Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
There is a warmth to this version, from hints of brown spices framing notes of peach and apple fruit, to the supple texture and well-integrated acidity. This is firm, crisp and lingers on the salty finish. Drink now through 2030.
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James Suckling
Some people say the wines from the volcanic soils of the Nahe are difficult to understand, but this is a joyful, almost dry riesling with considerable mineral depth at the bold finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2019 Riesling Porphyr is another excellent wine from Schlossböckelheim's volcanic terroirs, namely the Felsen and the Königsfels single-vineyard sites. Bottled with a bit of unfermented sugar, which makes it a demi-sec, the wine opens with the typical flinty and fruity bouquet that is almost irresistible. The attack on the palate is so charmingly finessed as well as juicy that you and your guests will definitely like it immediately. This is an easy-drinking and absolutely enjoyable Riesling from porphyry soils, and it reveals delicate grip and salinity on the finish without being all too complex. The Porphyr is a star in Germany as well as in Norway.
Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining its identity. A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, this versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Somm Secret—Given how difficult it is to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling from the label, here are some clues to find the dry ones. First, look for the world “trocken.” (“Halbtrocken” or “feinherb” mean off-dry.) Also a higher abv usually indicates a drier Riesling.
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