Summer Sippers
Summer Sippers
Crisp whites, sun-chasing rosés, and celebratory bubbles — 150 hand-picked bottles for warm-weather sipping and effortless entertaining, all in stock and ready to chill.
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FX Pichler Riesling Wachau Ried Burgstall 2023
$49.98HURRY, ONLY 9 LEFT!QuickviewJS96VM9396 Points! The deep yet delicately peachy fruit of this ravishingly beautiful Wachau dry riesling is very hard to resist. Also notes of pink grapefruit and Amalfi lemons. Excellent concentration, but this is also fine and cool. Very long, limey finish that’s so precise and subtle. From organically grown grapes. Vegan. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Dr. Loosen Riesling Kabinett Erdener Treppchen 2023
$24.98HURRY, ONLY 3 LEFT!QuickviewDEC92JS9595 Points! Fantastic anise and fennel complexity for a wine that is still light- to medium-bodied. Terrific drive and raciness on the compact and structured palate. Fantastic length. Beautiful balance in the long, complete finish. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Max Ferd. Richter Riesling Spätlese Wehlener Sonnenuhr 2023
$29.98HURRY, ONLY 10 LEFT!QuickviewJS96VM9596 Points! The unbelievable lightness of being. So elegant and filigreed on the barely medium-bodied palate, with an almost steely acidity that gives this a wonderful brilliance at the very long finish. Less upfront succulence than normal for the Mosel Spatlese category, but that makes it feel lighter and even more animating. Excellent aging potential. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
95 Points! The 2023 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese, made with about 10% slightly more advanced botrytized fruit, opens with a fruity scent of apricot and peach combined with gorgeous creaminess. The palate offers a dollop of exquisite sweetness and superb fruit, absolutely fine, precise and elegant. - Anne Krehbiel, Vinous Media
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Jakob Schneider Riesling Nahe Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Trocken 2023
$44.98HURRY, ONLY 3 LEFT!QuickviewJS95VM9395 Points! A very elegant, intensely minerally, herbal, medium-bodied dry riesling. If you give this youthful beauty a moment in the glass, a wealth of delicate stone fruit notes emerges. Fantastic interplay of wet stone character, fine tannins and citrus zest freshness in the very long and focused finish. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Wwe Dr. H. Thanisch Erben Riesling Kabinett Bernkasteler Lay "Cuvee Christina" 2023
$27.98HURRY, ONLY 10 LEFT!QuickviewJS9595 Points! For this light-bodied category this has a remarkable concentration of stone fruit, honeysuckle and slate character. But it’s the combination of this with the elegance of the mineral acidity that makes it stand out. Glides over your palate in the very graceful finish. Fermented and matured in two 1,000-liter Fuder barrels, of which one was new. Drink or hold. - Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com
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Prinz Riesling Rheingau Jungfer Kabinett 2022
Special Price $24.98 Regular Price $35.00QuickviewJS9696 Points! Dazzling nose that stands on a knife edge between the lusciousness of papaya and the coolness of crisp apple! Also delicate notes of hyacinth (which of itself is not delicate!). At once succulent and energetic on the light- to medium-bodied palate, this barely off-dry riesling Kabinett is hard to resist. Whiplash energy at the extremely long finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Pichler-Krutzler Riesling Kremstal Ried Pfaffenberg 2023
$44.98HURRY, ONLY 6 LEFT!QuickviewJS93VM9595 Points! The 2023 Riesling Pfaffenberg has subtle citrus and a darker aspect that disappears on the palate. The body is zesty, driven and energetic, with stony determination and citrus wings, grapefruit, tangerine and all the tangy stuff. Despite this soaring nature, this is anchored in stone. The 2023 is compelling, strait-laced, precise and oh-so juicy. Wonderfully dry. - Anne Krehbiel MW, Vinous Media
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Peter Lauer Riesling Mosel Neuenberg No. 17 2023
$49.98HURRY, ONLY 8 LEFT!QuickviewJS9696 Points! The aromas of dried flowers and peaches are very cool and delicate. In fact they are only just beginning to unfurl. Super-focused and salty on the very concentrated, medium-bodied palate. Barely off dry, also thanks to the gigantic minerality that powers the elegant steamroller that is the finish. Sustainable. Drinkable now, but best from 2027. - JamesSuckling.com
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Max Ferd. Richter Riesling Spätlese Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr 2023
