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I use this wine key: Forge de Laguiole Ebony
I have used this glass in this Video: Gabriel StandArt
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
2022 Maximin Grünhaus - Weingut der Familie von Schubert BRUDERBERG Riesling Mertesdorf Mosel-Saar-Ruwer
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2022 Wittmann MORSTEIN Riesling Westhofen Rheinhessen
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2022 Rings SAUMAGEN Riesling Kallstadt Pfalz
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2021 Rings SAUMAGEN Spätburgunder Kallstadt Pfalz
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2021 Bernhard Huber SCHLOSSBERG Spätburgunder Hecklingen Baden
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2021 Jean Stodden HERRENBERG Spätburgunder Rech Ahr
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The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):
96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90 - 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 - 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
70 - 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60 - 69: A below-average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50 - 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.
This tasting event is special, not just because you get to taste wines from different producers made from the same grand cru / Großes Gewächs site next to each other, or because your teeth start hurting after the second day of tasting high-acid wines.
It is invite-only and press, trade, and sommeliers come from all around the world to take part in it.
You CAN taste all 471 wines during the three-day event as it is very well organized: You order wines and the staff brings flights of wines to your table, where you sit, taste and write.
This year I am going to focus on the Rieslings from the 2022 vintage and the Pinot Noirs from the 2021 vintage, even though there were some delicious wines from other grape varieties and vintages in the tasting too.
As you probably know: Riesling is the most widely planted grape variety in Germany. It accounts for almost one-quarter of all vineyards, and it is the grape variety most closely associated with Germany producing some of the finest white wines in the world. To qualify for Großes Gewächs - GG - Status wines need to be dry, so there are no off-dry to sweet wines in the mix
Pinot Noir, or Spätburgunder, is the most widely planted red grape variety in Germany as it grows in 11% of the vineyards. German Pinot is a success story and many of the best Pinots come from VDP wineries.
The vintages 2021 and 2022 were vintages marked by weather extremes in opposite ways and it showed in the wines tasted at the event.
2021 was very wet with little sunshine and high humidity causing rot and unripeness. Some of the reds therefore showed green notes that weren’t very pleasant. It was also the year of the massive floods in the Ahr valley that left a region and its wine industry in ruins.
2022 was the opposite as there was hardly any rain and a lot of sunshine - as it was the sunniest summer since records have been kept. These conditions caused vines to suffer. Some young vines died and even older vines shut down ripening due to the stress. The rain came back with a vengeance in September causing problems during the harvest.
Even amongst the wines at the tasting, which represent the best wineries and wines in the Bundesrepublik, I still had to be picky to find the really exciting ones. Anyways let's taste the wines.