleber - Germany-North Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours

Collection of the Year: Martin Waßmer, Bad Krozingen, Baden

Der Feinschmecker: Erdbeerbauer, Spargelbauer, Winzer – Die Landwirtschaft ist die große Leidenschaft von Martin Waßmer. Doch seine größte Liebe gilt dem Weinbau. Im badischen Bad Krozingen, idyllisch zwischen Freiburg und der französischen Grenze gelegen, baut der 62-Jährige rote und weiße Spitzengewächse aus, die ihm endgültig einen Platz in der Ruhmeshalle der deutschen Burgunderkönige zusichern. Seine Weine, besonders jene aus Top-Lagen wie dem Dottinger Castellberg oder dem Achkarrer Schlossberg, strahlen – bei allem Charme – stets ein gebührendes Selbstbewusstsein aus, sind geprägt von sprichwörtlicher Saftigkeit, enormem Tiefgang und jener burgundischen Verspieltheit, aus der der feinste Stoff der Träume gewoben wird. Im neuen Gault&Millau Weinguide 2024 wurde Martin Waßmer daher für die beste Kollektion des Jahres Ausgezeichnet.

Pictures: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Pinot Noir Star Producer Weingut Martin Waßmer in Bad Krozingen, Markgräfler Land, Baden - Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours: Baden, Alsace, Pfalz and Rheinhessen  

Cellar Master of the Year: Nicolas Frauer, Juliusspital, Franken


Gault Millau: "Wer den Namen Nicolas Frauer hört, denkt Juliusspital und umgekehrt. In nicht einmal dreizehn Jahren ist es ihm kontinuierlich gelungen, die Stilistik des größten deutschen Silvaner-Weinguts noch mehr zu profilieren. Dieser ganz eigene Stil, den sich Frauer mit viel Reflexion und der natürlichen Gabe zur Selbstkritik in jahrelanger Arbeit in Burgund, Übersee und Deutschland angeeignet hat, ist längst zu einem Charakteristikum des Juliusspitals und somit auch zu dem der fränkischen Weine an sich geworden. Scheinbar spielerisch gelingt es dem gebürtigen Schwaben, aus den Trauben von stolzen 180 Hektar Rebfläche maximal ausdrucksstarke Weine zu keltern, die sich gleichzeitig über größte Präzision, sehr viel Eleganz und ebenso viel Emotion definieren."

 

Pictures: Tour and Tasting at the Historic Weingut Juliusspital in Würzburg, Franken – Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)

Co-operative of the Year: Becksteiner Winzer, Baden

Newcomer of the Year: Simon Hornstein, Weingut Hornstein, Bodensee, Württemberg

Visionary of the Year: Tobias Kreis & Ivan Giovanett, Weingut Sorentberg, Mosel

The two young winegrowers Tobias Treis (Reil/Mosel) and Ivan Giovanett (Neumarkt/South Tyrol) have recultivated the almost forgotten single vineyard Reiler Sorentberg after 25 years of fallow land. The steep southern slope lies in a side valley on the Moselle and is famous for its long-lived wines. The red Wissenbach slate can only be found there and gives this Riesling its distinctive spice.”

Stamp of the Year (Handschruft des Jahres): Tomislav Markovic, Baden


Tomislav Markovic: “I am a classic négociant-éleveur. Having 0,5 hectares on my own with Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc and Touriga Nacional, I am sourcing organic farmed grapes for my wines from good friends in Baden & Rheinhessen. Focus is on lot of handwork in the vineyard, including biodynamic aspects and taking care of biodiversity. My winemaking approach is low-intervention, with classic techniques and no additives or filtration if avoidable. The wines get time to harmonize and stabilize in a natural way prior to bottling.”

Impulse of the Year: Ulrich Mell, Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan, Deidesheim, Pfalz

Ulrich Mell left Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan, Deidesheim, Pfalz earlier in 2023 after 27 years with Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan.  

Pictures: Cellar Tour and Wine Tasting at Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan in Deidesheim with General Manager Gunther Hauck – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

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Massive Tasting of Bordeaux 1982 - the Vintage that made Robert Parker a Star, USA/ France

Carl Willner, Christian Schiller and Ken Bensley of the German Wine Society/ Washington DC Chapter (Re-)elected to the National Board, USA, Germany 

The End of the "Grosslage" in Germany - Seminar about the new German Wine Law of 2022 at the 2022 American Wine Society National Conference in Bellevue/ Seattle, Washington State, led by Annette Schiller

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Germany's Weingut Künstler #2 on James Suckling's List of the Top 100 Wines of the World (2022)

The New German Wine Law of 2021 - Tasting at the German Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter), presented by Annette Schiller  

"Wein-Oktoberfest" of the German Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter) at the German Embassy in Washington DC, USA 

Christian Schiller: Re-elected to the Board of the "Weinfeder", the Association of German Wine Journalists

 


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