The results of the Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2018 - Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings - were published in the February 2019 issue of Der Feinschmecker, Germany's leading gourmet journal.
Der Feinschmecker: The Riesling Cup 2018 goes to Britta and Martin Korell, Weingut Korell-Johanneshof, Nahe for theit 2017 Von den Grossen Lagen Riesling trocken, Korell-Johanneshof, Nahe. Congratulations!
Dry Riesling in Germany
There are approximately 47,000 hectares planted with Riesling worldwide. Germany—with 22,500 hectares—accounts for about half of the total. From a global perspective, Riesling is a niche grape variety, accounting for less than 1% of world wine production. From a global perspective, it is the fruity-sweet style (with the fermentation stopped so that the wine remains sweet and the level of alcohol low) and the rare noble-sweet style (lusciously sweet wines due to noble rot or frost in the vineyard) that are receiving the attention of the connoisseurs of premium wines.
Dry Riesling has played a minor role in the world of wine, but this is changing. The Rieslings from Alsace and Austria, both considerably smaller producers of Riesling than Germany (Alsace produces approximately 15% and Austria approximately 7% of what Germany produces), have always been in the dry category (although the Rieslings from Alsace have shown a trend toward an increasing level of remaining sweetness in the wine over the past decades), and, importantly, Germany, the dominating Riesling force in the world, has undergone a major trans-formation in the past 40 years: The fruity-sweet Rieslings have been crowded out from the wine lists in Germany, while the “dry wave”—“Trockenwelle”—has swept the country. When you go to a wine bar, wine store, or restaurant in say Frankfurt, Berlin, or Munich, it is very difficult to find a fruity-sweet Riesling. The wine lists are dominated by dry Riesling.
Der Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2018 - Top 15 Dry Rieslings
2017 Von den Grossen Lagen Riesling trocken, Korell-Johanneshof, Nahe
2017 Königsbacher Riesling trocken Erste Lage, A. Christmann, Pfalz
2017 Auf der Mauer Riesling trocken, Bassermann-Jordan, Pfalz
2017 Trittenheimer Apotheke Riesling Spätlese trocken, Ernst Clüsserath, Mosel
2017 Lorchhausen Seligmacher Riesling trocken, August Kesseler, Rheingau
2017 Niersteiner Pettenthal Riesling trocken, Manz, Rheinhessen
2017 Eierfels Riesling trocken, Diel, Nahe
2017 Herrenberg Riesling trocken Grosses Gewächs, Maximin Grünhaus, Mosel/ Ruwer
2017 Trittenheimer Apotheke Riesling trocken Grosses Gewächs, Grans-Fassian, Mosel
Pictures: In the Vineyards with Caroline Diel and Anouk. See:Tasting with Sylvain Taurisson Diel at Schlossgut Diel, Nahe– Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014) 2017 Brauneberg Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling trocken Grosses Gewächs, Fritz Haag, Mosel
2017 Johannisberger Mittelhölle Riesling trocken Erstes Gewächs, Trenz, Rheingau
2017 Laumersheimer Kirschgarten Riesling trocken Grosses Gewächs, Philipp Kuhn, Pfalz
2017 Devon S Riesling trocken, Toni Jost, Mittelrhein
2017 Hipping Riesling trocken Grooses Gewächs, Gunderloch, Rheinhessen
2017 Muschelkalk Riesling trocken, Friedrich Becker, Pfalz
Previous Feinschmecker Riesling Cup Winners
For previous years, see on schiller-wine:
Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2017
Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2016
Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings - Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2015: Dönnhoff Rules! The Nahe Rules!
Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2014
Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2013
Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2012
Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings - Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2011
The 11 Top German Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker German Riesling Cup 2010 (Vintage 2009)
The 13 Top German Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker German Riesling Cup 2009 (Vintage 2008)
Riesling Cup 2009 - Germany's Top Dry 2007 Rieslings
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