Riesling Revelations: Journey through 8 Unique Wines in a Tasting Tour
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I use this wine key: Forge de Laguiole Wine Key Ebony
I have used this glass in this Video: RIEDEL Performance Riesling
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
2020 Hofmann Hundertgulden Rheinhessen Germany
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2021 Julien Schaal - Riesling, Alsace Grand Cru - Rangen, France
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2018 Knoll Riesling Ried Schütt Smaragd, Austria
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2021 Grabenwerkstatt Ried Trenning, Wachau, Austria
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2021 Chateau St Michelle Eroica, Columbia Valley, Washington, USA
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2019 Red Newt Cellars Lahoma Vineyards Riesling Finger Lakes, USA
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2022 Springvale, Grosset, Clare Valley, Australia
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2017 Rieslingfreak No.5 Clare Valley Off Dry Riesling, Australia
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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.
Riesling is one of the best grape varieties in the world and it is very closely associated with my home country Germany but it is planted around world and can produce stunning examples in different regions and climates.
A few weeks ago I attended the Master of Wine Symposium, where we had many tastings but the most amazing one was a panel lead by Jancis Robinson on Riesling.
I was asked whether I want the “leftovers” for a video which in this case consist outstanding examples of that variety. So I will take you on the Riesling Route around the world. Lets go!
I could watch an all-Riesling tasting every week 😅
same here!😅
Same 😁
should one of you guys speak German and want to watch more Riesling after this one, I did a smaller Riesling Tasting on my channel as well recently 😅
Probably could be done too. So many different Riesling styles…
Hello!
I am a Sommelier from NYC and I always appreciate your opinion on wines! In this video you mentioned you would be interested in exploring more Finger Lakes Rieslings. I would love to recommend or help put together some wines for you to taste!
Morton from Ravine's Argetsinger Vineyard from 2019 is stunning in my opinion, Kelby James Russel out of Red Newt makes some of the most interesting wines in the area, Nathan Kendal not only makes beautiful riesling through his family winery Hickory Hallow he is also working to bring back some of North Americas indigenous grape varieties, And MW Nova Cadamatre from Trestle 31 brings great balance to the table with all of her wines!
I am not sponsored by any of these wineries I just truly love what they are doing for wine in the Finger Lakes!
The Riesling Schütt 2002 from Knoll was the wine, that started my interest in fine wine in 2017.
Ahhh Eroica makes it on your channel again. I LOOVE Riesling so much. For me, the German’s are above everone else - at least for my taste. I love the balance of fruit and acidity of dry Rieslings from the Nahe.
My favorite varietal. I just got back from Germany, and one of the best days of tasting was in Deidesheim in the Platz. Riesling all day long, was fantastic.
Very fortunate that we can buy exceptional Riesling at comparatively bargain prices.
In the Finger Lakes (FLX) there are a ton of amazing producers you should check out. My favorites are Hermann J Wiemer, Kemmeter, Weis, Ravines, Dr Konstantin Frank, among others!
There are tons...but mostly average
@@terryhsiao1745 the ones mentioned definitely aren’t average!
You forgot Forge Cellars!
@@nathantrierwiler1806 great as well!
Absolutely! Hermann Weimer has produced some of the most drinkable trocken rieslings I have ever tasted.
Very happy that you showed the FLX some love! There is some excellent Riesling being made there! Red Newt is one of the best but there are many others. And it is a great place to visit!
I have actually visited the Finger Lakes which was a great experience. Actually one of my favorite wine regions in the US where you can find some hidden gems! Thank you for the video
Finger Lakes riesling!! I highly recommend trying the Forge Cellars Dry Riesling Classique if you can get your hands on it.
Interesting. The Finger Lakes Riesling wasn't one I would expect. Dr. Frank Konstantin. Ravines and Boundary Breaks make truly excellent Rieslings. I havent been to Red Newt yet (with around 200 wineries making Riesling here it takes a while to get through them all). I will have to make the trip to Red Newt next trip out!
