Tesch Riesling Königsschild Nahe 2021

The Fine Wine Review

Königsschild is my perennial favorite of Tesch’s wines. This is pure, focused, precise wine with depth and lime minerality. It is medium-weight with good concentration and acidity that is present but well-integrated and not dominant. Limestone soils with seashell under loess.

James Suckling

There’s a wonderful interplay of ripe and fresh components in this wine which make slight on its feet in spite of the considerable intensity. Vibrant and easy this makes you feel glad to be alive. So much crisp pear and pomelo with a delicate floral touch. Long, very elegant finish with an oyster shell minerality.

Vin.connaisseur

Riesling i topform! Sprød og præcis med masser af citrus, hvide blomster og en saltet mineralitet, der giver vinen nerve og energi. Syren er knivskarp, men balanceres smukt af en let frugtsødme. En tør, rank og elegant Riesling, der beviser, hvorfor Nahe er en af Tysklands mest spændende regioner.

Robert Parker

The 2021 Riesling Königsschild opens with a pure, intense yet subtle and floral/stony bouquet with still slightly reductive notes of crushed stones and ripe lemons. Precise and lush on the palate, this is an elegant, refined and linear, tight, fine-meshed and persistently saline dry Riesling with crunchy phenols on the stimulatingly bitter finish. This is an excellent dry Riesling from loess. 12.5% stated alcohol. Screw-cap closure. Tasted at the domaine in August 2022.

Vinvalget

Klar ren frugtig næse af limesaft, lime skal, saltet citron, pæresaft, melon, sarte hvide blomster og så skal vi da ikke snydes for Rieslings gumminote, her i form af pivfræk 70er badehætte. I munden prikkende frisk men også dejlig cremet vægtig saft af pære, melon, saltet citron, regnvåde sten på en sommerdag, bitterhed fra lime skal og en forrygende lang afslutning med frugt, blomstrede noter og en mundvandsdrivende syre. Riesling bliver så nemt for lidt eller alt for meget, men her har vi en ganske præcis en af slagsen med skøn frugt tyngde i munden. Det hele er i balance med fine klare noter. Den store syre virker helt menneskelig i hænderne på den cremede frugtfylde og mineraliteteten bidrager med det sidste touch. Et flot velsmagende eksempel på Riesling made to please.

Wine Spectator

An alluring white, with impressive weight and complexity, showing sweet apple, passion fruit and spices that are round and long on the silky palate. This is highlighted by dried herbs and pronounced chalky minerality. Medium-length, vibrant finish.

Wine Enthusiast

This shows nice purity to the notes of quince blossom, nectarine and guava, with baking spice accents lingering in the background. Offers a slight grip midpalate, where it firms up. It is very pretty, but can be intense, so try with food.