Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

Always a special wine — a month ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.4

Beautiful nose, full or ripe citrus, a touch of yellow stone fruit, candied orange peel, a bit exotic, but also a bit wild. There’s incredible cool freshness here, despite the ripeness. So enticing!
On the palate with racy, juicy, electric acidity but also ripe stone fruit, a slight touch of tannic grip, a brilliant stony minerality. This has great depth and brilliant purity but also some interesting edges and a smoky hint to it. Very complex. It’s not bone dry and the touch of wood aging adds a bit of creaminess.
I wouldn’t call it elegant but this is a great wine, full of character and energy.
Absolutely brilliant. And drinking so beautifully right now. — 5 months ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.3

Developing. Tightly-coiled as expected, gave it a full day. Rubber, mint, wet stone, flaky minerals, nice poise & balance. Lovely work. — 3 years ago

with Alsu

R David Fuhrman

9.1

2015 ‘s drinking well now — 6 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.8

The trifecta - 2004, Lay (coolest plot of Halenberg), and magnum! This is pinnacle level stuff. Took its time to open up, but when it did... Mind-altering! The nose was wonderfully complex right from the start. Evolved from smokey stone fruit aromas, to a tropical fruit basket with biscuit-like tones, to more salinity and fresh cut herbs, and finally to a mix of dried citrus with deep calcerous minerality and woody herbs. Crazy. Closed till the end of the bottle, but the balance was undeniable from the get-go. Perfectly integrated acidity, highly concentrated, juicy yellow stone fruits, deep minerality, and endless finish. As SC puts it, at its first peak now, but needs another 10 years to show its best. — 7 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Abundant spice, fruit and minerals... it’s all there. Great concentration, definition and persistence.
What an excellent dry Riesling! — 8 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.2

2013 vintage. Pale golden hue. On the nose, medium plus concentration of bread dough, Apple sauce, chalky minerality, lime zest and grapefruit. Fairly rich and appealing. On the palate, off dry, high acidity, with slight sparkle in the mouth, medium body and full concentration. This wine is long and has a sour tart finish which I like - brings crispness to the finish. Lip smacking. Very enjoyable for a Riesling lover. — 10 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.6

Classic hit — 5 months ago

Ivor

9.1

Wow this packs so much fruit intensity and a great petrol glue infused combined mineral streak. A banger! — 6 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

100% needs a 45 minute decant now.

Nose: white flowers. Dense. Lemon flower. Intense lemon rind. Really penetrating.

Palate Very lemony. Mineral. Very dense. Crunchy rocks. Grapefruit pith. Lingering. Penetrating.

Emrich schonleber Esque.



Fass selections. — 2 years ago

Conrad Green

9.2

Dark amber. Lush with some tart notes. Quite high toned on the finish. — 4 years ago

Chip Hughes

9.1

Maybe not the fireworks of a Dönnhoff or Schönleber, but a damn good glass of Nahe from a big, fatty vintage. Yellow cherries and ripe pineapple, buttressed by excellent structure and barely-there wet slate minerality. — 6 years ago

Josh Brown

9.2

A favorite of Sabrina's, found while tasting on a day out in the city. This was the first wine she's tasted different vintages on. The difference for the Montigny was stark. — 8 years ago

P S

9.2

Lemon lime mandarins orange. Great acidity — 10 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Delicious Kabinett Riesling — 5 months ago

Marc S

9.8

Fabulously! — 6 months ago

Zach D

9.1

Pale lemon, with a nose primarily of white and yellow flowers, fairly delicate. Some wet slate mineral tones as well. Carried through on the palate with typical racy acidity. Lacks a bit in concentration, but overall a nice wine. There are better examples of dry Riesling for the price — 8 months ago

with Kland

Jakub Kalinowski

9.1

Fresh & pure & slightly exotic on the nose with pineapple, candied lemon-peel & candied ginger. A touch of brioche, too, but not too much.
Nicely balanced on the palate with fine mousse & persistent bubbles. Typical Riesling with apples & steely lemons. A delicious Riesling Sekt! — 6 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.8

Tasting this was like entering a massive cave through a narrow opening. It starts off light, almost like water, then when it all seems a little ungiving, it expands into a palate-coating monster of great depth, purity, and length. You just can't tell how deep the cave is, but know for certain that you've just stumbled upon one of the great wonders of the world, and in this case, riesling. Aptly bottled in magnums and double magnums only, because this is a wine for the ages and one for sharing.

I loved this at the VDP auctions nearly 9 months ago, and still love it now. I feel it's even more open than before, with the nose clearly showing more than my previous notes - stone fruits, chamomile, sage, aniseed, sea spray. Discounting KP's mind-bending 15' Pettenthal TBA and 17' Pettenthal GG, the 17' AdL is my wine-of-the-2018 VDP auctions, mainly because you can still afford to buy it's brilliance. If you find bottles, pounce on them! — 7 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.1

Pale golden-green color; even a quick whiff reveals ripe citrus, stone fruit, pineapple, and mineral along with my favorite new bike-tire rubber-smell; a large sip - nice round structure of acids and alcohol, mostly ripe stone fruit and a medium-intense but supple mouthwatering finish. — 10 years ago