Don’t forget Hermann J Wiemer and Kemmeter on western Seneca. You won’t be disappointed
Also Forge Cellars, Red Tail Ridge, and Bloomer Creek!
@@jacobfiksel3600 There are SO MANY good Rieslings in the Finger Lakes. It is hard to list them all. Been loving some NY Cab Francs recently too (including one from Red Tail Ridge!). Yum!
Long time listener, first time commenter. Adore your content!
I'm from New Zealand and I feel that Felton Road's 'Block 1' Riesling often takes our top spot vintage to vintage domestically.
Having visited the Finger Lakes in 2015 the top wines I tasted were aged Rieslings from Hermann J. Wiemer but also would highly recommend Tantalus's old vine Rieslings from Okanagan Valley in Canada.
Thanks again for this more than outstanding tasting session :) A clarification about the climate of Washington. Indeed east of the Casacade range, it is much drier and much sunnier than the West of the state (many vineyards are in climate classified as semi-arid). Days are warm in summer, and even hot in many areas, however nights are cool most of the year and winters are quite cold, much colder than in Seattle, and most often colder than almost anywhere in Germany. As an example Chelan has a January average min T of -5.8, a max of 1.3. In July it is 15.1/30.3. The annual precipitation is just above 300mm. Some vineyards are in regions that receive as little as 200mm, which I find quite amazing. I guess irrigation is common practice. A lot of water is flowing from the Casacade range to the West.
Ravines Dry Riesling and Anthony Road Dry Riesling from the Finger Lakes are two of my favorites. From Washington I like Charles and Charles, but my favorite Riesling I ever had I just tasted while in Austria on a wine River Cruise and now I’m super excited to try more Austrian Rieslings! I also really enjoy Alsace Rieslings, the 2016 Grand Cru Rosacker from Domaine Mittnacht Frères I had recently was lovely! The Dr. L sparkling Riesling from the Mosel was also a pleasant surprise. I particularly like the high acid ones as long as they are balanced by other elements.
Da Riesling meine absolute Lieblingstraubensorte ist, habe ich das Video in vollen Zügen genossen. Vielen Dank, dass Sie großartige Weingüter vorgestellt haben und Ihre Gedanken geteilt haben. Der Heymann-Löwenstein hat bisher mein Herz als Lieblings-Riesling erobert. Ich freue mich schon darauf, Ihre Eindrücke bei der Verkostung und Bewertung dieses bemerkenswerten Weinguts zu erfahren. Prost!
Completely agree! I just wanted to write about how much I love the style of Heymann-Löwenstein. All their wines follow that style and the quality is consistently very high among them. However, if I had to pick only one wine, then the best Riesling I have ever had is the 2010 J.B. Becker Wallufer Walkenberg Riesling Auslese trocken. Absolutely unreal!
Great show, K.
i love Riesling! Thanks for the tasting as usual Konstantin
Great episode! I've been loving rieslings lately and this helped me learn a lot about them
A tour of Riesling. What a great video idea! I really enjoy Rieslings and am still trying to understand the wine better. These comparison tastings help a lot. Thanks!
Thanks for the riesling update, my favorite grape. I would love to see a deep dive into the different regions of germany. Thanks Konstantin!!!!
Another great video Konstantin. I’m biased but glad to see Aussie wines, but equally glad to learn about some other regions. I have bought a few Julien Schaal wines on reputation but have not yet tasted, so looking forward to this.
I have several bottles from Red Newt and think they’re all really impressive wines. The off dry wines are real stunners too. They sell back vintages from their library (10yrs+) online at relative bargain prices, and they age wonderfully.
