Dr Hermann

Dr Hermann is a Riesling estate in the Middle Mosel, covering more than 17 hectares of vineyards and managed by Christian Hermann. Viticulture is a centuries-old family tradition for the Hermanns. The current estate was founded in 1967 after the division of the Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben estate in Ürzig, when Christian's grandfather, Dr Hermann, established an independent winery with the vineyards belonging to his branch of the family. Over the years the estate steadily expanded, and production moved from Ürzig to Erden with the creation of a modern, spacious cellar. The estate focuses on Riesling from steep slopes. Almost all of its holdings in the famous Erdener Prälat, Ürziger Würzgarten, and Erdener Treppchen sites are planted with ungrafted Riesling vines, producing especially refined wines. These vineyards are among the most traditional in the world, with a history of high-quality viticulture reaching back almost 2,000 years.

יקב הריזלינג ד"ר הרמן, במוזל האמצעי, משתרע על פני יותר מ-17 הקטרים של כרמים ומנוהל על ידי כריסטיאן הרמן. גידול גפנים הוא מסורת רבת שנים במשפחת הרמן, הנמשכת כבר מאות שנים. היקב הנוכחי הוקם בשנת 1967 בעקבות חלוקת אחוזת Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben שבעיירה ארציג (Ürzig), כאשר סבו של כריסטיאן, הרופא ד"ר הרמן, ייסד יקב עצמאי עם הכרמים שהשתייכו לענף משפחתו. במהלך השנים אחוזת הכרמים התרחבה בהתמדה, ומתקן הייצור הועתק מארציג לארדן (Erden) עם הקמת מרתף מודרני ומרווח. המיקוד של היקב הוא ריזלינג ממדרונות תלולים. כמעט כל כרמי האחוזה באתרים הידועים Erdener Prälat, Ürziger Würzgarten ו-Erdener Treppchen נטועים בגפני ריזלינג לא מורכבות (ungrafted), המפיקות יינות ריזלינג מעודנים במיוחד. כרמים אלה נחשבים מן הכרמים המסורתיים ביותר בעולם, עם היסטוריה של גידול גפנים איכותי עוד מתקופות קדומות, כמעט לפני 2,000 שנה.

Dr Hermann - рислинговое хозяйство в среднем Мозеле, занимающее более 17 гектаров виноградников и управляемое Кристианом Херманном. Виноградарство является многовековой семейной традицией семьи Херманн. Современное хозяйство было основано в 1967 году после раздела поместья Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben в Ürzig, когда дед Кристиана, доктор Херманн, создал самостоятельную винодельню с виноградниками, принадлежавшими его ветви семьи. Со временем площадь виноградников постоянно росла, а производство было перенесено из Ürzig в Erden, где был построен современный просторный погреб. Главный фокус хозяйства - рислинг с крутых склонов. Почти все участки в знаменитых Erdener Prälat, Ürziger Würzgarten и Erdener Treppchen засажены непривитыми лозами рислинга, дающими особенно утонченные вина. Эти виноградники относятся к числу самых традиционных в мире: история качественного виноградарства здесь насчитывает почти 2 000 лет.

Wines

• 2024 Rotschiefer #1201-24 115 ILS

  Due to frost, the 2024 Riesling Trocken Rotschiefer is not from Kinheim but predominantly from the upper part of the Erdener Treppchen as well as from vineyards in Orzig. Vinified exclusively in stainless steel tanks, the wine shows a precise, refined and spicy bouquet of red slate, herbs and delicate but ripe and lush tropical fruit aromas. The wine is round, intense and expressive on the palate, yet it is also light, finessed and enormously saline and long. This is one of the many best buys from Christian Hermann. It is mouth-filling, highly stimulating and so characterful, as if it were a grand cru. 8,500 bottles made. 11.5% stated alcohol. Screw cap. Tasted at the domaine in January 2026. - Stephan Reinhardt (Feb 19, 2026) 91 MFW, 94 RP

• 2024 Lösnicher Försterlay GG #1251-24 210 ILS

  From 50-year-old vines on Devonian blue and gray slate with quartz in the soil, the 2024 Losnicher Forsterlay Riesling GG is very delicate and refined on the bright, elegant, filigreed, slatey and spicy nose that shows ripe, yellow fruit aromas intertwined with sur lie notes. Aged in three- to four-year-old fuders for almost a year and bottled in mid-August 2025, this is a very elegant, round and textured Riesling that is currently characterized more by its texture than certain fruit aromas or even soil features. These come out on the finish, which is concentrated, complex, saline and firmly structured, with serious phenol grip and mineral tension, thanks to the nervy quartzite veins of the Forsterlay. It is very promising yet still not shining. Bone dry (0.8 grams per liter of residual sugar).12% stated alcohol. Natural cork. - Stephan Reinhardt (Feb 19, 2026) 94 MFW, 95 RP

