Germany
The wines of Germany are among the most distinctive and diverse in the world. This European country produces a range of different wines, from crisp whites to full-bodied reds, each with its own unique style and flavour profile.
German Riesling is the most famous of all German wines, known for its various styles, complexity and extraordinary ageability. Other popular German grape varieties include Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir), Silvaner, Muller-Thurgau and more...
Germany's wine regions are famous for their picturesque landscapes and unique wine culture. The most prominent wine regions include Mosel, Nahe, Rheingau, Baden and Rheinhessen, all of which are located along the banks of the Rhine and Mosel rivers.
In recent years, the wines of Germany have gained increasing recognition and popularity among wine enthusiasts worldwide. With its unique winemaking techniques, indigenous grape varieties, and beautiful settings, Germany offers a unique and diverse range of wines.
A wine country that boasts many extraordinary wines, leading producers in this country include Jos Jos Prum, Keller, Dönnhoff, Markus Molitor and more...
Germany
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James Suckling (100)
A gently spicy thread here with all manner of fresh fruit that’s just so ripe. This offers very intense mangoes and apricots with peach essence and gentle candied kumquat. The palate is like a perfect sphere of flavor, completely seamless. This is melded together by an extraordinary vintage and delivered to the greatest heights of sweetness and balance. Really a perfect wine. Drink over decades.د.إ5,150.00 -
James Suckling (93)
A very classic dry Rheingau riesling with plenty of mineral depth, packed in a rather sleek body. Delicate white-fruit aromas with some yellow-peach and floral notes. Long and precise, dry finish, the freshness of which pulls you back for more. Drink or hold. Screw cap.د.إ891.00 -
James Suckling (99)
Ripe and golden with a subtle hint of oak in the nose, plus some delicate spice. Super concentrated and super elegant with fabulous minerality at the powerful finish, this astonishing dry riesling is only just beginning to come into its own. The first vintage from this sub-site of the Gräfenberg that the Weil family always called by this Italian name. Drink of hold.د.إ1,940.00 -
James Suckling (99)
This starts as discreetly as Ravel’s Bolero, the peachy aromas of the Rheingau now just beginning to emerge from behind their veil of yeast from the long maturation in barrel. Then this wine, like Bolero, steadily climbs to a very exciting and expressive conclusion. Then you experience the mineral side of this grape and region in great purity. Drinkable now, but best from 2023.د.إ1,720.00 -
Wine Advocate (96+)
From Bürgstadt’s coolish terroir, the 2019 Centgrafenberg Spätburgunder GG offers possibly the deepest, most intense and complete as well as generous bouquet of Fürst's 2019 Pinot trio, yet it still preserves this delicate, finessed and floral Pinot fruit that is reminiscent of dark cherries, black berries and raspberries with a touch of black cake, here combined with toasty notes. Silky, round and juicy on the palate, this is a full-bodied, very intense and concentrated yet lush and elegant Pinot with firm tannins and a tight, sustainably intense and salty finish with good mineral freshness. This is a highly promising Centgrafenberg that no Pinot lover should miss buying. Tasted in Wiesbaden in August 2021.د.إ3,880.00 -
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(6x75cl) 2020Jancis Robinson (16.5+)
Lightish crimson. Much more inviting on the nose compared with the Klingenberg. There's red fruit and a fresh stemmy note (60% whole bunch) that adds a lovely scent to the fruit. Peppery too. Light and a little sour-fruited on the palate, delicate tannins, taut and fresh and just a baby.د.إ1,790.00 -
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James Suckling (95)
The combination of cool, peachy aroma and flintiness makes the nose of this wine totally ravishing. Then, the brilliant minerality on the sleek and sharply focused palate adds another compelling argument for the greatness of this wine. Love the very long, crystalline finish. Drink or hold.د.إ795.00 -
James Suckling (94)
What a wide spectrum of ripe-fruit aromas this serious and delightful dry Rheingau riesling has! They range from a diversity of citrus, through persimmon to fresh pineapple and apricot. Concentrated, very elegant and focused on the medium-bodied palate, with tons of wet-stone minerality at the long, very filigree finish. Drink or hold.د.إ780.00 -
The ageing of Riesling in large, old oak casks for several years, was a style with a great tradition at Schloss Johannisberg hundreds of years ago. It was revived in 2017 and this now stands as the absolute pinnacle of Trocken wines produced. Made in tiny quantities and only in outstanding vintages, no scores or reviews yet available for the 2018 – what is sure is that these bottles will be long gone by the time the critics get to review them.د.إ666.00 -
James Suckling (100)
Tasting this makes me feel like Goethe is just about to walk in the door! Self-confidently old-fashioned in the way that a 1920s Bentley car or an 1820s Breguet pocket watch is. Yes, you can analyze and note that there’s an oxidative side to it, but the combination of creaminess and silky bone-dryness is like nothing else I can think of. And below the waterline of direct perception is a gigantic structure that drives the mind-blowing finish! Matured for 30 months in neutral wooden casks. Drinkable now, but best from 2024.د.إ7,160.00 -
