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BEST OF German Sparkling Wine

16 Jun, 21

of Marcus Hofschuster in Tasting

Until not so long ago, the German sparkling wine world was essentially divided in two: into mass-produced goods of the simplest quality, which in most cases were only enjoyable at all because of the omnipresent sweetness, and into a misunderstanding called Winzersekt. Misunderstanding because most producers did not understand sparkling wine as much other than wine with carbonic acid. If one was lucky, the basic wines for it were at least not rejects, but one was by no means always lucky.

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The first category is still a sugary misery, and that will hardly ever change. Far too many people don't care what they drink as long as it costs as little as possible. But anyone who has let the taste of sweet papier-mâché, which usually characterises this stuff, completely spoil their sparkling wine consumption is depriving themselves of some of the most fabulous pleasures the German wine scene has to offer.

For sparkling wine in Germany today is much more than just sparkling wine. Over the past 20 years, the world of sparkling wine in the country has been revolutionised, tentatively at first, then ever more rapidly. This trend was mainly founded by a few newly established sparkling wine houses that dedicated themselves exclusively to the production of top-quality sparkling wine. Many of them produced and continue to produce first-class sparkling wine not only for their own portfolio, but also as contract producers for many winegrowers with the ambition to counter the best wines of Champagne with something adequate from their own vineyards.

More and more often, both specialised sparkling wine houses and winemakers who produce their own sparkling wine, from the base wine to the degorgement, are succeeding in doing so. Associations like "Die Sektmacher" (The Sparkling Wine Makers) make it clear how great the passion for sophisticated sparklers has become in the meantime. The members of this group alone make up a significant proportion of the winning wines in our list. These are substantial and profound top sparkling wines with creamy perlage as well as finesse and a complexity that can only come from excellent base wines deliberately raised to produce sparkling wine from sites suitable for it in combination with a long lees ageing in the bottle. And that is much more than just wine with carbonic acid.

We have tasted more than 200 German sparkling wines in recent months. These also include the special category Petillant Naturel (PetNat), which finishes fermenting in the bottle without the addition of sugar and yeast and is not degorged before sale, i.e. remains yeast-cloudy. We present the best results here. Links to all wines with detailed tasting notes as well as their producers can be found at the end of the best lists.

BEST OF German Sparkling Wine Sparkling wine without vintage

Sekthaus BurkhardtSchür — Franconia/Franken Bürgstadt Brut Nature Blanc de Noirs 32.00 €

Sekthaus BurkhardtSchür — Baden Brut Nature Blanc de Meuniers 36.00 €

Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. v. Bassermann-Jordan GmbH — Brut "Margrit" Rosé 90 WP excellent 29.90 €

Reinecker Privat-Sektkellerei — Baden Réserve Brut "Cuvée Classic" 21.00 €

Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. v. Bassermann-Jordan GmbH — Brut "Pierre" 89 WP very good 22.50 €

Weingut Rothe — Franconia/Franken Brut Nature "Muscaris Sekt" 88 WP very good 15.00 €

Sekthaus BurkhardtSchür — Brut Rosé 24.00 €

Sekthaus BurkhardtSchür — Brut Blanc de Noirs 24.00 €

Patrizierhof - Weingut Gasthof Hotel - Familie Grebner — Franconia/Franken Brut Anno 1482, Edition Cuntzmann 88 WP very good 16.00 €

Weingut Espenhof / Nico Espenschied — Rheinhessen Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs, "Lena Marie" 88 WP very good 18.00 €

Weingut Schwedhelm — Zellertal Brut "Blanc de Blancs" 88 WP very good

Weingut K.J. Thul — Mosel Weißburgunder Zero Dosage 12.50 €

Weingut Becker-Steinhauer — Mosel Riesling Brut

Reinecker Privat-Sektkellerei — Baden Chardonnay Brut "Blanc de Blancs" 16.00 €

KvD Strauch Sektmanufaktur GmbH — Rheinhessen Mettenheim Michelsberg Extra Brut "Vieilles Vignes"

Wein und Sektgut F.B. Schönleber — Riesling Extra Brut 14.00 €

Sekthaus BurkhardtSchür — Baden Brut Blanc de Blancs 30.00 €

Reinecker Privat-Sektkellerei — Baden Brut Rosé 15.00 €

Wein und Sektgut F.B. Schönleber — Riesling Brut Nature 14.00 €

Weingut Reuscher-Haart — Mosel Riesling Brut Nature 87 WP very good 11.00 €

Weingut Gabel — Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs 87 WP very good 18.50 €

Weingut Landmann — Baden Brut Crémant Pinot & Chardonnay 13.90 €

Link to all sparkling wines without vintage

BEST OF German Sparkling Wine Rosé sparkling wine

Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. v. Bassermann-Jordan GmbH — Brut "Margrit" Rosé 90 WP excellent 29.90 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2016 Extra Brut Rosé 23.00 €

Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl GmbH — 2017 Brut Rosé 18.90 €

DIVINO eG — Franconia/Franken 2018 Pinot Noir Brut Rosé 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Sektmanufaktur Schloss VAUX AG — 2017 Brut Rosé Réserve (Deg.: 24.11.2020) 88 WP very good 26.00 €

Sekthaus BurkhardtSchür — Brut Rosé 24.00 €

Weingut Reinhardt — 2016 Brut Nature Prestige, Rosé (Deg.: 11/2020) 88 WP very good 20.00 €

Weingut Franz Keller — Baden 2016 Brut "Pinot Rosé" (Deg. 3/2020) 88 WP very good 16.00 €

Weingut Dr. Wehrheim — 2017 Brut Rosé 87 WP very good 18.80 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2015 Réserve Brut "Rosé" 87 WP very good 22.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2018 Brut Rosé 16.00 €

Reinecker Privat-Sektkellerei — Baden Brut Rosé 15.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2017 Brut Rosé 15.50 €

Wein und Sektgut Bamberger — Nahe 2016 Brut Nature Pinot Rosé (Deg.: 02/2021) 87 WP very good 19.00 €

Link to all Rosé sparkling wines

BEST OF German sparkling wine PetNat

Weingut Espenhof / Nico Espenschied — Rheinhessen 2017 Scheurebe Brut Nature "Weisse Brause" 89 WP very good 15.00 €

Weingut Hemberger — Franconia/Franken 2019 Silvaner Brut Nature PET NAT 87 WP very good 13.00 €

Weingut Weinreich — 2018 "Perlen vor die Säue" 87 WP very good 18.00 €

Weingut Meierer — Mosel 2018 Riesling "OMG!" 16.90 €

Weingut Riffel — 2019 "Pet nat" 18.90 €

Weingut Albrecht Schwegler — 2019 "Endless Summer" 87 WP very good 16.50 €

Link to all PetNat

BEST OF German sparkling wine Vintage Sparkling Wine

Schloßgut Diel — Nahe 2009 Brut Nature "Prestige Cuvée MO" 93 WP excellent

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2011 Réserve Brut Nature "Pinot Kirchenstück" 92 WP excellent 36.00 €

Weingut Braunewell — Rheinhessen 2013 Brut Nature "GRANDE ANNÈE" (Deg.:08/2020) 92 WP excellent 35.00 €

Battenfeld-Spanier — Rheinhessen 2011 Extra Brut Vintage Blanc de Blancs 92 WP excellent 40.00 €

Frank John-Das Hirschhorner Weinkontor — 2011 Riesling Brut "100" (Deg.:02/21) 91 WP excellent 110.00 €

Schloßgut Diel — Nahe 2013 Riesling Réserve Extra Brut 91 WP excellent

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2013 Riesling Dosage zero Réserve 50.00 €

Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl GmbH — 2015 Brut Nature "Suez Vintage" 29.90 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2012 Chardonnay Réserve Brut 90 WP excellent 31.00 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2012 Réserve Brut "Blanc de Blancs" 90 WP excellent 27.00 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — 2013 Brut Nature Pinot "ultra" 89 WP very good 30.00 €

Schloßgut Diel — Nahe 2009 Dorsheim Goldloch Extra Brut VDP.Grosse Lage 90 WP excellent

Weingut Braunewell — Rheinhessen 2013 Brut Nature "Pinot Prestige" (Deg.:12/2020) 90 WP excellent 35.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2015 Dosage zero Grande Cuvée 31.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2016 Brut Nature "Pinot Prestige" 25.00 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — 2014 Hattenheim Schützenhaus Riesling VDP.Erste Lage Brut Nature 90 WP excellent 36.00 €

Weingut Franz Keller — Baden 2014 Brut Nature "Grande Cuvée" (Deg. 11/2019) 90 WP excellent 32.00 €

Weingut Braunewell — Rheinhessen 2014 Brut Nature "Pinot Prestige" (Deg.:1/2020) 90 WP excellent 20.00 €

Weingut May — Franconia/Franken 2017 Retzstadt Langenberg Silvaner Brut 89 WP very good 24.00 €

Sektkellerei Bardong GbR — 2001 Riesling Brut Réserve

Sektkellerei Bardong GbR — 2015 Assmannshausen Hinterkirch Brut Blanc de Noir

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — 2015 Hattenheim Schützenhaus Riesling VDP.Erste Lage Brut Nature 89 WP very good 36.00 €

Weingut Reinhardt — 2015 Chardonnay Brut Nature Réserve (Deg.: 11/2020) 89 WP very good 32.00 €