• 2024 Erdener Treppchen GG #1252-24 210 ILS

  Picked in mid-October, vinified in new and older fuders and bottled in mid-August of 2025 after 10 months on the lees, the 2024 Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG is super aromatic and delivers ripe and lush stone fruit aromas (peaches, yellow plums) intertwined with citrus oil and flinty-nuanced blue slate aromas. Lush and refined on the palate, this is a crunchy, savory and grippy Treppchen GG that is still a little reductive and shows some tannin-like grip, which I assume is the sulfur dose rather than the tannins.12% stated alcohol. Natural cork. - Stephan Reinhardt (Feb 19, 2026) 94 MFW

• 2024 Erdener Treppchen Kabinett #1231-24 135 ILS

  94 MFW

• 2024 Ürziger Würzgarten Kabinett Alte Reben #1232-24 149 ILS

  The 2024 Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben opens with a discreet but refined and elegant bouquet that is built on delicacy. Fine, crunchy soil aromas intermingle with polished and very elegant ripe fruit, leading to a palate that is gentle, textured, balanced and very calm rather than dramatic. The finish is crystalline, saline and very stimulating and represents a great noblesse. Nothing here is loud or spectacular besides the finesse. This is a classic. AP 5 25. 8% stated alcohol. Natural cork. - Stephan Reinhardt (Feb 19, 2026) 96 MFW

• 2024 Erdener Herzlei -Monopole- Spätlese GK Alte Reben #1241-24 199 ILS

  The 2024 Erdener Herzlei Riesling Spatlese Alte Reben (Gold Capsule) is from ancient vines and shows fascinating notes of weathered slate, herbs and sur lie notes. It is based on super ripe grapes with moderate must weights. Bottled in April 2025, this is a very elegant, saline and savory Riesling with a fine and crunchy slate grip and a zesty finish. It has good intensity yet also finesse and has very good aging potential. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. - Stephan Reinhardt (Feb 19, 2026) 95 MFW

• 2020 Ürziger Würzgarten Spatlese #1242-20 145 ILS
• 2016 Erdener Treppchen Auslese #1274-16 195 ILS

  From the plot above the Pralat (like the Kabinett) and based on concentrated yet not very sweet berries that were picked together with the grapes for the neighboring Pralat Spatlese, the 2024 Erdener Treppchen Riesling Auslese Alte Reben is very clear, precise, fresh and concentrated on the finely flinty nose. Generous, finely textured and beautifully balanced, this is a mouth-filling, very long, saline and vital Auslese with a mouthwatering, crystalline finish. It is lovely and rich but also highly digestible. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in January 2026. 97 RP

• 2024 Ürziger Würzgarten in der Kranklei Auslese Alte Reben #1271h-24 149 ILS

  The botrytis-free 2024 Orziger Wurzgarten In der Kranklei Riesling Auslese Alte Reben from red slate opens with a concentrated yet elegant, refined and herbal-scented nose with saline notes intermingled with lemony grapefruit notes. Fresh and savory on the palate, this is an elegant, precise, uplifted and still grippy Auslese that doesn't taste really sweet but savory. It is definitely not a wine for a sweet dessert. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in January 2026. - Stephan Reinhardt (Feb 19, 2026) 94 MFW, 94+ RP

• 2024 Erdener Treppchen Auslese Alte Reben #1272h-24 149 ILS

  From the plot above the Pralat (like the Kabinett) and based on concentrated yet not very sweet berries that were picked together with the grapes for the neighboring Pralat Spatlese, the 2024 Erdener Treppchen Riesling Auslese Alte Reben is very clear, precise, fresh and concentrated on the finely flinty nose. Generous, finely textured and beautifully balanced, this is a mouth-filling, very long, saline and vital Auslese with a mouthwatering, crystalline finish. It is lovely and rich but also highly digestible. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in January 2026. 95 MFW, 97 RP

• 2023 Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Auslese LGK #1273h-23 299 ILS

  96 MFW, 98 RP