GERMAN WINES

Of all the world’s fine wines those of Germany are currently the most underrated (and therefore often the best value for the money).

White

Mosel • Saar • Ruwer
Mosels (including Saar and Ruwer wines) are so attractive young that their keeping qualities are not often explored, and wines older than seven years or so are unusual. But well made wines of Kabinett class gain from three or more years in the bottle, Spätlese by longer, and Ausleses and Beerenausleses by anything from 10 to 20 years.
598 Dr. Loosen Riesling
599 Dr. Loosen Urzinger, Würzgarten Spätlese 2001
600 Student Prum-Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese 2001
601 Simon, Ayler Kupp Riesling Kabinett
602 Karl Erbes, Urziger Würzgarten Kabinett
603 Winzerverein, Ockfener Scharzberg Riesling
604 Deinhard Dry Riesling
605 Zeller Schwarze Katz
606 Fritz Haag, Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Auslese 1988
607 Thanish, Berncasteler Doctor Riesling Kabinett 2002
608 Maximin Grünhauser Abtsberg, Kabinett 1997
609 Schmidt Söhne, Piesporter Michelsberg Spätlese
610 Dr. Fisher, Ockfener Bockstein Auslese
611 J.J. Prüm, Graacher Himmelreich Spätlese 1999
*612 Dr. Wagner, Saarburger Rausch Kabinett 2003
613 Thanish, Berncasteler Doctor, Spätlese 2001
614 von Hövel, Scharzhofberg Riesling Kabinett
615 Selebach-Oster, Feltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese 1997
*616 Ethlen, Erdener Treppchen Spätlese 2003
*623 Prinz, Hallgartener Jungfer Spätlese 2003
*625 Unckrich, Kallstadter Saumagen Auslese 2003

Rheinhessen, Nahe, Rheinpfalz, Rheingau, Franconian
Even the best wines can be drunk with pleasure after two or three years, but these Kabinett, Spätlese and Ausleses wines gain enormously in character by keeping for longer. Rheingau wines tend to be longest-lived, improving for 10 years or more, but wines from the Nahe can last as nearly as long. Rhinehessen wines usually mature sooner, and as with the dry Franconian wines.
Rheingau
617 Prinz Hallgartener Jungfer, Spätlese 1999
618 von Simmern, Erbacher Marcobrunn Spätlese
619 Eltviller Sonnenberg, Auslese 1989
620 Kloster Eberbach, Steinberger Kabinett 1999
621 Peter Jakob Kühn, Oestrich Lenchen Kabinett
622 Karl Jon Molitor, Hattenheimer Heiligenberg Kabinett

Franken
627 Wirsching, Iphöfer Kronsberg Kabinett 1993
628 Wirsching, Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg Spätlese 1994
*624 Keller, Dalsheimer Hubacker Spätlese 2003
630 Sönhe, Blue Nun, Rhinehessen QbA
631 Schneider, Niersteiner Hipping Spätlese
632 Strub, Niersteiner Paterberg Kabinett Pfalz
640 Dürkheimer Feuerberg, Gewürztraminer Kabinett Trocken
642 Forster Winzerverein, Elster Kabinett 1996
644 Lingenfelder, Freinsheimer Goldberg, Riesling 1996

Nahe
*649 Diel, Dorsheimer Pitterman Auslese 2003
650 Donnhoff, Oberhäusen, Felsenberg Kabinett 1994
651 Kreuznacher Kronenberg, Riesling Spatlese 2001/2

Red
Spätburgunder, or the pinot noir grape, is the best red wine grape in all of Germany. And like its white grape counterpart, it is not widely appreciated outside of Germany.

Affentaler Spätburgunder Rotwein

Dessert Wine
Wine connoisseurs all over the world, recognize Germany’s sweetest wines as among the greatest wines on the face of the earth. The sweetness of Germany’s dessert wines-- both the honey flavored botryised wines (trockenbeerenauslese and beerenauslese) and the lush, sweet eisweins-- comes from allowing the grapes to hang on the vines longer, thus intensifying their sugar content and flavors.
901 Kongigschaff Hausener Valkenfelsen
Rulander Trockenbeerenauslese 1985
902 Karl Jostock Kowericher Held Eiswein 1998
903 Steinweiler Kloster Liebfraunberg
Beerenauslese 1989
904 Zwischen Den Seen Kracher Scheurebe Beerenauslese 1991
905 Valkenberg Chardonnay Eiswein 1996
906 Deinhard Beerenauslese 2000

*indicates new selection