2014 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Willi Schaefer, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2014 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett, Willi Schaefer

The 2014 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett shows lovely, elegant and refined fruit with very delicate slate flavor. This Kabinett is beautifully intense and fruity but also elegant, delicate and full of finesse. The finish is complex and piquant, and reveals a lingering salinity and pure minerality that is a perfect expression of the stony character of the Himmelreich. A beautiful Kabinett bottled with 'moderate,' rather medium-sweet 40 grams of residual sugar, which stresses the structure and complexity of this excellent Kabinett. - Stephan Reinhardt, März 2016

Vinous - 2014 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett, Willi Schaefer

At a mere 7.5 percent alcohol, one can be sure that this delicate Riesling is packing a considerable load of residual sugar, yet it comes off as brightly refreshing and only subtly sweet. Juicy, invigoratingly tart-edged grapefruit, lemon and apple are underlain by wet stone and tinged with slightly sweaty, mouthwatering salinity. This delivers the ringingly clear sort of finishing fruit that one expects from the Schaefers, but which their non-Prädikat bottlings from this vintage miss. - David Schildknecht, Nov. 2016