100 point

Perfection has so many faces, and here is a very special one. So many wine drinkers think dry German riesling is light, but this fabulous masterpiece is enormously deep and compact on the medium- to full-bodied palate, yet it retains the lightness of touch that makes great German rieslings stand out from everything else. Very limited production. From biodynamically grown grapes. Vegan. Drink from release.

97 point

The 2024 Riesling Forster Kirchenstück G.C. unites calm creaminess and smokiness on the nose. Clarity and smoothness tingle with citrus around the edges. Beautiful concentration seems to expand on the slender but concentrated palate. Everything points to profound freshness and stone. Once again, this is a paradigm of understatement. For now, only that luminous resonance gives you a hint of where it will lead. (Bone-dry)