Reichsrat von Buhl Ungeheuer Grosses Gewächs Riesling

Bismarck's bon mot about the "monster" (Ungeheuer) that tasted monstrously good to him is a topos of German wine history. It describes a great wine whose special spiciness makes it something very special. Its powerful body, a gift of clay and limestone in the soil, is played around by aromas such as rose water and cloves.

The current Gault Millau tips its hat to the good form in which the wines from the Reichsrat von Buhl winery have regularly presented themselves in recent vintages, since a young team with the participation of the experienced estate director Stefan Weber took over management as tenants, and feels transported back to the "glorious old times" of the von Buhl winery. Enormous investments in the operation in recent years have made a major contribution to this.

This is a wine that exhibits so much density, power, fruit, and minerality that it is complete and coherent in itself. A wine among friends, during good conversation, or for quiet enjoyment. An insider tip for food pairing is dishes that are carried by Arabic or Indian spices.

Gault Millau: 90 points for the 2010 vintage