Wiesbaden GG Tasting: Pfalz Riesling Part II

Odinstal, Pfeffingen, Rings, Karl Schaefer

Clearly, the star of this set was Pfeffingen.

Note that the Karl Schaefer wines are 2022.

ODINSTAL

2023 (Wachenheim) Odinstal Riesling GG

Pencil shavings nose. Medium weight good crystallinity, yellow fruits, with a touch of almond; very structured. A stylized wine that will polarize. 88/B-


PFEFFINGEN

2023 (Ungstein) Herrenberg Riesling GG 

White flowers, chipped stone nose. Sensual yet structure in mouth, white fruits, noble restraint. Outstanding result. 93/A

2023 (Ungstein) Weilberg Riesling GG

 Lightly floral in nose. Elegant and pure in mouth with a little strawberry to go with white peach fruit. 92/A


RINGS

2023 (Ungstein) Weilberg Riesling GG 

Light yellow fruits nose. Yellow fruits, some dustiness, some structure. 90/B+


Karl SCHAEFER

I generally am an admirer of Schaefer’s wines. I don’t know what happened here; perhaps they are just in a closed state?

2022 (Ungstein) Herrenberg Riesling GG 

Clarity, structure, but no precision here. Somewhat dusty fruit. (Note: the photo says 2021 for the vintage, but according to the program, and as you can see with the other two bottles, the 2022 labels had not yet been printed, so I think this was just a lable that had not been hand corrected.) 88/B-

2022 (Ungstein) Weilberg Riesling GG

Lightly floral — peach blossom — nose. Light in mouth, a touch dilute, with white peach fruit. 87/C

2022 (Dürkheim) Michelsberg Riesling GG 

Subdued nose. Fairly inexpressive in mouth, too. 85?/F