Huge Scores - Weingut Kunstler GGs & Auslese - 2021s

Weingut Kunstler was founded in 1965 by Franz Kunstler, in Hochheim, Rheingau.  Now run by quality-obsessed Gunter Kunstler, who made his first wine in 1982 at the age of just 19, the estate extends over a total of 65 hectares between the Rhine and the Main.

Kunstler wines are powerful, harmonious, intense - now more precise and singular. Alongside Weil, Kuhn and Breuer, Weingut Kunstler is flagship Rheingau, especially in a banner vintage like 2021.

2021 Kunstler Rudesheim Berg Schlossberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs
• 98JS, 96VN, 93+WA, 94+FS

"A great masterpiece of dry riesling filigree! Totally crystalline and super-silky, this has a truly extraordinary texture on the palate. How can a wine be this stony, yet also offer a ravishing spectrum of exotic fruit and floral aromas. Staggering finesse at the extremely long finish. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
- Stuart Pigott

"The 2021 Rüdesheim Berg Schlossberg GG VDP.Grosse Lage opens with a pure, flinty and lemon-scented nose with crunchy slate aromas. From the upper part of the cru, this a full-bodied, elegant, playful, persistently saline and mouthwatering Riesling with lots of tension and elegance but also more intellectual than hedonistic capacities. It is long and tensioned on the finish. 12.5% stated alcohol. Screw cap."
- Stephan Reinhardt

"The 2021 Riesling Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg Grosses Gewächs is still shy on the nose. The palate immediately presents the flowing juiciness of melon complemented by lime and grapefruit. With that sense of citric intensity and completeness, this aromatic interchange of pith, flesh, juice and zest is dramatically, emphatically played out on the palate across an enticing spectrum of citrus peel that covers that green-orange spectrum, leaving out yellow notions altogether. Stony, pure, incisive and profound, the 2021 is absolutely aromatic, citric, elegant and intense. (Bone-dry)"
- Anne Krebiehl MW

2021 Kunstler Hochheimer Kirchenstuck Riesling Grosses Gewachs
• 98JS, 95WA, 94VN, 94FS

"A dark and mysterious wine with a very warm and generous heart! Stunning concentration and richness, too! This doesn’t hesitate for a moment, but ploughs straight across your palate like a steam roller. The finish is at once creamy and grounded with a treasure trove of minerality. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
- Stuart Pigott

"From a vineyard that has been cultivated since 1276 and based on vines planted in 1969, the 2021 Hochheim Kirchenstück GG VDP.Grosse Lage opens with a pure, saline and dense bouquet with crushed stone aromas. Enormously intense and fine on the palate, this is a full-bodied, refined, elegant and savory Riesling that is bitter on the long, intense and powerful finish. 13% stated alcohol. Screw cap."
- Stephan Reinhardt

"The 2021 Riesling Hochheimer Kirchenstück Grosses Gewächs comes from calcareous loess and loam soils from vines planted in 1969. It opens with ripe Mirabelle, peach skin and intense juiciness. The palate tempers this with an edge of lemon zest that packs a lot of textural pithiness. Vivid concentration is bedded on yeasty richness against a salty, textured and pithy backdrop. The finish is dry and profound. (Bone-dry)"
- Anne Krebiehl MW

2021 Kunstler Erbacher Marcobrunn Riesling Grosses Gewachs
• 99JS, 95WA, 95VN, 96+FS

"A full-throttle dry riesling with monumental stature and concentration, but there’s nothing monolithic about it. Amazing apricot aroma, but also a ton of dried-herb and earthy notes that makes this a truly spectacular wine. Just doesn’t want to stop. The first vintage of this wine. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
- Stuart Pigott

The 2021 Marcobrunn GG VDP.Grosse Lage is pure, fresh and citric on the deep, substantial, very elegant nose. Full-bodied, dense and complex on the palate, this is a full-bodied, rich, substantial and savory Riesling with a long, dense, saline and complex finish. 13% stated alcohol. Screw cap."
- Stephan Reinhardt

"The 2021 Riesling Erbacher Marcobrunn Grosses Gewächs is from vines planted in 1935 and 1981. It is the first GG Künstler made from this site. The nose comes with an undeniably peachy vibe. You sense that there is flesh on the bones. Everything about this is gentler, rounder and creamier. This is delineated by generosity, creamy zestiness, saltiness, fruity depth and lasting freshness. A series of lasting contrasts and arresting juxtapositions somehow, at the finish, are still summed up as harmony. (Bone-dry)"
- Anne Krebiehl MW

2021 Kunstler Erbacher Marcobrunn Riesling Auslese
• 100JS, 95WA

"A giant Auslese with truly mind-bending concentration, brilliance and finesse. All the exotic fruit you could wish for, and you might well end up wanting to stay in this nobly sweet riesling cocoon for ever. Words struggle to express the depth and purity of this great masterpiece. Basket-pressed. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
- Stuart Pigott

"Based on 100% botrytis grapes, the 2021 Erbach Marcobrunn Riesling Auslese opens with passion fruit and fig aromas as well as lemon, grapefruit and lemon zest aromas. Rich and supple on the palate, this is a full-bodied, intense and sweet as well as savory Riesling with quite a lot of sweetness but still great balance and aging capacity. 7.5% stated alcohol. Screw cap."

"I have probably never rated so many Rieslings from Künstler so highly in any previous vintage."
- Stephan Reinhardt

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