You give good information! I like that! Thank you.
always thank you for ur quality video
Yes, very nice video, some years ago I tried CabFranc from Fingers Lake, also was impressed. Unique place. And of course "Riesling Rocks"🎉 ;)
Another great video sir, we visited fingers lake in 2018.. A lovely region well worth a visit as some lovely wineries. Chateau lafayette reneau overlooking the lake drinking there library wines was superb 🍷👍
Amazing stuff Konstantin!! Lil sad to see we skipped over Ontario though… would love to see you taste Riesling from the limestone soils of the Beamsville bench! I work at hidden bench winery, let me know if you ever would like to taste :)
Great video. Riesling is an amazing grape. I’ll be looking for a few of those!
Great video again, Riesling, one of my favourite grape varieties.
Talking about nice Riesling outside Europe. Well, Rusty Roof Riesling from Australia comes to mind. Another contestor is Jordan The Real McCoy Riesling from South Afrika. All, great wines.
Thanks once again, riesling and chenin blanc are my favourite white grapes.
1. An interesting lot of wines, must have been lovely to taste through. Typical Jancis, though, she can’t resist new discoveries which I think meant missing out on the VERY best, eg riesling Rangen from Zind Humbrecht or Clos Ste Hune from Trimbach.
2. You remind me how frustrating it is that residual sugar and other info isn’t on most labels, indeed retailers often can’t get this from from the wine makers even when they ask. Often you can’t tell from the label where a wine is on the sweet-dry spectrum, and producers’ subjective ‘indices’ are only that.
my favourite WHITE grape, especially the dry Rieslings from the Clare and Eden valleys , here in Sth Australia.
Good timing, as I’m headed to the Finger Lakes soon and looking forward to tasting lots of Rieslings. Have not had many Rieslings but we did enjoy them last year while on a river cruise in Germany and Austria. Liked those from Wachau.
Returned from Finger Lakes. Had the chance to try the Red Newt. Also went to several other wineries, including Hermann Weimer who makes outstanding wines. Definitely a region to visit.
Porrungarup riesling from Western Australia is also emerging; Stepanie O' tool's (Jeff Grossets partner) Mount Horrocks riesling is also amazing ( half the price of Grosset)
Great video! My favs are old ones from Mosel and Alsace, I don’t think you can beat those. Tried an SA Prum from 2011 and a Trimbach from 2009 and was blown away. However, my day-to-day Riesling actually comes from New Zealand; the Villa Maria one is crispy, but also rich in petrol despite its young age, and at that price, it’s difficult to beat. Love these videos, keep it up!
I had a drier version of the rieslingfreak one (no. 33 I think) and it was delightful, lots of surprising grapefruit, almost tasted like a sauvignon blanc
More Riesling! Love this stuff. I usually buy German Riesling from Rheingau or Mosel or French Riesling from Alsace because it's readily available, well priced and higher quality wines across the board.
Great episode about my favourite grape for white wine. I buy most (dry) Rieslings from producers in Nahe, Pfalz and Rheinhessen. The entry wines are often happening. Prices are still reasonable, I guess.
I might have written this before: my favourite Riesling country is Germany, and especially the Saar region.
Well made Saar Rieslings are high in acidity, very clean and can age very, very well.
My preference goes to Feinherb sponti Kabi's.
That sad, I don't mind a Mosel Spät- oder Auslese with noticable noble rot either....
I opened the 2003 Riesling I told you about, tonight.
Thanks for the encouragement! It is indeed still really nice. 95% petrol, 5% green apple on the nose. Tastes of green apple, yellow pear, amaretto...
Great tasting
Sound very nice!!
Would definitely recommend trying Herman J Wiemer or Forge wines from the Finger Lakes region as well. Both are great!
Great seeing Rieslingfreak feature. John’s a top bloke and does some great work
Besides Germany, three favourites are New Zealand, Australia, and my home province of BC, Canada. Some really great Riesling here from some of the cooler regions.
