Willi Schaefer
Graacher Himmelreich, Riesling, Spätlese, 2025
justerini & brooks tasting note
A quintessential Himmelreich Spätlese. The quality steadily increased through harvest, allowing the Schaefers to build beautiful Spätlese wines. Pure, poised and proportioned.
critic reviews
95/100Anne Krebiehl,Vinous
The 2025 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Spätlese presents a tender but intriguing picture of grapefruit, tangerine, crushed lemon balm and peach on the nose. The palate proceeds in a smooth, almost balm-like fashion with such tender fill, with such generosity of fruit that now subsumes peach. With more time on the palate, the peachiness tingles a little around the edges with tangerine peel and blossoms more and more. The finish is so aromatic, so resonant with a whole hinterland of peach and citrus of exquisite beauty. (Off-dry)
DRINKING WINDOW 2030 - 2060
date of review 09/2026