Caro Maurer MW, Mark Dearing and Stefan Neumann tasted 74 wines with 8 Outstanding and 31 Highly recommended.
German dry Riesling: Panel tasting scores
74 wines tasted
Exceptional 0
Outstanding 8
Highly recommended 31
Recommended 26
Commended 8
Fair 1
Poor 0
Entry criteria: producer-members of the VDP organisation and UK agents were invited to submit their latest-release, dry Grosses Gewächs Riesling wines from any German region.
Riesling acts as a kind of medium: a mediator between origin and grape variety. In the best examples, the delicate Riesling aromas bear witness to the terroir within which each wine is produced – and also to the vintage, as was shown in this panel tasting, which featured a constellation of Grosses Gewächs (‘GG’) Riesling wines of varying styles.
Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores from the German dry Riesling panel tasting
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German dry Riesling panel tasting scores
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{"wineId":"72317","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72318","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72319","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72320","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72321","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72322","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72323","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72324","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72325","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72326","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72330","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72327","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72332","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72334","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72328","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72329","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72331","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72333","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72335","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72336","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72337","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72338","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72339","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72340","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72341","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72342","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"72343","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{}
The judges
Caro Maurer MW is a German wine writer and WSET- and MW-level educator. A DWWA Regional Chair, she also contributes to Bonn’s daily newspaper General-Anzeiger and food and wine magazine Der Feinschmecker.
Mark Dearing is a wine buyer for London-based merchant and importer Justerini & Brooks, where his responsibilities include Germany as well as several other major wine nations and regions.
Stefann Neumann is an independent Master Sommelier who runs his own wine consultancy. A DWWA Regional Chair, he has many years of experience working in the world of Michelin-starred restaurants, and in 2023 launched an online blind tasting course to help students pass their wine exams.
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