My training with Riesling has been very limited in Puerto Rico. We do get the wine from Austria, Germany and the USA but it is not popular. I've drank Guthrum 2019 and a German white blend Libenfraumilch 2018. I do have a 2019 bottle of Eins zwei dry from Leitz but I want to drink it in a Riesling tasting to compare and contrast.
Konstantin, can you please tell us more about the use of sulphur in wine. Why do some add it it early why some add it late and what does it do? That could be a good educational show. Love your work.
I would say I’m more of a red wine fan than white, but having said that, no other wine gets me as excited (or puts a big cheesy grin on my face 😂) as does Riesling. We are lucky here in Australia that we have a lot of very good Riesling at reasonable prices. Bring on summer!
Best episode yet! Don’t know how you keep topping yourself each week.
BTW Is it my imagination or is riesling getting tastier (less petroly) in recent years/decades?
My wife’s family has made Riesling on small scale in Baden area of Germany for at least 4 generations. We’re going to be there in about 3 weeks and hoping to time it right for the grape harvest.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Riesling ❤❤❤
Riesling wines are definitely some of my personal favs. They have this sort of nice tanginess to them.
Visited the Finger Lakes about 15 years ago. Wines were good, but what I’ve been tasting recently from there is surprisingly good. Great value for us too here on the east coast of the US.
Such a wonderful lineup! I wish you invited me for dinner after that tasting session , Master! Cheers 🥂
You'll have to try more from the Finger Lakes (FLX)! Hermann J. Wiemer and Forge Cellars are two of the best the region has to offer. Forge Cellars is a joint venture between Louis Barroul of Gigondas fame and Rick Rainey.
Delicious. I note with interest that a Riesling from the US Eastern Seaboard gets 94 from Konstantin; congratulations to the maker, this must be really good.
I myself absolutely love Riesling, and for preference it would have to be Germany. Prost! ⭐👍
My favorite Reisling comes from Canada, the Okanagan valley, Kelowna and South to the US border. Summer Hill is a favorite.
Visited Hofman last month. Truly fantastic wines, a great property, and an interesting winemaker.
My favourite Riesling is always Nikolaihof... A beast in the glass!! 🥂🥂
My favourite Rieslings in Australia so far are the Seppelt Drumborg Riesling, the Margaret Pooley Riesling and Pressing Matters Riesling from Tasmania. The latter release Rieslings with different residual sugar contents. I am just about to go to Great Southern in WA so I may find some more gems!
I haven't had much riesling from other countries yet but i am spoilt for choice Down Under...
Just cracked open a 2018 Red Newt Cellars The Knoll Riesling I ordered after watching this video & gotta say you’re right… it’s delicious! 🥂
Nice to see you making a Finger Lakes Discovery! You know what's in between the West Coast and NY state? Michigan. Traverse City. Left Foot Charley.
Finger Lakes is my pick for most underappreciated wine region. My favorite non-Champagne sparkling wine is from there.
Waipara or Central Otago in New Zealand both have amazing options. Pegasus Bay Riesling is my favorite.
They've been making wine in NY state for a very long time. In fact I believe that Brotherhood is America's oldest winery. They used to make wines exclusively from native American varieties like "Niagara" and "Catawba" that have a foxy flavor, but I think they've shifted to nearly all European varieties now. I haven't had a NY wine in at least 25 years. I'll have to give them a try again. I wouldn't be surprised if they've improved substantially across the board.
I recently had the 2018 Knoll Reid Loibenberg Reisling from Austria, a small shop here in LA got a small allotment. Honestly the best Reisling I've yet tasted. Apparently that particular Weingut Knoll Reisling is hard to come by? I definitely took a bottle home.
I actually really enjoy Chateau St. Michelle’s sweeter Riesling. The 2021 I’ve had from them has been one of my favorite vintages, but I definitely need to grab more. For a $12 wine it’s really nice.
I used to drink their Late Harvest Riesling wines fairly often but I haven’t seen them of late. Used to be readily available in supermarkets and I thought good value for money.