James Suckling (100)
Prepare yourself to meet the spirit of great mineral dry riesling. Gigantic dried peach and dried pear notes, but even more flinty character. A wealth of dried herbs, too. Immense concentration of stony minerality that washes over you like a great wave. Matured for two and a half years in 1,200-liter used oak cases, the last year in the deepest and oldest section of the cellar. Drink or hold.د.إ3,455.00 -
James Suckling (100)
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James Suckling (99)
Very cool and reserved at the front, but this is an enormously deep and complex wine that has staggering mineral intensity. The lime and oolong-tea freshness effortlessly swallows up the unfermented grape sweetness, as if it didn’t really exist. Some will criticize, saying that this is too radical, but that’s what creates the great excitement! The herbal freshness at the finish is really astounding. Drinkable now, but best from 2023.د.إ828.00 -
James Suckling (96)
The complex nose of sliced pear, white peach and white currant with delicate floral notes pulls you into this very juicy and vibrant Spatlese that leaps and bounds over your palate, in spite of the frank natural grape sweetness. Then comes the radical minerality at the very focused, long and pristine finish. Drink or hold.د.إ922.00 -
James Suckling (97)
This is like staring into a deep chasm, yet the discreet mirabelle fruit gives that austere, bone-dry style enough charm to make it really compelling. Enormous crushed-rock minerality, with delicate spice and just a hint of oak on the compact yet sleek palate. This is an uncompromising expression of the Rheingau’s “back to the roots” movement that reveals its greatness at the extremely long and precise finish. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.د.إ1,695.00 -
(12x37.5cl) 2018Wine Advocate (99+)
Fermented in glass balloon for 22 months and bottled at the end of August this year, the 2018 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese is highly concentrated yet pure and spicy/stony on the apricot-scented nose that is enormously detailed and refined for this class. Enormously rich and juicy-piquant on the palate, this is a fantastically precise and stimulating TBA that will become a legend years from now. This is a perfectly balanced noble sweet wine with unreal precision. Picked with 201° Oechsle and bottled with nearly 7% alcohol, 318 grams of residual sugar and 11.5 grams of total acidity. Tasted from AP 22 20 in September 2020.د.إ10,675.00 -
Vinous (93)
White currant and quince jellies are joined by an Esszencia-like note of dried apricot and ominous, Eiswein-typical smokiness, nasal prickle and high-toned suggestion of apricot distillate. Tingling brightness animates the viscous palate, which is a bit less rich than that of the corresponding Auslese, no doubt reflecting the latter’s component of botrytis versus this bottling’s healthy bunches. The penetrating, searing, high-acid finishing impression displayed by the Auslese reaches a take-no-prisoners extreme here, and there is even more of a metallic sheen to the finish. Expect some excitement if you follow this audacious concentrate, but you might want to wear sunglasses... and don’t expect harmony.د.إ1,830.00 -
Indulge in the mystical allure of Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese Nr11 2015, an exquisite wine from the renowned, decades-old vineyards of Willi Schaefer, nestled in Germany's Mosel region. This charming Auslese Riesling, promising an exceptional taste profile, is a testament to the skilled winemaking tradition Schaefer embodies. The delightful complexities of its rich and bright mouthfeel bear the mark of high-quality Riesling grapes, hand-picked from mineral-rich, grey slate soils of the esteemed Graacher Domprobst. Decant it to explore the intoxicatingly fresh aroma of ripe stone fruits counterbalanced by salivating acidity and lingering sweetness, which compose its unbeatable harmony. The stimulating finish offers hints of stone and citrus. Revered wine enthusiasts globally venerate the Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese Nr11 2015 for its deft balance and impressive finesse – a beautifully structured wine that resonates deeply with the ethos of the legendary Schaefer estate.
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(6x75cl) 2017Experience the elegance of German craftsmanship with the Ziereisen Jaspis Pinot Noir 2017. This exquisite bottle hails from the Ziereisen estate, a small, family-owned winery in Baden, where innovative viticultural practices meet tradition. Handcrafted from 100% Pinot Noir grapes, this exquisite vinous offering is created in the Burgundian style. The wine undergoes open fermentation in used oak casks, highlighting the fruit concentration and complex layers of the native German Pinot Noir terroir. Select old vines yield low amounts of intensely flavoured fruits resulting in a wine of outstanding quality.
The Ziereisen Jaspis Pinot Noir 2017 declares itself with a dark yet vibrant garnet hue, promising a nose filled with ripe black cherries balanced by earthy undertones. On the palate, it reveals a complex constellation of flavours - structured tannins, balanced acidity and a phenomenally long finish. A must-have for fine wine collectors and a delightful discovery for enthusiasts of Pinot Noir's versatility.
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