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Hermann J. Wiemer Riesling BIO 2020 750ml

size
750ml
country
United States
region
New York
appellation
Finger Lakes
subappellation
Seneca Lake
JS
94
WS
93
WA
91
Additional vintages
2020 2019 2017
JS
94
Rated 94 by James Suckling
So youthful and pristine, this is a tense and dramatic dry riesling. Plenty of flint, fennel seed and minerality with plenty of textural complexity at the crisp, crescendo finish. Fermented 50% in large oak casks and 50% in stainless steel. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but best from 2024. ... More details
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Hermann J. Wiemer Riesling BIO 2020 750ml

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Professional Ratings
JS
94
WS
93
WA
91
JS
94
Rated 94 by James Suckling
So youthful and pristine, this is a tense and dramatic dry riesling. Plenty of flint, fennel seed and minerality with plenty of textural complexity at the crisp, crescendo finish. Fermented 50% in large oak casks and 50% in stainless steel. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but best from 2024.
WS
93
Rated 93 by Wine Spectator
Bright, with coiled-up energy, this sports lively honeysuckle, lemon pith, white peach and mirabelle plum notes that race through a bone-dry, quinine-edged finish. Best from 2023 through 2032. 350 cases made.
WA
91
Rated 91 by Wine Advocate
The 2020 Riesling HJW Bio is sourced from the HJW Vineyard's Block Four, which contains biodynamically farmed vines that were planted in 2009. The wine was 50% aged in third- and fourth-use large-format wood (1,000 and 500-liter Hungarian barrels) for 10 months. It comes in with six grams of sugar and 12.6% alcohol. In keeping with the theme of relatively friendly 2020s, this is rather appealing right now. It handles the wood nicely so that you don't really notice. The acidity is beautifully integrated, as with the Dry Riesling, but this has a more expressive and concentrated feel to it. Depending on your preferred style, there isn't a huge qualitative difference between the two, while the price more than doubles, but this is the better wine. Part of that is because this seems to have a better chance of developing with age. As friendly as it is now, I can see this HJW Bio becoming something more. I'm not so sure I'd say the same about the regular Dry Riesling.
Product Details
size
750ml
country
United States
region
New York
appellation
Finger Lakes
subappellation
Seneca Lake
Additional vintages
2020 2019 2017
Overview
So youthful and pristine, this is a tense and dramatic dry riesling. Plenty of flint, fennel seed and minerality with plenty of textural complexity at the crisp, crescendo finish. Fermented 50% in large oak casks and 50% in stainless steel. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but best from 2024.
green grapes

Varietal: Riesling

The pale skinned fruits of the Riesling grapevine have been grown in and around Germany's Rhine Valley for centuries, and contributed much to the country's wine culture. Today, Riesling grapes are grown and processed in several countries around the world, where they are prized for their ability to grow well in colder climates, and their unique flavors and characteristics. Riesling grapes produce an impressive array of wines, including fine semi sweet and dessert wines, to excellent dry white wines and sparkling varieties, all which allow the grape to shine through as a premier example of an excellent white wine varietal. One of the things which makes Riesling such a special grape is the fact that it is highly 'terroir expressive', meaning that the features of the land it is grown on can come across well in the flavors and aromas in the wine. As such, it isn't unusual to find flavors of white stone, or smoky ash-like notes in a fine Riesling alongside the more usual orchard fruit flavors more commonly associated with good white wines.
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Region: New York

For over four hundred years, New York state has been consistently producing many of the United States finest wines, making the most of the oceanic climate and cool winds which blow over the many vineyards which surround the city. Indeed, certain wineries within the state boast an impressive heritage, with more than one dating back to the 18th century. The state itself has four key wine regions - Lake Erie AVA, Finger Lakes AVA, Hudson River and Long Island, and also features hundreds of smallholdings producing wines of a unique character made using more traditional methods. A wide variety of fine grape varietals are grown across the state, from esteemed old world grapes such as Riesling and Pinot Noir, to an expansive array of New World hybrid grapes which make the wines of this region so unique.
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Country: United States

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
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green grapes

Varietal: Riesling

The pale skinned fruits of the Riesling grapevine have been grown in and around Germany's Rhine Valley for centuries, and contributed much to the country's wine culture. Today, Riesling grapes are grown and processed in several countries around the world, where they are prized for their ability to grow well in colder climates, and their unique flavors and characteristics. Riesling grapes produce an impressive array of wines, including fine semi sweet and dessert wines, to excellent dry white wines and sparkling varieties, all which allow the grape to shine through as a premier example of an excellent white wine varietal. One of the things which makes Riesling such a special grape is the fact that it is highly 'terroir expressive', meaning that the features of the land it is grown on can come across well in the flavors and aromas in the wine. As such, it isn't unusual to find flavors of white stone, or smoky ash-like notes in a fine Riesling alongside the more usual orchard fruit flavors more commonly associated with good white wines.
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Region: New York

For over four hundred years, New York state has been consistently producing many of the United States finest wines, making the most of the oceanic climate and cool winds which blow over the many vineyards which surround the city. Indeed, certain wineries within the state boast an impressive heritage, with more than one dating back to the 18th century. The state itself has four key wine regions - Lake Erie AVA, Finger Lakes AVA, Hudson River and Long Island, and also features hundreds of smallholdings producing wines of a unique character made using more traditional methods. A wide variety of fine grape varietals are grown across the state, from esteemed old world grapes such as Riesling and Pinot Noir, to an expansive array of New World hybrid grapes which make the wines of this region so unique.
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Country: United States

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.