Weine, Parker:

93/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide Deutschland 2017
Sehr mineralisch im Duft, nasser Schieferstein, in der Frucht noch zurückhaltend, am Gaumen wie Samt und Seide, nahtlos rund, reife Säure, Mineralik, seidiges Tannin, Süße # alles ist in eins geschmolzen. Nichts wirkt erzwungen und alles passt.

93/100 Punkte Robert Parker April 2018
From ungrafted vines planted on red slate in 1902, the 2016 Riesling (Longuich) Maximin Herrenberg "GG" opens with an intense and concentrated bouquet of ripe stone fruits intermixed with weathered slate aromas. Round, lush, crystalline and piquant on the palate, this is a powerful and aromatic Riesling with a firm but elegant and persistent structure. The acidity is fine but nervy, and the very good finish is compact and salty. A promising wine for the next 15 years.

93-95/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2013

92/100 Punkte Robert Parker Apr 2014
The Hirsch 2012 Riesling Heiligenstein favors piquantly herbal and bittersweet flower-chomping in a manner reminiscent of its little brother Zobing village bottling. Transparency of apple and white peach not only to these floral and herbal elements but to stony, crystalline nuances is a striking feature on this Riesling-s admittedly spare and decidedly firm but juicy palate. Altogether metaphorically cooler and more restrained as well as less mouthwateringly savory in finish than its Gaisberg counterpart, this Heiligenstein should also prove very worth following through 2020 and become yet more rewarding along the way.

90+/100 Punkte Robert Parker December 2018
The 2014 Reserve Blaufränkisch | Sankt Laurent (a 70-30 blend) is very spicy and peppery in its ripe and concentrated grated black fruit aromas. Silky and fresh on the lean but fleshy palate, the 2014 is more stringent and tannic than the floral and fresh 2016 or the smooth and charming 2015, but it shows good concentration and taut character. Tasted October 2018.

91/100 Punkte Robert Parker June 2019
There is a new red from the village of Villabuena de Álava, a warmer place that tends to deliver more Mediterranean wines than the cooler Rivas de Tereso, and the wines are gentler and rounder, with a touch of aromatic herbs. The 2016 Raposo is the first vintage produced from some old plots planted with old vines, Tempranillo with intense flavors (the old vines have other grapes, but they represent a very small percentage) fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in 3,000-liter oak vats for some 12 months.

92/100 Punkte Vinous Feb 2019
(raised in large, used French oak barrels) Deep, lurid ruby color. An expansive, highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red fruits, baking spices, tobacco and potpourri and smoky minerals, with a hint of licorice in the background. Sweet, seamless and penetrating on the palate, offering concentrated raspberry, cherry-cola and spicecake flavors that are underscored by a vein of juicy acidity. Smooth, even tannins build slowly on the impressively long finish, which strongly echoes the red fruit and floral notes.

93/100 Punkte Falstaff
Helles Goldgelb mit grünen Reflexen. Sehr lebendiges Perlenspiel. In der Nase feinblättrige Aromen nach weißen Blüten, unterlegt mit Nuancen von Honigäpfeln, Ananas und Nektarine. Saftiger, frischer Säurebogen, salzige Mineralik, elegant, extraktsüßer Nachhall mit Mandelnoten und feinen Gewürzanklängen, große Länge mit pfeffrigem Touch. (25% Arbanne, 25% Petit Meslier, 25% Blanc Vrai, 25% Chardonnay).

93/100 Punkte Parker Apr 2019
The latest release of Drappier's NV Brut Blanc de Quatre Blancs Quattuor#an unusual blend of Arbanne, Petite Meslier, Blanc Vrai and Chardonnay#opens in the glass with an attractive bouquet of honeycomb, crisp yellow orchard fruit, dried white flowers, marzipan and toasted walnuts. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, broad and crisply fleshy, with a deep core of fruit, an elegant pinpoint mousse and tangy balancing acids, concluding with a long, nutty finish. This is a terrific rendition of this rare bottling, and it's more than a mere curio; indeed, it's well worth seeking out.

