ROBERT PARKER, STEPHAN REINHARDT, 14. Dez. 2022
Five Favorite Wines of 2022 Germany
“… A Wine That’s Especially Good Value:
Ever since I have been drinking wine, I have been drinking Rieslings from Willi Schaefer. No Riesling is brighter, finer, more heavenly or more incomprehensible and yet stands with its feet in the slate that produces unmistakable wines of absolute world class in the Graacher Himmelreich and even more so in the Domprobst. One would recognize their smoky spiciness even in one’s sleep and immediately want to open a bottle of Kabinett! The 2021 vintage was small in volume, but the qualities were superb! I didn’t study any wines longer this year than the 2021s from Christoph and Andrea Schaefer. Namely, the Kabinett Rieslings from this cool vintage are terrific. Although not dry, I first understood the darker-toned Domprobst in particular as a full-blown food wine, as deep and complex as it is for all its lightness. Great art, distributed over two fuders: AP #1 and AP #3. That is too little for the world, but to never forget the wine again, one sip is enough.”
Read more: https://winejournal.robertparker.com/reviewer-favorites-2022-stephan-reinhardt-germany-riesling
Der FEINSCHMECKER
The 500 best Estates of Germany 2023
Awarded with 5 of 5 points
“Welcome on the summit! This year we have raised the rating for the extraordinary and characterful Riesling wines, produced by the small, traditional family estate in 2021. In his sustainably produced Graach and Wehlen Rieslings, Christoph Schaefer presents impressively how the Mosel-typical residual sugar can be transformed into infatuating elegance and that immense juiciness can be in a wine if it is made by skilled and talented hands. Just magnificent. Mosel at its best!”
VINUM WEINGUIDE DEUTSCHLAND 2023
Awarded with 4,5/5 stars
„… Here, as an exception, we have swallowed instead of spitting. Now as before, the wines’ taste show tranquility and easiness. Therefor they are all provided with something magic…“
mehr lesen: Vinum23_Inhalt-Willi-Schaefer
Weingut Willi Schaefer wines in the Top Ten! We are overjoyed!
2nd rank category Riesling Spätlese
2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese 97/100
9th rank category Riesling Spätlese
2021 Graacher Domprobst Spätlese #13 95/100
5th rank category Riesling Auslese
2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese GK 97/100
JAMES SUCKLING – STUART PIGOTT
August 31, 2022
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett #01 (Auction) 96/100
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #13 (Auction) 97/100
2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese #21 (Auction) 98/100
2021 Graacher Riesling trocken 91/100
2021 Graacher Riesling feinherb 92/100
2021 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett #02 94/100
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett #03 94/100
2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese 94/100
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #05 95/100
Read more: James_Suckling_StuartPigott_Willi_Schaefer_2021er
ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE
Stephan Reinhardt, August, 2022
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett #01 (Auction) 99/100
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #13 (Auction) 100/100
2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese #21 (Auction) 100/100
2021 Graacher Riesling trocken 90+/100
2021 Graacher Riesling feinherb 93/100
2021 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett #02 96/100
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett #03 97/100
2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese 95/100
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #05 97/100
Read more: Robert Parker The Wine Advocat_Willi_Schaefer_2021er
MOSEL FINE WINES
„The independent Review of Mosel Riesling“
Von Jean Fisch und David Rayer, Ausgabe Nr. 63 – August 2022 - Auctionguide
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett #01 (Auction wine) 97/100
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #13 (Auction wine) 100/100
2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese GK #21 (Auction wine) 98+/100
