2022 and 2023 Rheingau Riesling GG Part II: Hassel, Nussbrunnen, Pfaffenberg, Steinberg Goldener Becher, Wisselbrunnen

From Barth, Kloster Eberbach, Kaufmann, Baron Knyphausen, Künstler, Georg Müller Stiftung, Prinz, Ress, and Spreitzer

More beauties from the Rheingau in 2022 and 2023.

BARTH

2022 (Hattenheim) Wisselbrunnen Riesling GG

Some butter in nose and mouth; round, mineral, clear, good structure. 91(+)/A-


Kloster EBERBACH

2023 (Hattenheim) Steinberg Goldener Becher Riesling GG

Honeysuckle nose. Intense, pure, steely, focused, yellow fruits. 94+/A


KAUFMANN

2022 (Hattenheim) Wisselbrunnen Riesling GG

A touch of meatiness in nose. Medium-weight, some apricot beginning to show, but lacking the energy of the best wines. 90?/B+


Baron KNYPHAUSEN

2022 Hattenheim Wisselbrunnen Riesling GG

Good clarity in medium-light body, yellow fruits, medium-length. 92/A


KÜNSTLER

2022 (Hattenheim) Pfaffenberg Riesling GG

Another of the great vineyards that Künstler has taken over. Floral with some tropical fruit. Round, clear, pure good energy, incipient tropical fruit. 93(+)/A


Georg MÜLLER Stiftung

2022 (Hattenheim) Wisselbrunnen Riesling GG

Fine minerality in the nose. Medium-light, clear, some energy, steely, some yellow fruits. Needs time. 92(+)/A

2022 (Hattenheim) Hassel Riesling GG

Closed nose. Medium-light in body, crystalline, pure, incipient citrus fruit. 92+/A



PRINZ

2023 (Hattenheim) Nussbrunnen Riesling GG

Incisive, if still rather closed, nose. Pure, clear, incisive, some yellow fruits beginning to show. Outstanding balance. 93(+)/A


Balthasar RESS

2022 (Hattenheim) Nussbrunnen Riesling GG

Apple blossom nose. Medium-weight, round, clear, stony, but perhaps a touch flat on mid-palate. Needs time. 92/A


Josef SPREITZER

2023 (Hattenheim) Wisselbrunnen Riesling GG

Reductive nose. Light, nervy, penetrating, energetic, steely. Outstanding promise. 93+/A