The terroir-driven, expressive and mouthwatering nature of Riesling make this grape selection a standard favorite amongst wine specialists.
Exact, with a breadth of high quality and elegance, Riesling wines proceed to excite the Decanter World Wine Awards judges, and never simply these from basic areas equivalent to Germany’s Mosel or Wachau in Austria.
Scroll right down to see the top-scoring Riesling wines from DWWA 2021
On the 2021 competitors, high outcomes ranged from San Antonio in Chile to Moravia, Czech Republic. And, with Gold medal winners retasted a minimal of 3 times – the Platinum & 50 Finest in Present much more – outcomes from DWWA supply a definitive information to excellent high quality throughout the globe.
Whereas nice Riesling kinds vary from glowing to candy, discover right here a number of the top-scoring dry to medium-dry Riesling wines awarded throughout eight international locations, with some scrumptious surprises to be found.
A world discovery of Riesling with 15 top-scoring wines
Australia
Gatt, Single Winery, Excessive Eden, Eden Valley, South Australia 2013
96 Gold
gattwines.com
Inviting citrus, toast and natural aromatics. Concentrated contemporary citrus and golden fruit on the palate, juicy and mouthwatering. Very concentrated, moreish and lengthy. Pretty wine. Alcohol 12%
Kilikanoon, Mort’s Reserve Watervale, Clare Valley, South Australia 2018
96 Gold
£38 By way of UK agent Mentzendorff
Smooth, extraordinarily lengthy and super-fine, displaying unbelievable poise, with contemporary lemon juice, white blossom, ripe peach and bay leaf, some mature lime marmalade and toast tones sneaking in. Alc 12.5%
Capel Vale, Single Winery Whispering Hill, Mount Barker, Western Australia 2020
94 Silver
capelvale.com.au
Fantastic, lengthy, managed and flowing, with brisk lime cordial, jasmine florals and stone fruit taking part in towards delicate yeasty notes. Alc 12%
Austria
Allram, Ried Heiligenstein 1ÖTW, Kamptal 2019
94 Silver
US$ 35.99 Ok&L Wine Retailers
Delicate nostril, lemon pith and grapefruit rind, stony and mushroom nostril. Dry and sophisticated, cool with purity and a persistent end. Alc 13.5%
Canada
Peller Estates, Andrew Peller Signature Collection, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario 2019
97 Platinum
peller.com
Charming, with attractive acidity, succulent beeswax, and a luscious lime Margarita end. Daring and beguiling, with basic Riesling traits, it drinks superbly now and can enchant for years to come back. Alc 10.1%
Trius, Showcase Ghost Creek, 4 Mile Creek, Ontario 2019
95 Gold
triuswines.com
Charmingly crystalline, with vibrant zesty notes and brilliant, refreshing minerality. Oolong tea and lime pith mingle with mouth-tingling spearmint,
in a mesmerising menthol end. Alc 9.9%
Chile
Casa Marin, Cartagena, Lo Abarca, San Antonio 2020
97 Platinum
casamarin.cl
Basic limey character with elegant petrol notes and wonderful crunchy inexperienced apples. Succulent on the palate with full of life acidity, very brilliant and fragrant. Pretty purity and drive. Alc 12%
Czech Republic
Chateau Bzenec, Ryzlink Rýnský, Bzenecká, Moravia 2017
95 Gold
chateaubzenec.cz
Elegant, elegant nostril that shows complicated notes of white stone fruit, orange blossom and petrol evolution. Delicate fruit on the palate, displaying a
charming character, exact. Alc 12.5%
France
Cave Vinicole deHunawihr, Grand Cru Rosacker, Alsace 2020
97 Platinum
£22.99 NY Wines, Wineye
An unique wine that’s filled with flavour and character. Effectively made with unique expressions of pineapple and smoky saffron, and a scrumptious gingery end. Alc 13%
Germany
Schloss Johannisberg, Silberlack Grosses Gewächs, Rheingau 2019
97 Platinum
£32 (ib)-£60.95 23 Wine & Whiskey, Bordeaux Index, Cru Wine, Jascots, Renaissance Vintners, Slurp
Perfumed nostril of lemon and lime zest with briny and savoury notes, ripe stone fruit undertones. Fairly intense but properly balanced. Harmonious, with an extended, pure, intense end. Alc 13%
Von Successful, Pechstein Grosses Gewächs, Pfalz 2019
97 Platinum
US$120-$150 LouElla, Level de Chêne, Rye Brook, Sage Society, Zachys
Wealthy, formidable, toasty nostril displaying aromas of ripe apple and apricot with delicate oak touches. Crisp and juicy with a superb focus on the palate. Refreshing end with a formidable size. Alc 13%
August Eser, Doosberg Grosses Gewächs, Rheingau 2019
96 Gold
eser-wein.store
Full of life nostril of lime zest, ripe stone fruit and grapefruit with leesy and cracked stone undertones. Dry and crisp, mouthfilling and filled with flavour,
lengthy. Alc 12.5%
Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg, Würzburger Stein Grosses Gewächs, Franken 2019
95 Gold
hofkeller.de
Intense and expressive citrussy nostril with saline notes and a few earthy high quality. Wealthy and assertive, a wine of energy and density with an extended, zesty end. Alc 13.5%
Italy
Falkenstein, Val Venosta, Trentino-Alto Adige 2019
95 Gold
£24.75 Dolce Vita Wine Membership
Plush aromatics of candied fruit, peach, nut and lifted floral notes, then a palate of poised acidity, lime marmalade, orange blossom and pink grapefruit. Alc 13%
Abbazia di Novacella, Praepositus, Valle Isarco, Trentino-Alto Adige 2018
94 Silver
£33.50 Amathus Drinks
Has a sublime nostril of quince, white grapefruit, white flower and lemon zest, whereas the palate is graced with notes of pink grapefruit and zesty white
peach. Alc 13.5%
