Andrew McIntyre

9.4

Oaky and fruity. Already very drinkable — 7 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.3

One of, if not the best rose out there. Not much fresh fruit but complex fruit peel, wood and nut notes. Very interesting wine — 2 years ago

Dave Mayers

9.5

Tokyo fried chicken night with 4HHM. had to pop a Riesling and had to pop a Keller for this inaugural feast at WareHome. Kirschpiel is always generous but with some age it gives even more! Yes, some of the tension is gone. But what’s developed is incredible. Petrol nose and deep rich layers of that KP magic. Nothing like it. After an hour the king acid finish arrived and was ethereal. Wish I had a mag. — 3 years ago

BW

9.4

Little sweet, light — 3 years ago

John Van Trijp

10

Auction bottle magnum — 4 years ago

Sean Grullon

9.0

Pretty - floral, strawberries and cherries with nice freshness & length, linearly carrying some spice underneath. — 6 years ago

Denise Collins

9.0

Dry, fresh citrus, petrol, peaches, Rocky searing minerality, dry green herbs, crazy food friendly — 7 years ago

Nolan Gasser

9.2

Surprisingly mature and full bodied, low tannins, delicious with pasta. Will try again. — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

lovely intense Riesling fruit. A hint of oxidation. Slate, apple, sweet floral notes. Rounded with good weight in the mid palate. Defined and precise. Excellent. — 8 months ago

with Matt and Paul

Kevin Dale

9.3

Bright crisp fruits. Thomas Keller private label with grapes from Schramsberg. — 2 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.1

Needed a good decant to open up and blow away some initial reduction. Still so primary at this stage, with a more elegant fruit profile than the 07'. Pure, juicy red fruits with some really impressive concentration focused around the mid-palate. Super silky texture and some mineral drive in the backend, though not as palpable as the 07'. Still needs time to develop more depth and I'm inclined to say that it would eventually surpass the 07'. — 3 years ago

Friday Hill

10

South Germany is beginning to do Pinot Noirs.

Vineyard is know for Pinot Blancs.

Tart, but not bitter. Long finish.

Complexity with dark fruit.

Part of red wine mafia!! One of my favorites. — 6 years ago

Sarah Stierch

Food & Wine Editor Sonoma Valley Sun

8.9

Nice melon notes. Pretty label. Refreshing. — 7 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.4

The one and only. Keller! 🔥 — 7 years ago

Green Beak

9.1

Angel wings dancing on your tongue — 9 months ago

Michael

9.3

Lemon Italian ices — a year ago

Tyler Felous

9.6

Wow. Starts so clean/crisp, then you get the mouthfeel, with a tart finish. Beautiful. So excited to be drinking more Riesling — 3 years ago

Dave Mayers

10

Perfect mind blowing life affirming wine. Never had this with age. KP says to drink the 13s now, we drink the 13s now. Very expressive Keller-like fruit with an insanely long mineral finish that lasts minutes. Heavenly. — 3 years ago

JKT

9.3

Beautiful Riesling. Gorgeous golden color. Gentle breezes of sweet Riesling notes of fruits and stones followed by caressing textures and lingering finish. Yum. Actually too yummy to go with the Mary revised Leila curry chicken that was less spicy than thought. — 4 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.9

In the presence of the 17' Schönleber AdL, there should not have been another riesling that outclassed it during the night... But then this appeared. Young as it may be, KP's Hipping approaches perfection. Dumbfounding!

I think Jean and David at MFW described this perfectly, so I'll just leave it here:

This 2017er Niersteiner Hipping GG delivers a beautiful nose where reductive elements including minty herbs, smoke, bacon and needle provide the frame for some glorious scents of grapefruit, tangerine, candied lime, fresh almond and coconut. The wine has the purity and lightness of mountain water yet its complexity and density on the mid-palate are just stunning. One can feel the intensity from the high levels of dry extracts but these are magnificently wrapped into spicy and salty elements. The length and impact in the finish are stunning. The after-taste seems to last for minutes. The wine is almost painfully dry at this stage, but the sheer freshness, intensity and complexity are simply breathtaking. This grandiose expression of dry Riesling may well turn into wine perfection in a decade: It is THAT impressive! — 6 years ago