For the Finger Lakes, try Weis, Hermann Wiemer, and Dr Konstantin Frank. Would also love to hear what you think of Gewurztraminer from here too. We live just under an hour away.
Lethbridge followed by Crawford river are my two favorite rieslings; both from the Henty region in Victoria (state) in Australia; although the weinbach range from Alsace is great too (as are many) but different price point.
Lethbridge not a dedicated Riesling producer, and Crawford River were my favourite but to my tastes they’ve lost a bit of shine. On top of that another former favourite - Drumborg- has changed style which I think is a great shame. Lucky we have a lot of choice. Clonakilla out of Canberra was the last ripper i tried - very lively.
Riesling is my number one grape by far, and I am actually quite happy that people aren't too keen on it because it keeps the prices down. We have some incredible Rieslings made in Ontario like Flat Rock Nadja's Vineyard, Charles Baker Picone Vineyard, Cave Spring CSV, anything by Hidden Bench or Tawse which I (to an extent) hope never get discovered and then double in price.
I paused the video some seconds in and discussed with my wife, which countries we expected. Canada was definitely one of them.
Tawse's French projects are already pretty popular and up in price, though he's partnered with locals there and labels the wine Marchand-Tawse.
You should add Thirty Bench to your list of rieslings that to try. They have several small lot bottlings of Riesling made in different styles from low yield plots.
@neenervshellomotoman Yeah love the Burgundies but I just don't buy Burgundy due to the QPR. I enjoy the standard 30 Bench Riesling that you can find in the LCBO but I haven't had an opportunity to try any of the smaller lot stuff.
@@winston.sullivan The smalllot stuff is quite different from the winemakers blends. Those are made with purchased grapes, and are still good for the price, but the small lots have a lot more character.
I didn't even know that there's wine made in Canada. Interesting!🤔
I'd be curious to see you do a video on which varietals you feel are the best at accentuating terrior across different regions. Riesling, to me, is one the best at this as you point out.
I feel like the spittoon wasn't used all that much in this video haha nice tasting Konstantin!
Allsace is great. Ang germany. Also tried a very good chilean riesling but it was not simular to the old world ones though. Doppf Shoenenbourg Grand cru and Gustave Lorenz Altenberg de Bergheim and Pfersigberg Wolfberger are the best ones I can remember the names of so far.
Marvellous tasting once more!! I can recommend some portuguese rieslings, as not all, but some can surprise you !
Stay thirsty!
Cross referenced Konstantin’s review to my local shop and all I could find was the JULIEN SCHAAL but at $25, excellent price per quality…thanks KB😄…and the Grosset for $35
For me there's no better place to grow riesling than Germany. I will go for Mosel as my favourite region even though in Rheinhessen there is so much variety and excellent producers to give Mosel run for its money.
On a side note, I visited the Finger Lakes region already 20 years ago (I'm from Finland so not the most obvious wine region to visit) and that left a permanent imprint on my mind - I would love to go back there and see how the region has evolved and matured. Definitely a region to look out for.
My favourite regions are definitely Mosel, Rheingau and Pfalz. So many off-the-chart amazing wineries there. One question I have is what do you do with the left-overs of all those amazing wines? Would it be a good idea to be your neighbour? Does Leon drink all of them? How do wine magazines actually deal with left-overs? they must have hundreds of them.
German riesling, without a doubt. We visited the Saar winery of Hofman (Willems Willems) by the way, lovely stuff. Also tasted some of their Rheinhessen wines. I'd say, because they are not VDP, high quality for an acceptable price. (I have the impression that the VDP label is good for at least a few € bonus per bottle, and certainly not necessarily better).
Niagara Peninsula in Ontario Canada produces some amazing Riesling. Probably hard to get in Europe though.
Red Newt Cellars? Very good!
For another interesting Finger Lakes Riesling, try the 2017 Ravines Dry offering. Surprisingly spicy, ripe apple fruit, good acidity, very good length.
