The great art of Silvaner, especially in hot years, is to keep the alcohol in check and still achieve wines with expression, complexity and depth. This was often achieved in 2018, but not always. It is noticeable that the nominally smaller wines are often hardly inferior to the top wines, sometimes even surpassing them in terms of finesse and elegance - and thus drinking pleasure. Thus, the selection at the top end of our selection is noticeably smaller this year than last year. Just below and far into the middle, however, Silvaner lovers can expect a long list of very convincing wines at often very consumer-friendly prices.
Philipp Luckert
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A number of producers are now launching their top wines on the market a year late. In principle, we welcome this step, since it is precisely the top quality wines that are not made to be enjoyed in their early youth. However, not all of the 2017 wines released this year convinced us as much as we would have expected. Although we tasted the wines several times on different days, as always, we are unsure whether we have not caught them in a completely unwell phase. We will therefore taste many of them again in due course.
In total, we tasted over 250 Silvaner for this BEST OF, the vast majority from Germany, but also individual wines from South Tyrol and Austria. As always, you can find the best here and as PDF. Links to all results with detailed descriptions as well as the producers can be found by clicking on the vintage headings.
- 93WP Maustal GG, Zehnthof Luckert
- 93WP Ab Ovo, Rainer Sauer
- 92WP Himmelspfad GG, May
- 92WP Am Lumpen 1655 GG, Horst Sauer
- 92WP Küchenmeister GG "Hoheleite", Weltner
- 91WP Langenberg VDP.Erste Lage, May
- 91WP Stein GG, Knoll
- 91WP Am Lumpen 1655 GG, Rainer Sauer
- 90WP Pfülben GG, Schmitt's children
- 90WP Stein GG, Staatlicher Hofkeller
- 90WP Kallmuth GG "Asphodill", Prince Löwenstein
- 90WP Rothlauf GG, May
- 90WP "Vinz Old Vines", Knoll
- 90WP Stein-Harfe GG, Bürgerspital
- 90WP Am Lumpen 1655 GG, Zur Schwane
- 90WP "Der Schäfer" VDP.Erste Lage, May
- 90WP Hohnart VDP.Erste Lage, Princely Castell's Domain Office
- 90WP Probstey, Thörle
- 90WP Old Vines "#nofilter", Neumeister
- 89WP Sonnenberg "Yellow Lime", Zehnthof Luckert
- 89WP Am Lumpen 1655 GG, Fröhlich
- 89WP Pfaffenberg VDP.Erste Lage, Bürgerspital
- 89WP Rossthalber VDP.Erste Lage, May
- 89WP Nierstein VDP.Aus Ersten Lagen, Schätzel
- 89WP Vögelein "Noble Vine", Rudloff
- 89WP Hohen-Sülzen VDP.Local Wine "Leopold", Battenfeld-Spanier
- 89WP Lump VDP.Erste Lage "S", Horst Sauer
- 89WP Kronsberg VDP.Erste Lage "Old Vines - Trias", Ruck
- 88WP Stein "Grenzstein", Höfling
- 88WP Saulheim "Limestone", Thörle
- 88WP Gau-Algesheim VDP.local wine "Terrassen", Bischel
- 88WP Würzburg VDP.local wine, Bürgerspital
- 88WP Marsberg "Old Vines", Bardorf
- 88WP Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT, Garlider
- 88WP Westhofen "Old Vines - pour toujours", Wechsler
- 88WP Rödelsee VDP.local wine, Weltner
- 88WP Innere Leiste VDP.Erste Lage, Büergerspital
- 88WP "Barrel 27", Bastian Hamdorf
- 88WP Lump VDP.Erste Lage, Rainer Sauer
- 88WP Heller Berg VDP.Erste Lage "G", Roth
- 88WP Julius-Echter-Berg VDP.Erste Lage "Trias", Ruck
- 88WP Fürstenberg VDP.Erste Lage, Schäffer
- 88WP Escherndorf VDP.local wine "Muschelkalk", Rainer Sauer
- 88WP Fürstenberg VDP.Erste Lage "S", Horst Sauer (Blauer Silvaner)
- 88WP "Kalb Alte Reben", Ilmbacher Hof
- 88WP Küchenmeister VDP.Erste Lage, Juliusspital
- 88WP Sonnenstuhl Spätlese dry "Old Vines", Schmachtenberger
- 88WP Kalb VDP.Erste Lage "Trias", Ruck
- 88WP Teufelskeller VDP.Erste Lage, State Hofkeller
- 88WP Nackenheim VDP.Aus Ersten Lagen "x.t.", Gunderloch
- 88WP "Tempus et Spatium", Borst
- 88WP Lump, Braun
- 88WP Stein VDP.Erste Lage, Knoll
- 88WP Kronsberg VDP.Erste Lage, Juliusspital
- 88WP Stein VDP.Erste Lage, Juliusspital
- 88WP Altenberg, Heid
- 91WP Julius-Echter-Berg GG, Juliusspital
- 91WP Julius-Echter-Berg GG "Trias", Ruck
- 90WP "Indigenius", Rothe
- 90WP Johannisberg GG "Rothlauf", Bickel-Stumpf
- 89WP Am Lumpen 1655 GG, Schäffer
- 89WP Kronsberg GG, Wirsching
- 89WP Julius-Echter-Berg GG, Wirsching
- 89WP Lump VDP.Erste Lage "Mash", Horst Sauer
- 89WP VDP. estate wine "Sehnsucht", Horst Sauer
- 88WP "Old Vines", Roth
- 88WP Ratsherr GG, Zur Schwane
- 88WP Küchenmeister "The Kitchen Master", Weigand
- 88WP Lump VDP.Erste Lage, Schäffer
- 88WP Landsknecht Spätlese dry "Gässberg", Leipold
- 88WP Sonnenstuhl GG "Konsequent R", Dry Schmitts
- 88WP Stein GG, Juliusspital
- 88WP Mönchshof GG, Bickel-Stumpf
- 90WP 2016 Schlossberg GG, Fürstlich Castell'sches Domänenamt
- 89WP 2016 Réserve, Riffel
- 88WP 2016 Lützeltalerberg "Carus Granit", Giegerich
- 88WP 2016 "Fass N°1", Dahm
- 88WP 2012 Langenberg "Recis 1963", May
