Wine critics reviews
score: 93/20
A nice, sweet, rich, honeyed Riesling with a medium to full body, very good balance and some interesting chalky complexity in the long, gentle finish. Drink or hold.
score: 94/20
A Czech dry Riesling revelation! Stunning nose of lemon blossom,Amalfi lemon and chamomile. You can really taste the inspiration of the Wachau inAustria in this full-bodied, concentrated and impeccably balanced white, but this isnot an imitation. Excellent precision at the extremely long finish that’s simultaneouslysilky and intensely mineral.
Hard to predict how this will age, but it’s certainly been made for long aging. Drink orhold.
score: 97/20
This late-harvest style Riesling has a dangerous energy and limey acidity that may be too much for some, but I find it very exciting. So incredibly focused, with a driving minerality that beautifully underlines the tense interplay between grape sweetness and dazzling acidity. Limited production. Drink or hold.
score: 92/20
You could easily mistake this silky, medium-bodied dry white for a very good Alsace wine. Plenty of ripe pears and a nice citrusy freshness are married to quite a creamy palate. Everything fits together very neatly in the very harmonious finish. Drink or hold.
score: 91/20
An excellent interplay of lemon and lime zest freshness with white pepper and fresh sage gives this Czech Gruner Veltliner a lot of appeal. Medium-bodied with just a hint of bottle maturation. Zesty, bone-dry finish. Fermented and matured in stainless steel. Drink now. Screw cap.
score: 93/20
Finally a daring wine from the Czech Republic! This vibrantly youthful dryriesling is brimming with fresh herbs, white tea and chamomile aromas. On the palateit has a bladerunner balance of racy acidity and stony power right through the steelyand crystalline finish.
Drinkable now, but best from 2024. Screw cap.
score: 93/20
This bold and highly structured Gruner Veltliner is seriously spicy with a touch of oak, plus notes of dried herbs and lentils. Compact and pretty concentrated, with bight acidity that makes this come alive on the full-bodied palate. Bold and refreshing finish. A cuvee of the 2018 and 2020 vintages, the older vintage of which spent 18 months in a large oak barrel. The younger vintage was matured in a large acacia barrel. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
score: 94/20
This Czech dry Pinot Blanc is maturing beautifully, the interplay of richness and freshness so exciting. I love the waxy character and the delicate touch of caramel that so deftly complement the restrained citrusy freshness. Then comes a splash of garden herb freshness in the long finish, in which ripeness and brightness are so well matched. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
score: 93/20
Here’s an exciting Czech Gruner Veltliner with the kind of complexity we expect from this grape in its homeland on the Austrian Danube. Stacks of white pepper, dried flowers, aromatic apple and sliced pear on the nose. On the concentrated, yet only medium-bodied palate there’s a wealth of white pepper character and white currant fruit, then a super-clean and precise wet stone finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
score: 94/20
Although this dry Czech Riesling is barely medium-bodied, it has a terrific spicy and herbal complexity and notes of bergamot and Amalfi lemons. Expands considerably as it aerates in the glass. Long, graceful finish with a wealth of herbal and licorice nuances. Fermented and matured on the lees in stainless steel. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
score: 94/20
This Czech dry Pinot Blanc has a wonderful citrus blossom charm, then the richness and structure on the medium-bodied palate come as a real surprise. Very long, dense, nutty finish, yet here too there’s a wonderful delicacy. Drink or hold.
score: 94/20
This is a very serious Czech Gruner Veltliner with a wealth of quince and white pepper and a haunting touch of floral honey. Stunning interplay of restrained richness, fine tannins and supple acidity that keeps this gently moving over the medium- to full-bodied palate. Long and structured yet smooth finish. 24 hours of skin contact, then fermented and matured on the lees for nine months in Slovenian oak barrels. Drinkable now, but best from 2026.
score: 91/20
I like the delicate aromas of oranges, white pepper and summer meadows that pull you into the sleek and medium-bodied palate of this expressive Gruner Veltliner. Zesty acidity and a wealth of herbal character in the crisp finish. Fermented and matured in stainless steel. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
score: 93/20
A sophisticated dry pinot blanc with aromas of spring meadows, crisppear and chamomile. At once succulent and vibrant this has so much positive energy,the finish bursting with cool climate crispness. It easily carries the tiny touch ofunfermented grape sweetness on the mid-palate.
Drink or hold. Natural cork.
score: 91/20
Quite a toasty nose (some will say petrol), but this has excellent depth and structure, the restrained citrusy acidity lifting the ample fine tannins and quince fruit. Drink now.
score: 96/20
The lone star of Czech dry Riesling shines as brightly as many of the great dry rieslings of Germany, France and Austria. Terrific lemon zest, stone fruit and honeysuckle complexity. Concentrated, but only at the upper limit of medium-bodied, the minerality beautifully interwoven into the wealth of delicate fruit aromas. Great length and purity in the finish. Drink or hold.
score: 89/20
Plenty of green pepper and reine claude plum character, plus a touchof cassis here. The cassis is more prominent on the crisp, yet round medium-bodiedpalate. A shade on the tart side at the finish. Drink now. Screw cap.
score: 92/20
This dry Riesling is brimming with fresh pineapple and ripe nectarinearomas, plus a wonderful juiciness on the medium-bodied palate. However, the bestthings about it are the racy acidity, stony minerality and very clean slightly smokyfinish.
Drink or hold. Screw cap.
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