99 point

It is hard to imagine how a dry riesling, or a white wine of any kind, could be more focused and minerally than this great Pfalz masterpiece. There is a creamy element to this, but the herbs and nutty apple character are stronger. Supernaturally precise on the very concentrated yet only medium-bodied palate. The mineral energy at the super-long finish are off the scale, yet here, too, it is anything but forceful. From biodynamically grown grapes. Vegan.

97 point

The 2023 Pechstein G.C. opens with a deep, fresh, pure, elegant and lemony as well as flinty bouquet that needs a little while to open up. Full-bodied, refined and elegant on the palate, this is an intense, very complex and aromatic, super sustainable and finely tannic Pechstein with fennel seed flavors and rare calm and balance on the saline finish, which makes this an outstanding relaxed and very distinctive Riesling. 12.5% stated alcohol. Diam 30 cork.

94/96

The 2023 Riesling Forster Pechstein G.C. comes from the quintessential basalt of Pechstein. Flint, white peach and ripe lemon aromas form a united phalanx on the nose. The palate majors in fruit, direction, lemon zestiness and the ripest, pale peach. This is a gentle take on the Pechstein, usually a brooding site that is wont to keep its secrets for years. This does, too, but in 2023, it presents a far more approachable, smiling, friendly face than usual. The giant inside this wine is still asleep. (Bone-dry)