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In the meantime, the picture looks quite different. Today we find a multitude of exciting, juicy Kabinets with a strong character that have retained their filigree despite substance and expressiveness. They can still be drunk alongside without effort, but they have long since ceased to be subscribed to only supporting roles. Almost inevitably, they rarely have the depth and complexity of higher ratings (which is why we don't want to join in the top-rated carnival of some colleagues), but that doesn't detract from the pleasure they give - which is perhaps greater than ever. Wines of this style are unique worldwide anyway.
The higher sweet and noble sweet predicates, on the other hand, seem to have fallen somewhat behind in the public eye. Yet 2018 is once again a first-class year, especially for high predicates, which this year turned out to be extremely concentrated and brilliantly pure-toned from the good producers. Dessert wine fans should definitely stock up on 18s.
We tasted almost 600 sweet and noble sweet wines of different grape varieties from Germany last year. For this BEST OF we have taken into account all wines with 20 grams or more of residual sugar, which is why bottlings under the somewhat imprecise term "feinherb" (abbreviated as "fh" in the following) are also on our list, which, as always, there are also as PDF there are. Links to all the wines tasted can be found by clicking on the headings.
All wines are Rieslings, unless otherwise stated.