Frank John-Das Hirschhorner Weinkontor — 2015 Riesling Brut "50" (Deg.:07/20) 89 WP very good 42.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2018 Brut "Blanc de Blancs" 17.00 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2015 Brut Nature Cuvée "Katharina" 89 WP very good 19.50 €

Weingut Braunewell — Rheinhessen 2017 Brut Nature "Blanc de Blancs" (Deg.: 12/2020) 89 WP very good 19.00 €

Sektmanufaktur Schloss VAUX AG — 2016 Geisenheim Rothenberg Riesling Brut 89 WP very good

Weingut Greiner — Baden 2018 Brut Nature Zero Dosage 89 WP very good 25.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2016 Extra Brut Rosé 23.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2016 Chardonnay Brut Nature "Prestige" 25.00 €

Weingut Werther-Windisch — Rheinhessen 2015 Silvaner Dosage zero Up to 18.00 €

Weingut Braunewell — Rheinhessen 2013 Blanc de Blancs "GRANDE ANNÈE" 89 WP very good 35.00 €

Wein und Sektgut Bamberger — Nahe 2009 Riesling Brut Nature "DECADE - I" (Deg.: 02/2020) 89 WP very good 68.00 €

Weingut Wilhelmshof — 2015 Brut "Pinot B Privé" 24.00 €

Weingut Wilhelmshof — 2017 Riesling Extra Brut 13.00 €

Weingut Heid — 2016 Pinot Noir Brut Nature "Melchisedec" 89 WP very good 20.00 €

Weingut am Stein - Ludwig Knoll — Franconia/Franken 2016 Extra Brut Pinot Cuvée "Ludwig's" 89 WP very good 28.00 €

Weingut Wilhelm Zähringer — Baden 2016 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs 88 WP very good 25.00 €

Sektkellerei Bardong GbR — 2013 Erbach Honigberg Riesling Extra Brut

Sektkellerei Bardong GbR — 2014 Erbach Marcobrunn Riesling Extra Brut

Weingut Weinreich — Rheinhessen 2015 Bechtheim Brut "Pinot" 88 WP very good 23.50 €

Weingut Reinhardt — 2016 Brut Nature Prestige, Rosé (Deg.: 11/2020) 88 WP very good 20.00 €

Wein und Sektgut Bamberger — Nahe 2015 Riesling Brut Nature (Deg.: 02/2021) 88 WP very good 19.00 €

Frank John-Das Hirschhorner Weinkontor — 2017 Riesling Brut "36" (Deg.:04/21) 88 WP very good 22.50 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2018 Brut "Blanc de Noirs" 16.00 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2014 Brut Cuvée "Marie-Luise" 88 WP very good 19.50 €

Sektmanufaktur Schloss VAUX AG — 2017 Brut Rosé Réserve (Deg.: 24.11.2020) 88 WP very good 26.00 €

Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl GmbH — 2017 Brut Rosé 18.90 €

DIVINO eG — Franconia/Franken 2016 Brut Nature "PRIMO" 88 WP very good 27.00 €

DIVINO eG — Franconia/Franken 2018 Pinot Noir Brut Rosé 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Weingut Mohr KG — 2015 Lorch Krone Riesling Brut Nature Grande Réserve 88 WP very good 30.00 €

Wein und Sektgut Bamberger — Nahe 2012 Brut Nature Cuvée Pinot, Réserve 88 WP very good 29.50 €

Weingut Wilhelmshof — 2017 Brut "Blanc de Noirs" 17.00 €

Peter Vogel — Franconia/Franken 2018 Brut Nature "sickimicki" 21.00 €

Weingut May — Franconia/Franken 2015 Retzstadt Langenberg Silvaner Brut 88 WP very good 18.00 €

Weingut Siegloch — 2016 Brut Nature "Pinot R" (Deg.: 08/19) 88 WP very good 16.50 €

Weingut Franz Keller — Baden 2016 Brut "Blanc de Blancs" (Deg. 11/2019) 88 WP very good 16.00 €

Weingut Franz Keller — Baden 2016 Brut "Pinot Rosé" (Deg. 3/2020) 88 WP very good 16.00 €

Weingut Braunewell — Rheinhessen 2016 Chardonnay Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs (Deg.:1/2020) 88 WP very good 17.50 €

Weingut Gregor & Thomas Schätzle — Baden 2014 Brut Nature "Pinot & Chardonnay", (Deg.: 13.03.2020) 88 WP very good 20.00 €

Weingut Ratzenberger — 2014 Bacharach Riesling Brut 15.40 €

Weingut Jägle — Baden 2017 Brut Cremant 88 WP very good 12.30 €

Link to all vintage sparkling wines

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