New website coming soon...
For further information, please contact us:
Riesling Love: The passion of Dr Lippold
28 June 2024
by Ruma Singh DipWSET
Decanter Fine Wine World - Dr Lippold, Urziger Würzgarten Weltersberg Riesling Auslese 2010
February 2019
by Steven Spurrier
Wine and Spirit Magazine Review - Mosel
December 2023
by Joshua Green
Dr Lippold 2018 Anniversary Collection
May 2024
by Jancis Robinson MW OBE
Contact Us
Mosel Greatness Comes with Age
Dr Lippold of Mosel downloads
Press coverage
Ürzig twinned with Aloxe-Corton
Mosel Greatness Comes with Age
Critics’ reviews of Dr Lippold
… and for media enquiries, imagery and quotes, please kindly contact our dedicated UK press agency fran@drinksnetwork.com
Champagne faces off against sparkling Riesling
7 June 2024
by Jo Gilbert
Dr. Lippold – A Riesling from a Magical Terroir
For centuries, the “Würzgarten” has been renowned as one of the premier vineyard sites along the Mosel. The place Ursiacum is the oldest vinyard name in writing. It dates back to AD 690. In 1804, during Napoleon’s reign, all vineyards across the French Empire, including those in "La Moselle" (then French territory), were meticulously classified. The parcel "Weltersberg," from which the grapes for this Riesling are sourced, earned the prestigious "Grand Cru" designation, placing it on par with the revered Grand Crus of Burgundy.
The wines from the Weltersberg parcelle within the Würzgarten:
This vineyard parcelle benefits from a unique nanoclimate, where heat-retaining rocks in the surrounding area provide additional hours of warmth each day, extending the growing season. The grapes are produced from own rooted, selection massale vines that average over 70 years of age, resulting in small berries with an exceptionally low yield. The soil, a mix of red slate as bedrock and volcanic ryolithe as cover soil, imparts a rich mineral character, enhancing the wine´s aromatic complexity.
Expect an abundance of spice and fruit aromas, led by ripe mango, peach, and apricot, with nuances of mint, floral petals, and a backbone of minerality and ripe acidity. This carefully crafted balance makes for a distinctive and memorable Riesling.
As is typical of renowned Mosel Riesling but especially for this specific origin on red slate, the wines are expected to develop remarkable age complexity over time. With proper storage, its potential life extends over several decades promising an evolving character that will only grow finer and richer in the coming years.
Michael Broadbent in Pocket Guide to Wine Tasting 1982 on the effect of age on white wines:
"It is little known that the really good whites, not only keep well but will develop with bottle-age quite distinctive qualities. In sensoric terms they can be a revelation. Which really is what tasting is all about!"
and Jancis Robinson wrote in The Financial Times, May 24, 2014 about Riesling's timeless appeal:
"If you are looking for a demonstrably long-lived white wine, look no further than fine Riesling, perhaps a classic wine from the Mosel that may be light in alcohol but will have no shortage of flavour. And who knows? Having observed the cyclical nature of fashions in wine, I think it is perfectly possible that light whites will be regarded as extremely smart in 2034."
2018 Spätlese AC
Concentrated Riesling on slate with a distinctly spearmint note. Really mouth filling.
I love this particular balance.
Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com May 2024
2018 Hochgewächs AC
…a pithy Riesling from 70-year-old own-rooted vines
Joshua Greene, Wine & Spirits Magazine, Dec 2023
2018 Kabinett AC
…effectively a dry wine, beautifully calibrated hiding it´s RS of 15 g/L – a model of delicacy and finesse
Roger Bohmrich MW, June, 29, 2022
2017 Auslese
…a real beauty. Just at the beginning of its drinking window, and so alive and tense and vivid.
Margaret Rand, July 22, 2024
2016 Spätlese
…impeccably balanced epitome of Würzgarten virtues
David Schildknecht, Vinous, Jan 2018
2016 Kabinett
This is what I call a classic Kabinett
David Schildknecht, Vinous, Jan 2018
2016 ANTE
A generic Mosel seldom if ever gets better than this
David Schildknecht, Vinous, Jan 2018
2015 Kabinett
…shows fine development of flavors
Aleks Zecevic, Wine Spectator, Jan - Feb 2020
2013 Spätlese
…more savory than sweet.
Tara Thomas, Wine & Spirits Magazine, Feb 2018
2013 Spätlese
...had time converting into savory umami notes. Top scoring white wine’ (96 pts)
Tara Thomas, Wine & Spirits Magazine, Feb 2020
2013 Auslese
...had time converting into savory umami notes. Top scoring white wine (96pts)
Tara Thomas, Wine and Spirits Magazine, Feb 2020
2012 Cuvee Empress Josephine
...chamomile tea, turmeric and ginger flavors. Enticing ...
Aleks Zecevic, Wine Spectator, Jan-Feb 2020
2010 Auslese
…intrinsically Mosel, natural richness, enhanced by age, superb to 2040
Steven Spurrier, Decanter, Feb 2019
2010 Auslese
on the second day…allowing the fruit to swell albeit in a beautifully linear profile, just giving it a bit graceful mouthfeel centre-palate.
Tom Stevenson, Oct 15, 2018
A range of wines
…can be cellared for up to 20 years and will gain complexity with bottle age
David Gadd, The Tasting Panel, Dec 2016
A range of wines
…wine lovers may need to recalibrate our palates
Tomás Clancy for The Sunday Business Post, Dublin, Apr 2017
2008 Spätlese
…lovely evolution …so much extract, so little alcohol. Doesn't taste 16 years-old at all. Well done!
Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com May 2024
2008 Spätlese
this wine epitomizes everything great and appealing about 2008
Fisch/Rayer, Mosel Fine Wines, June 2018
Wine Tasting on the effect of age on white wines
"It is little known that really good whites, not only keep well but will develop with bottle-age quite distinctive qualities. In sensoric terms they can be a revelation. Which is really what tasting is all about!"
Michael Broadbent, 1975
Pocket Guide 2019
"Mosels are so attractive young that their capabilities for developing are not often enough explored. But fine Kabinetts can gain from at least 5 years in bottle and often much more: Spätlese from 5-20, and Auslese and BA anything from 10-30 years."
Hugh Johnson