Don’t forget Hermann J Wiemer and Kemmeter wines on western Seneca lake!
@@ryvirkI've been to Weimers (👍👍), but not to Kemmeters; thanks for the tip!
Hey Konstantin… can you do one video for us recommending a full on tasting paring with full course dinner (at home) starting from champagne,white,red,sweet wine… hehehehe should be fun… Love your clips ❤❤❤❤ Thank you
I am currently in Baden Baden and I tried few amazing Riesling (but unfortunately I wasn't able to visit Fritz&Felix)
Good video!
I love Riesling, especcially from the Wachau. I'm really into this "fat", round style Knoll Rieslings offer, but I can appreciate other styles as well. Riesling almost never disappoints. When it comes to the Wachau region, I recommend Tegernseerhof, Alzinger, Prager and Weinhofmeisterei Hirtzberger. Especcially Prager stands out for me for producing more "mineralic", vibrant wines. Of course there are also Hirtzberger and F.X. Pichler, the Hirtzberger Singerriedel is one of the most famous wines in Austria, but the price point indicates that as well.
Hello Konstanin! I recently found myself interested in the ungrafted vines but it’s quite difficult to find this kind of wines so i was wondering if maybe you could have a compared tasting of similar “standard” wines and ungrafted wines to see if you can pick up any differences
you have to try the riesling anaduron from weingut falkenstein from südtirol italy, very special in my opinion
As an international German I have to say that I love German Rieslings the most, particularly from the Rheingau, Pfalz and Nahe. Outside of Germany Alsace hasn't impressed me yet, but it's likely I haven't found the best ones yet.
Austria does an awesome job with Riesling, sometimes more full bodied that their German counterparts, but well-balanced. Clare Valley & Eden Valley make awesome Rieslings, just not many to be found in Taiwan atm. I agree with you the Finger Lakes Rieslings hold my attention more so than Washington Rieslings; the 2020 Eroica I tasted wasn't that impressive. I have found that surprisingly Hungary can also make pretty decent Riesling if planted in the right place and with a capable winemaker.
Love riesling.!How can you measure the acidity of the wine with gram unit? Which kinds of organic acids do you measure mainly?
Something worth hunting for, a Spanish sparking Riesling: Bodegas Sel d' Aiz Maldita la Hora Riesling Espumoso pasego Brut Nature (find whatever vintage you can). I really like it, but it's a bit pricey.
Konstantin .. another good video!! Love German Riesling myself!!
Stay the course sir .. and drink more 🍷 !! 😂🤣
Great episode! I’d still be interested in a „How to get to know German Riesling“ video. As much as I want to and actually try, I can’t drink ‘em all.
If I had to order 24 bottles in the range from 15-30€, what would be you approach?
My favorite rieslings are, ofcourse, from Germany🥂
I love Rieslingfreak 33! 94 points from RP at $16 at my local store :O Amazing Acidity and crispness
Fantastic video. Love learning about and experiencing more Rieslings. In terms of favourite, I’ve only tried it once, but Cuvee Frederic Emile seriously impressed me!
I would love to see a Riesling - Assyrtiko ( from Santorini) comparison and tasiting
It makes me want to drink more riesling! Many ppl say a respectable riesling should have petrol nose, which I don’t fancy. This video shows me that it is not the case.
So interested to know what you did with all those Rieslings after this video
The wine looks fantastic. lol. As far as depth goes I agree we should get another bottle of it. lol.
I do like Riesling Wines from Germany specially from Nahe and my favourite Producer is Schäfer-Fröhlich. A lot of mineral straight ! Tim is the real rocker! Felseneck GG 2021 is superb !
I aggree
Favourite country: more what my wallet favours. Germany, Austria, Alsace but, also Chile, sometimes. On a budget often find New World too...unrestrained. And: thank you for the generous, fascinating content.
WE ALL NEED MORE RIESLING in our Lives!