Guess which WWA wine is described as “staggeringly serious” by Matthew Jukes?

Tuesday, 5 January, 2010 by ZoeT  

Very many thanks to Quentin Johnson, (who took the time to meet with Christophe Graf from the Buhl Winery for a quick Q&A session) and Matthew Jukes, who gave up his afternoon to taste the full range of the Von Buhl Gross Gewachs wines from the 2008 vintage.

Matthew wrote a beautiful, extremely complimentary review for Money Week following the tasting and we just had to share it with you…….!

“It is the black basalt soil in this vineyard which gives these grand cru Riesling vines their extraordinary complexity. I tasted the full range of Von Buhl ‘08s the other day and they are a mightily impressive lot.

Pechstein was my pick of the bunch not least because the nose was so captivating that the world became a blur and I went temporarily mute and deaf as I waded knee deep in this glorious wine. With only 6g/l of residual sugar in this breathtaking creation, this is a bone dry Riesling and it is this vitality and nervy edge of minerality, which follows the cavalcade of lime and blossom, which shocks the senses to attention. This is a young wine and I am certain that it will age incrementally for well over a decade. Food wise, drink it with the finest sushi, impossibly tender fruits de mer or the most expensive manchego you can find. This is a staggeringly serious wine and it contains more beauty within its masterful core than any white I have tasted this year.”

Review by Matthew Jukes
For more details about the Reichsrat Von Buhl Gross Gewachs 2009 vintage launch tasting in London, September 2010, please contact Nicky Burston from WWA: nb@worldwineagencies.com

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