Riesling Großes Gewächs Trocken, Silver Seal, Schloss Johannisberg 2022
James Suckling 98; Falstaff 94; Wine Spectator 92; Decanter World Wine Awards 88 points
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Why this wine
Silver Seal is the dry Großes Gewächs from the single slope that gave German wine Spätlese. Whole-cluster pressing and six weeks in the estate's own old oak build concentration without leaving oak flavour. It is Rheingau Riesling at reference level, and it will hold for well over a decade.
At a glance
- Grape
- Riesling
- Region
- Rheingau, Germany
- Alcohol
- 12.50%
- Body
- Full
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Seafood, Poultry & Pork, Rich & Creamy Dishes
How it tastes
Lime peel, Mirabelle plum and candied pineapple, with dried meadow herbs and a flinty note underneath. Full-bodied and concentrated, the acidity well integrated and the finish long and mineral. Riesling 100%.
The producer
Schloss Johannisberg was the world's first Riesling estate, planted solely to the grape in 1720 on vineyards laid out by order of the Emperor Charlemagne, and it was here in 1775 that Spätlese was discovered using late-picked grapes touched by noble rot; Auslese, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese followed in 1787. The estate is a single-vineyard designation in its own right, one of a handful of German sites that need not display a village name, and was named Continent Winner: Best Vineyard in Europe 2025 in the World's Best Vineyards Awards. The south-facing slope runs at a 45-degree gradient from 114 to 181 metres, sheltered from northerly winds by the Taunus forest above and warmed by the Rhine lying like a lake below, on a soil of Taunus quartz topped with loam and rich loess that holds both moisture and heat. Grapes were hand-picked at optimal ripeness and pressed in whole clusters, fermented over six weeks in 1,200-litre old oak barrels made from Schloss Johannisberg oak, then left seven months on fine lees for added complexity and weight.
Food and drinking
Serve at 10-12°C. Good with turbot in beurre blanc, roast guinea fowl, veal with morels, or a mature Comté. Drinking well now and through to around 2038; a short decant helps it open. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.