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Top-rated Riesling

Every wine

The highest-rated Riesling bottlings we have reviewed, one per producer.

5.0 Alsace Clos Sainte-Hune Maison Trimbach 5.0 Rheinhessen G-Max Riesling Weingut Keller 5.0 Mosel Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Weingut Egon Muller - Scharzhof 5.0 Alsace Zind Humbrecht Clos Saint Urbain Rangen Riesling Domaine Zind-Humbrecht 4.9 Wachau Alzinger Riesling Smaragd Steinertal Weingut Alzinger 4.9 Franken Am Lumpen 1655 Riesling GG Weingut Horst Sauer 4.9 Pfalz Birkweiler Kastanienbusch Riesling GG Weingut Okonomierat Rebholz 4.9 Wachau Emmerich Knoll Riesling Smaragd Pfaffenberg Weingut Emmerich Knoll

Good value

Riesling under €25

The best-rated Riesling bottles we have reviewed that sell for under €25, one per producer, from every region we cover.

4.5 Mosel Bernkasteler Lay Riesling GG Weingut Dr. Loosen 4.5 Mosel Saar Riesling Weingut Van Volxem 4.4 Rheinhessen Appenheimer Riesling Ortswein Weingut Bischel 4.4 Rheinhessen Appenheimer Riesling Ortswein Weingut Knewitz 4.4 Pfalz Bassermann-Jordan Tradition Riesling Trocken Weingut Bassermann-Jordan 4.4 Mosel C.A.I. Riesling Trocken Weingut Immich-Batterieberg 4.4 Pfalz Christmann Riesling Trocken Gutswein Weingut A. Christmann 4.4 Pfalz Durkheimer Michelsberg Riesling Spaetlese Weingut Kurt Darting

At the table

What to eat with Riesling

Food pairing guide

The dishes our editors pair with Riesling, grouped by kind of food, each with the bottle it comes from. Riesling food pairing →

Region by region

Where Riesling is made

14 regions, with their best Riesling bottles and the estates that make them.

Wine and cheese

Cheese with Riesling

Every cheese
Spundekäs Local tradition German Wikipedia says Spundekäs is classically eaten with white wine, so Rheinhessen wine houses and Straußwirtschaften serve it. It names no grape; a dry Silvaner or Riesling, with medium to high acidity, runs against the cream quark and paprika. Dry estate or village Silvaner and Riesling (steel, some with a part in large oak cask), Rheinhessen: Von der Fels Riesling · Roter Hang Riesling · Hohen-Suelzer Riesling Ortswein
Handkäse Local tradition German Wikipedia says cider is the usual drink with Handkäse, but in some areas, the Palatinate among them, a dry white wine is drunk with it too. The wines listed are dry whites of medium body with high or medium acidity. Dry white wine (trockener Weißwein), Pfalz: Bassermann-Jordan Tradition Riesling Trocken · Christmann Riesling Trocken Gutswein · Birkweiler Mandelberg Riesling
Munster Local tradition French Wikipedia says Munster goes with Riesling, though above all with Gewurztraminer. A dry Riesling's acidity cuts the creamy paste and the pungency of the washed rind without adding sweetness. Riesling, Alsace: Clos Sainte-Hune · Zind Humbrecht Clos Saint Urbain Rangen Riesling · Hugel Schoelhammer Riesling
Vinschger Schnittkäse Our pick Vinschger has an intense, complex flavour and a long, strong finish (Mila). A dry Alto Adige Riesling with a mineral edge and high acidity cuts through the melting paste and resets the palate. Alto Adige Riesling, Alto Adige: Riesling Vigna Windbichel · Kuenhof Riesling Kaiton · Falkenstein Riesling
Tilsiter Our pick Dry Baden Riesling has high acidity and no new oak. It cuts the supple, fairly moist paste of a red-smear Tilsiter and stands up to its salt and spice, which run from mild to sharp depending on the maker; the fuller Grosses Gewächs suits the sharper wheels. Riesling, dry, Baden: Andreas Laible Plauelrain Stollenberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs · Andreas Laible Plauelrain Am Buehl Riesling Grosses Gewaechs · Schloss Neuweier Mauerberg MAUERWEIN Riesling GG
Queijo Serpa Velho Our pick Past 180 days Serpa Velho is hard, dry and intense, with a lingering flavour. A dry white fermented or aged wholly or partly in oak has the extra texture to stand beside it, and its acidity cuts the fat of the aged ewe's milk. Barrel-fermented or part-oaked dry white, Alentejo: Herdade do Freixo Reserva Branco

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