Willi Schaefer

This has a wicked reductive edge now, so either don’t touch this for a long time, or let it open up in the glass (or, yes, decanter!). When it does...

The pure and utterly refined nose delivers an elegant aromatic constellation of white cherries, pears, a beautiful base of slate, a youthful hint of petrol, vanilla bean and a topnote...

What is impressive here is how crystalline the Riesling flows over the palate. The wine, which is matured in old wooden barrels, takes time and only shows subtle lemony fruits...