2015 Alte Reben Riesling Q.b.A. Van Volxem, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2015 Alte Reben Riesling Q.b.A., Van Volxem

The 2015 Saar Riesling Alte Reben is very clear, elegant and fresh on the nose, quite pure and stony, with lemon-flavored slate aromas. This Riesling is pure, firm and dry, with good and intense fruit, as well as a slightly creamy texture. This is an elegant, well-concentrated and aromatic, firmly structured Saar Riesling with a long, yet still tight finish. I'd keep it for another five years, at least.- Stephan Reinhardt, Apr. 2017

Mosel Fine Wines - 2015 Alte Reben Riesling Q.b.A., Van Volxem

The 2015er Riesling Alte Reben is made from very old often un-grafted vines in lesser-known vineyards owned by the Estate, including in the Wiltinger Klosterberg (where it owns a parcel planted with 120-year-old vines), the Wawerner Ritterpfad and the Kanzemer Sonnenberg. This proves still rather reduced and only hints at grapefruit and peach as these are still firmly wrapped into smoky slate and fresh herbs. The wine is focused, yet multi-layered and deeply complex on the palate and only a touch of power in the finish is still in need of integration. 2020-2030. - Okt. 2016

Vinous - 2015 Alte Reben Riesling Q.b.A., Van Volxem

Ripe white peach and pear garlanded in honeysuckle and underlain with wet stone are by now familiar from the wines that precede this in one in the 2015 Van Volxem lineup. The sheer intensity and grip are ratcheted up here, but I miss the levity, transparency, textural allure and refinement of those ostensibly lesser bottlings. A long finish carries ample primary juiciness, its stony undertone pulling in an almost austere direction. (Although this Riesling is decidedly Saar-typical, around 20 percent of the cuvée now comes from the Mosel, principally Mehring.) - David Schildknecht, Mai 2017