Read More: Mosel Fine Wines – 2022 Auction Guide – Weingut Willi Schaefer
MOSEL FINE WINES
„The independent Review of Mosel Riesling“
By Jean Fisch und David Rayer, Issue No 62 – June 2022
„… Andrea and Christoph Schaefer produced a tiny but oh so breathtaking line-up of wines in the 2021 vintage. The wines show great purity, finesse, but also huge presence and energy, and really show the best of the Mosel can offer, with lightness yet immense complexity. They are all at least great, even for both village wines. The fruity-styled wines are all modern-day classics and true majestic Mosel wines. In a word: Bravo!“
2021 Graacher Riesling trocken 91/100
2021 Graacher Riesling feinherb 93/100
2021 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 95/100
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett #03 96/100
2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese 98/100
2021 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #05 98/100
Read more: Mosel Fine Wines – 2021 Vintage Report – Weingut Willi Schaefer
JANCIS ROBINSON, GB, tasted June 2022
2021 Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett 17/20
2021 Graacher Domprobst Kabinett 16,5+/20
Der FEINSCHMECKER
The 500 best Estates of Germany 2022
Rewarded with 4,5 of 5 points
“Was für ein tolles Weingut, was für wunderbare Rieslinge! Auch wenn das traditionelle Etikett etwas hausbacken wirkt, verbergen sich dahinter hochkomplexe und erstklassige Gewächse von besonderer Qualität. Denn Christoph Schaefer ist ein wahrer Meister der Balance; ein Winzer, der alle Komponenten so zueinanderstellen kann, dass am Ende daraus ein aromatisches Wunderwerk wird. Riesling at its best: Die blitzsauberen Fruchtnoten eifern mit einer prononcierten Säure und einer hochfeinen Süße um die Wette. Gewinner sind alle, die solche Weine trinken dürfen!”
VINUM WEINGUIDE DEUTSCHLAND 2022
Rewarded with 4,5 of 5 Stars
“Eine grandiose hochfeine Kollektion, die unseres Erachtens etwas straffere,
ja trockenere Weine offeriert….”
read more: PDF_Auschnitt_Weinguide_2022
Weingut Willi Schaefer wines in the Top Ten! We are overjoyed!
2nd rank category Riesling Kabinett and feinherb 2020
2020 Graacher Domprobst Kabinett #01 96/100
(best Kabinett of the year!)
6th rank category Riesling Spätlese 2020
2020 Graacher Domprobst Spätlese #13 95/100
JAMES SUCKLING – STUART PIGOTT
OUR TOP 100 WINES OF GERMANY 2021!
2020 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #10 97/100
Monday, November 29, 2021
“Mind-blowing nose of cassis and forest berries with white flowers and a hint of cedar. Staggering depth, packed into a very sleek silhouette, but the brilliant acidity and enormous wet-stone freshness are even more astonishing, because they completely distract you from the natural grape sweetness for a long while. So enjoyable now, but with such a great future ahead of it. Drink or hold.”
MOSEL FINE WINES
“The independent Review of Mosel Riesling”
Von Jean Fisch und David Rayer, Issue No. 57 – July 2021
“… The combination of intense flavors and airiness delivered by Willi Schaefer in 2020 is one of the great successes of the vintage! The village wines truly shine through their airy precision, the Kabinett are airy and packed with juicy and ripe acidity. the Spätlese are subtly creamy yet also hugely animating and playful. The Domprobst Auslese shines through its subtle purity and intensity. We would just give one word of advice: The wines are still remarkably backward and truly benefit from a few days of airing at the moment. But, if finesse is your think, look no further! We were also highly impressed by the 2019er Himmelreich GL, a barely off-dry wine with a huge potential…”
- 2019 Graacher HIMMELREICH GL 94+/100
- 2020 Graacher Riesling trocken 91/100
- 2020 Graacher Riesling feinherb 90/100
- 2020 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett 91/100
- 2020 Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett 94/100
- 2020 Graacher Domprobst Kabinett #03 95/100
- 2020 Graacher Himmelreich Spätlese 93/100
- 2020 Graacher Domprobst Spätlese #10 95/100
- 2020 Graacher Domprobst Spätlese #05 96/100
- 2020 Graacher Domprobst Auslese #11 97/100
read more: Mosel_Fine_Wines_Auction_WS