91+/100 Punkte Robert Parker, August 2017
The 2015 Pouilly Fuisse Vers Cras comes from two hectares of 50-year-old vines that spends 12 months in cask and another four months in vat. It has a fresh and focused bouquet with subtle honeysuckle and beeswax aromas threaded through the citrus fruit. I appreciate the manner in which this unfolds with aeration. The palate is vibrant on the entry with good acidity but then the second half just seems a little simple by comparison. A wine of two halves, the first better than the second, but overall a very sound Pouilly-Fuissé Vers Cras that may well warrant a higher score in the future.

92/100 Punkte Robert Parker August 2016
The 2015 Planetes de Nin Blanc is a new white here produced with old local varieties, in reality a varietal of the almost nonexistent Cariñena Blanca. They were in search of a local white able to produce a varietal wine with low alcohol and good acidity, so they slowly regrafted almost one hectare of Cabernet Sauvignon from their Les Planetes vineyard with material found in an old vineyard. The whole clusters had a one-day soak, then pressed, then put to ferment with indigenous yeasts and the wine matured in oak barrels for some eight months. The 2015 is a lot more polished and sleek, round and precise, with good volume that somehow hides the minerality. However, there is no track record for this variety, and nobody really knows how the wine is going to evolve. 1,104 bottles were filled in June 2016.

94/100 Punkte Robert Parker, Feb 2019
The dark colored 2015 Jenins Pinot Noir Sélection Barrique is a bit shut down right now, but it indicates deep, ripe, refined and elegant fruit on the nose that keeps the flinty terroir aromas alive and doesn't dominate the bouquet. Rich and with a velvety texture, the 2015 reflects the warm year as well as the terroir that keeps the freshness and mineral vitality even in dry and sunny vintages like this. The finish is powerful and intense, very long but pure, fresh and salty as well. I'd keep the wine for another 2 or 3 years, but I suppose you can serve it for a decade. The finish shows such good concentration, tight structure and mineral tension. The tannins, by the way, are legion, but they are fine and polymerizing with body and texture. A great Swiss Pinot indeed, which I terribly underrated on a very hot August day in 2017, but I am happily generous (but fair) with the 2015 today. Tasted in January 2019.

18/20 Punkte Schweizerische Weinzeitung Dezember 2018

93/100 Punkte Robert Parker, Feb 2019
From deep soils, the 2016 Auvernier Pinot Noir displays a deep, very fine, pure and spicy bouquet of perfectly ripe dark fruits, crunchy cherry skins, cassis and even red berries with a kiss of mint and ivy notes. Silky, lush and elegant on the palate, with very fine tannins and delicate acidity, this is a full-bodied, intense and generous Pinot with firm tannins and concentrated dark fruit on the finish. This is still young and a bit austere, but the Auvernier most probably has greater aging potential and certainly more generosity than the Hauterive. It is a deep, dense and powerful Pinot without any hints of sweetness, charm or nougat. It's simply Pinot Noir at its best, and it's damned tight and salty as well as concentrated on the finish. A great Swiss Pinot indeed, though I will probably always prefer the mineral grip and tension of the Hauterive to the generosity of the Auvernier, which is the more famous wine of the two. Tasted in Febru

93/100 Punkte Robert Parker August 2019
The 2016 Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte Pinot Grigio Dessimis is classified as a white, but it is really a ramato, or copper in color, reflecting the real color of this grape's skins. Slightly reductive in nature, it brings out notes of cranberry and bright cassis with some white cherry as well. It was fermented in steel and aged on the lees in barrique. This is a very interesting wine that would make a good pairing with sliced porchetta. Exactly 52,286 bottles were released.

93/100 Punkte James Suckling, November 2018
Vivid peach pit, red guavas, cloves, dried rose petals, lavender, dried herbs and nutmeg. Full body, a very phenolic and oily texture with loads of red-apple flavors and a textured finish. Drink now.