2016 Gottesfuß Alte Reben Riesling Q.b.A. Van Volxem, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2016 Gottesfuß Alte Reben Riesling Q.b.A., Van Volxem

The 2016 Gottesfuss Riesling Alte Reben has a lovely flinty/reductive, refined, pretty stony and initially slightly yeasty bouquet. Lush and elegant, this is a super fine but also super complex and persistent Riesling from roughly 120-years old vines. The finish is enormous, very long and complex but still reductive and very tight, with crunchy fresh slate flavors. The wine tastes pretty dry due to its strong minerality and grip. It's pure and rather filigreed but develops stunning volume and remarkable length. Tasted March 2018. - Stephan Reinhardt, April 2018

Mosel Fine Wines - 2016 Gottesfuß Alte Reben Riesling Q.b.A., Van Volxem

The 2016er Wiltinger Gottesfuss Alte Reben GG is a dry Riesling made from very old un-grafted vines. It offers a hugely elegant feel of grapefruit, lime, gooseberry, herbs and thyme. The wine is beautifully focused yet superbly playful on the palate and leaves a stunning feel of herbs and spices. The after-taste seems endless as more subtle flavors of lime, star fruit, herbs and pear make for a great feel in the long finish. This is a simply stunning dry Riesling in the making! 2021-2036 - Okt. 2017

Vinous - 2016 Gottesfuß Alte Reben Riesling Q.b.A., Van Volxem

Head-turningly heady, musky, bittersweet evocations of iris, narcissus and honeysuckle mingle with scents of fennel pollen and thyme, ripe pear, grapefruit and white peach. The silken palate displays palpable density such as one has come to expect from the fruit of these 120 year old vines, but at the same time not only the infectious, concentrated fresh fruit juiciness but also the swirling, wafting inner-mouth perfume and the sense of vibrancy conveyed on this occasion go beyond even these veteran vines usual memorable performance. Nor are savory or mineral dimensions short-changed amid such seductive richness. On the contrary, the wealth of stony, ore-like and mouthwateringly saline elements streaming through this elixir’s sensationally persistent finish is similarly wondrous to behold. - David Schildknecht, März 2018