JAMES SUCKLING, STUART PIGOTT

"The wines from the twin estates of Battenfeld-Spanier and Kuhling-Gillot have more up-front power and are self-confidently dramatic. Cue the spotlight! H.O. Spanier and Carolin Gillot-Spanier have been a couple and a winemaking team for 20 years and they, too, hit a career high point with the 2023 vintage. It’s impossible to pick out a single wine of theirs because there are many great stars. The Kühling-Gillot PETTENTHAL is another extraordinary expression of this great terroir, with off-the scale-flint and smoke expression, but also great Amalfi lemon intensity. The Battenfeld Spanier KREUZBERG is intensely chalky with great concentration, elegance and precision. It comes from just the other side of the border between Rheinhessen and the Pfalz, an arbitrary line that meanders through this limestone terroir."

2023 Pettenthal VDP.Grosses Gewächs 99 Points

2023 Rothenberg wurzelecht VDP.Grosses Gewächs 99 Points

2023 Kreuzberg VDP.Grosses Gewächs 99 Points

2023 Zellerweg am Schwarzen Herrgott VDP.Grosses Gewächs 98 Points

2023 Ölberg VDP.Grosses Gewächs 98 Points

2019 CO Steinlinden LiquidEarth 98 Points

In addition to the remarkable honors, we are especially proud that our Pettenthal Riesling VDP.Grosses Gewächs has been included in James Suckling’s 100 Best Wines of the World – an incredible honor that fills us with pride and gratitude.