Jesse Becker MS

Jesse Becker MS

Chicago, IL, USA
Master Sommelier • VDP.Ambassador • DWI German Wine Professional. I write Wine in Germany & Austria, sell German wine, and co-own Rockwerk Grüner Veltliner.
24
Aug

Reichsrat von Buhl, Riesling Forster Freundstück GG 2025

A nose consisting mainly of smoke and minerals at this stage. Blackberry, cherry, and cassis comprise the fruit profile of
24
Aug

Von Winning, Riesling Forster Kirchenstück GG 2025

Obvious new wood on the nose, flint, smoke, and toast dominate the aroma. Must be some wonderfully luxurious wood here
24
Aug

Reichsrat von Buhl, Riesling Forster Kirchenstück GG 2025

Disclosure: I have a commercial relationship with this producer. See my ethics and disclosure policy. A Kirchenstück with some high-
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24
Aug

Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan, Riesling Forster Kirchenstück GG 2025

Intense nose of black and red fruits, smoky minerals, and gunflint. These dark and brooding descriptors apply equally to the
24
Aug

Acham-Magin, Riesling Forster Kirchenstück GG 2025

An aroma of immense mineral depth, wet stone, gunflint, and ash. A deeply concentrated, dense, and mineral wine that does
24
Aug

Von Winning, Riesling Forster Ungeheuer GG 2025

Fassprobe (cask sample). Here, the new wood seems better integrated than in Von Winning's '25 Pechstein GG.
24
Aug

Reichsrat von Buhl, Riesling Forster Ungeheuer GG 2025

Disclosure: I have a commercial relationship with this producer. See my ethics and disclosure policy. Wood influence, noticeable in this
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24
Aug

Georg Mosbacher, Riesling Forster Ungeheuer GG 2025

Wow! Cassis upfront. Super-ripe peach coupled with red berries and sea salt. Just a gorgeous, open-knit, and inviting
24
Aug

Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan, Riesling Forster Ungeheuer GG 2025

Wonderful, open, deep, and smoky nose with intense plum and red-berry fruit, underlying the flinty minerality. The red plum
24
Aug

Dr. Bürklin-Wolf, Riesling Forster Ungeheuer GG 2025

Wonderful, open-knit fragrance on the nose with red-berried fruit, green herbs, and wildflowers. Smoky minerals carry from the