Hipping, Riesling, Grosses Gewächs, 2022

Name: Hipping, Riesling, Grosses Gewächs
Brand: Kühling-Gillot
Price: 363.13 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

A touch of spontaneous fermentation frames the nose, before ripe, really quite serious compact citrus fruits and fine red slate spice. Intense, a little bound up still, a few essential oils sneak in on the finish. A justly famous, steep, south-east/east facing vineyard on red slate – along with Pettenthal, one of the key sites in the Roter Hang.

critic reviews

94/100Stephan Reinhardt,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Nierstein Hipping GG displays a radiant golden-yellow color and opens with a deep, concentrated and slightly smoky/flinty bouquet but is still closed and reductive. Full-bodied and lush, with vital acidity, this is a textural yet still not that energetic Hipping that was bottled a week before I tasted it for the first time in mid-July 2023. The wine is fleshy and powerful but fine, with excellent potential and a grippy and fresh finish. It is a rather masculine Riesling with tannins and concentration. 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in July 2023.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2047

date of review 12/2023

93-95/100Anne Krebiehl,Vinous

The 2022 Riesling Niersteiner Hipping Grosses Gewächs is from a parcel that faces the Rhine like a half-opened book, so there are multiple expositions. The nose is initially shy but creamy with honeydew melon and ripe tangerine notes. The palate is juicy, clear and almost bouncy in an energetic, vivid fashion. Stony spice and savoriness, reminiscent of St John’s Wort crushed on salty stone. A touch of pithiness lends the merest edge of welcome, mouth-watering bitterness. It is the zestiness that lingers. Pure and clear. (Bone-dry)

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2045

date of review 09/2023