Right from the start, wine lovers and experts alike were not quite in agreement about the 2016 vintage. The reactions ranged from unfounded enthusiasm to complete rejection. In fact, the range of qualities is wider than ever.
General judgements about a vintage are generally difficult or even nonsensical, but in this case they are completely impossible. The year undoubtedly holds some disappointments in store, and some wines are simply not as good as in the best years, but they are still very good. At the same time, however, we have tasted some of the greatest dry Rieslings we have ever encountered. The best wines of the vintage combine expressiveness with elegance and finesse in a way that we have hardly experienced even in the best vintages of the last decades.
However, this has only limited to do with the vintage and its conditions. Rather, at the top of German viticulture there is now an elite of winemakers for whom no effort seems great enough and no goal too ambitious. And they are becoming more and more numerous. German wine patriots are always quick to use the term "world class". Sometimes too quickly. Here it's true.
We have tasted around 1300 dry German Rieslings in the last few months, of which we can present to you here and as PDF only the absolute top. It is therefore well worth taking a closer look at the other results. Links to all wines with a rating of 80 points or more can be found at the end of the list, sorted by region.
- 100WP Pettenthal GG, Keller
- 99WP Idig GG, Christmann
- 98WP Ölberg-Hart GG "Chapel", Christmann
- 97WP Morstein GG, Cellar
- 97WP "La Borne" Old Vines, Wittmann
- 97WP Pechstein GG, von Buhl
- 97WP Rottland GG, Ress
- 96WP Brunnenhäuschen GG, Wittmann
- 96WP Saumagen GG, Rings
- 96WP Kirchenstück GG, Bassermann-Jordan
- 96WP Gräfenberg GG, Weil
- 95WP Jesuitengarten GG, Bassermann-Jordan
- 95WP Niersteiner local wine, Keller
- 95WP Schäwer GG, Minges
- 95WP Pechstein GG, von Winning
- 95WP Wisselbrunnen GG, Ress
- 95WP Morstein GG, Wittmann
- 95WP Auf der Lay GG, Emrich-Schönleber
- 94+WP Halenberg GG, Emrich-Schönleber
- 94WP Ungeheuer GG, Bassermann-Jordan
- 94WP Felseneck GG, Schäfer-Fröhlich
- 94WP Rothenberg GG, Gunderloch
- 94WP Pittermännchen GG, Diel
- 94WP Frühlingsplätzchen, Emrich-Schönleber
- 94WP Nußbrunnen GG, Ress
- 94WP Kieselberg GG, von Buhl
- 94WP Hohenmorgen GG, Bassermann-Jordan
- 94WP Uhlen GG "L", Heymann-Löwenstein
- 94WP Ungeheuer GG, von Winning
- 94WP Kalkofen GG, Bassermann-Jordan
- 94WP Abtsberg GG, Maximin Grünhaus
- 93+WP Uhlen GG "B", Heymann-Löwenstein
- 93WP Engelmannsberg Erste Lage, Ress
- 93WP Ölberg Erste Lage, Christmann
- 93WP Scharlachberg, Bischel
- 93WP Halenberg GG, Schäfer-Fröhlich
- 93WP Pettenthal GG, Kühling-Gillot
- 93WP Kirchenstück GG, von Winning
- 93WP Maustal GG, Luckert
- 93WP Langenberg GG, Diefenhardt
- 93WP Reiterpfad GG, von Buhl
- 93WP Juffer-Sonnenuhr GG, Fritz Haag
- 93WP Pechstein GG, Bassermann-Jordan
- 93WP Kupfergrube GG, Schäfer-Fröhlich
- 93WP Felsenberg GG, Gut Hermannsberg
- 93WP Kirschgarten GG, Kuhn
- 93WP Michelsberg GG, Karl Schaefer
- 93WP Jesuitengarten GG, von Winning
- 93WP Rotenberg GG, Gut Hermannsberg
- 93WP Röttgen GG, Heymann-Löwenstein
- 93WP Herrenberg GG, von Schubert
- 93WP Kirchspiel GG, Wittmann
- 93WP Rothenberg GG "rootless", Kühling-Gillot
- 93WP Weilberg GG, Rings
- 92WP Stolzenberg GG, Heymann-Löwenstein
- 92WP Schlenzenberg GG, Diefenhardt
- 92WP Herrenberg GG, Fitz-Ritter
- 92WP Mandelgarten-Meerspinne GG, Christmann
- 92WP Königsbacher Local Wine, Christmann
- 92WP Hell - Lower Faulenberg GG, Minges
- 92WP Goldtröpfchen "Adam & Haart", A. J. Adam
- 92WP Stein GG, am Stein
- 92WP Bürgergarten "Im Breumel", Müller-Catoir
- 92WP Hermannshöhle, Dönnhoff
- 92WP Felsenberg GG "Felsentürmchen", Dönnhoff
- 92WP Klosterberg Erste Lage, Kühn
- 92WP Zellerweg am Schwarzen Herrgott GG, Battenfeld-Spanier
- 92WP Hipping GG, Gunderloch
- 92WP Pettenthal GG, Gunderloch
- 92WP Langenmorgen GG, von Winning
- 92WP Johannisberg Castle GG, Johannisberg Castle
- 92WP Im Sonnenschein GG, Rebholz
- 92WP Freundstück GG, Bassermann-Jordan
- 92WP Grainhübel GG, Bassermann-Jordan
- 92WP Pechstein GG, Mosbacher
- 92WP Pfülben GG, Schmitt's children
- 92WP Ungeheuer GG, von Buhl
- 92WP Stromberg GG, Schäfer-Fröhlich
- 92WP Seligmacher GG, Kesseler
- 92WP Aulerde GG, Wittmann
- 96WP St. Nikolaus GG, Kühn
- 95WP Kirchenstück GG, von Buhl
- 94WP Doosberg GG, Kühn
- 94WP Hermannsberg GG, Gut Hermannsberg
- 94WP Hassel GG, Barth
- 94WP Johannisberg Castle GG, Johannisberg Castle
- 93WP Rottland GG, Ress
- 93WP Bastei GG, Hermannsberg Estate
- 93WP Goldloch GG, Diel
- 92WP "Privy Councillor J", Wegeler
- 92WP Kupfergrube GG, Gut Hermannsberg
- 92WP Jungfer, Georg Müller Foundation
- 92WP Stein GG "Hagemann", Bürgerspital
All wines sorted by region
