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Howard Ripley's German new releases in 2024

Steffen and Andi Rings credit Andreas Durst

A range of wines that show there is great quality, and far more diversity, beyond the small number of dry Rieslings and Spätburgunders that fit into the VDP’s Grosses Gewächs (GG) classification. Included below are the just-released J J Prüm 2023s and some impressive auction bottlings. Above, Steffen (left) and Andi Rings, photographed by Andreas Durst.

Howard Ripley’s en primeur tasting last month featured a good number of Grosse Gewächse (GGs), the top dry German wines produced by members of the VDP, but my notes on these have already been published, together with Paula’s notes from the VDP event...