"Delicate melon and white-peach aromas lend softness to this bristling off-dry Riesling. Laser-sharp in style, it balances lime acidity with bright stone-fruit flavor and long, mineral streaks."
- Wine Enthusiast (March 2015), 89 pts
- Wine Enthusiast (March 2015), 89 pts
"Mona Bastgen and her husband, Armin Vogel, blend this wine from several of their organically farmed parcels in and around Bernkasteler-Kues, focusing on vines growing on blue-gray slate. It's tight and muscular, the flavors pithy and spicy, as if infused with stone. The most impressive element is how long and firmthe flavors are, pristine and elegant in shape and timbre"
- Wine & Spirits Magazine (December 2016), 92 pts + BEST BUY
"A selection from blue-gray slate slopes, this is as crisp and juicy as an Asian pear, with a similar floral delicacy."
- Wine & Spirits Magazine (February 2018), 88 pts - Year’s Best German Rieslings, Best Buy
"Pristine and primary, this is a juicy off-dry Riesling, offering buoyant pink-grapefruit flavor edged by lime hints of caramelized sugar. It's a plucky, spirited wine with a lingering lime-pith finish."
- Wine Enthusiast (April 2018), 90 pts
- Wine Enthusiast (October 2019), 89 pts