2023 Wagner Stempel Hollberg Riesling GG 750Ml Bottle

97 points - James Suckling
"What astonishing aromas of grapefruit, star fruit, mint, curry and flint this great Rheinhessen dry riesling has. As incredibly concentrated as it is complex and focused on the medium-bodied palate. There’s a certain boldness in the middle, but what remains on your palate and in your mind after you swallow is a treasure chest of wet stone minerality From organically grown grapes." 

This is a great year for Hollberg (2023 was not too dry and this site doesn't like drought vintages) and it shows some noble reduction, and as Daniel Wagner says "it's fine and elegant with a little more richness from the 2 barrels (1/2 barrel and 1/2 tank)."  This is great and statuesque riesling and not surprisingly one of the best ever.

96 points - Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous
The 2023 Riesling Siefersheimer Höllberg Grosses Gewächs is from a really dry site, so yields are kept to a minimum. But in the wet 2023 vintage, this sloped site drained beautifully and had no stress. It was fermented half in stainless steel and half in Stück and Halbstück. Green Seville orange and flint unite on the nose, initially tentatively, but with more air, this gets more intense. Fluid, slender, full-fruited, even exuberant stoniness defines the palate. While the wine just flows, an alluring undertow of salt adds an extra dimension that seemingly pulls you deep into the rock, all while remaining absolutely juicy. This is totally strait-laced, focused and expressive. (Bone-dry)

94 points - Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate Daniel Wagner's 2023 Riesling Höllberg GG begins with a deep, very clear and intense bouquet with fine, mineral, slightly flinty and salty porphyry spice. On the palate, this Riesling is very intense, juicy and full-bodied, with a fine tannin and acid structure and restrained power, with saliva-inducing length. The 2023 is a very elegant, complex and age-worthy Riesling from the westernmost part of Rheinhessen.