$29.98HURRY, ONLY 12 LEFT!QuickviewJS97VM9497 Points! This youthful Mosel riesling has an extraordinary depth of fresh apricot character on the very concentrated, medium-bodied palate. Restrained succulence in the Spatlese context, but there’s nothing restrained about the wine’s mineral energy and the drive in the extremely long finish. And if you pay close attention, you will find a wealth of mineral, herbal and spicy nuances. Reminds me of the great 1990 vintage of this wine. Drinkable now, but best from 2026. - JamesSuckling.com
94 Points! The 2023 Riesling Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Spätlese, made with just 10% botrytized fruit, opens with a touch of mango and plunges into vivid peach compote sweetness. Pink grapefruit peel counters and intensifies it. Simply gorgeous, with absolute lightness. A dream. - Anne krehbiel MW, Vinous Media
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Günther Steinmetz Riesling Kabinett Wintricher Geierslay 2022
$22.98Out of StockQuickviewJS97Out of stock97 Points! Some people say that Riesling Kabinett must be sleek and very acidic, but this wine shows why this is narrow-minded. Fabulous nose of white flowers, ripe pear and white peach, then on the seriously concentrated palate this is so succulent and so precise you don’t want to think about anything else! Almost perfect balance at the long super-silky finish. From 60-year-old vines. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Barmes-Buecher Riesling Alsace Rosenberg 2022
$36.98Out of StockQuickviewJS95VM93Out of stock95 Points! Very striking nose of orange blossoms and chamomile. Very juicy and well rounded, but with a fantastic vitality that’s underlined by the touch of bitterness that adds to the excitement in the dynamic and precise finish. A blend of wines from the lower, middle and upper sections of this site with limestone, sandstone and clay soils. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Dönnhoff Riesling Spätlese Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Nahe 2023
$59.98HURRY, ONLY 9 LEFT!QuickviewJS99VM9799 Points! Welcome to the Bladerunner of Nahe riesling Spatlese. This is also extremely fine and complex, with a cornucopia of stone fruit, exotic fruit and spices. Radical stony minerality and racy acidity, yet with a feather-light mouthfeel on the barely medium-bodied palate. Then you wonder if the wine will ever leave you, so long is the almost endless farewell. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
97 Points! The 2023 Riesling Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Spätlese, grown on shale, has equal notions of moss and lemon. More air makes this smell simply of wet stone. The palate carries gentle sweetness but is absolutely precise and slender. Citrus frames everything with the clearest precision. Everything is serene, zesty, tender, yet so very serious. The 2023 is glorious in its lightness and disarming in its elegance. - Anne Krehbiel MW, Vinous Media
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Willi Schaefer Riesling Kabinett Graacher Himmelreich 2023
$47.98HURRY, ONLY 7 LEFT!QuickviewRP9696 Points! The 2023 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett opens with substantial depth and a brilliant bouquet of wet slate. The fruit is intense but not dominating, thanks to the flintiness and savoriness of the Himmelreich terroir. On the palate, this is a mouth-filling, dense and complex Kabinett with ripe, elegant and juicy fruit intertwined with very fine phenols and an ethereal slate thread that gives this Kabinett an enormous length and animation. This will be a superb gastronomic wine after a decade of bottle age, although the 2023 already drinks beautifully today. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in August 2024 from AP 2 24. - Stephan Reinhardt, robertparker.com
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Thörle Riesling Rheinhessen Schlossberg Kabinett 2022
$27.98QuickviewJS9494 Points! With an enticing and subtle nose of lemon blossom, this is a dangerously fresh and delicate riesling Kabinett for a region often considered unsuitable for the production of this light-bodied style. Wonderful elegance and wet-stone minerality at the long, barely off-dry finish. From organically grown grapes. Vegan. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Trimbach Riesling Selection de Vieilles Vignes 2019
$44.98HURRY, ONLY 3 LEFT!QuickviewJS9595 Points! Rich, mouth-filling and highly structured, this has a touch of exotic aromas (mangosteen!), but isn’t a jot too ripe or weighty. In fact, it has wonderful silkiness, in spite of the considerable mineral power at the imposing finish. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Amélie & Charles Sparr Riesling Alsace Altenbourg 2020
$34.98HURRY, ONLY 8 LEFT!QuickviewJS93VM9493 Points! Deep and concentrated, with ample stone and citrus aromas, the mirabelle aroma as intense as that of Amalfi lemon. Quite an austere style, but with all this ripeness to balance the firm structure that’s no problem. Intense herbal and chalky character at the very focused finish. Still very young, this should develop magnificently with a bit more bottle age. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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