Julia samples some great Rheinhessen, and now Mosel, wines from cask, in situ. Please note that many of these wines, and particularly the Grosse Gewächse, are cask samples.
Last year I withheld my notes on those wines, tasted during the Kellers' annual Jungweinprobe (young wine tasting), until later in the year, believing that it was contrary to the policy of the VDP growers' association to allow publication of notes on Grosses Gewächs wines until after they had been presented in Wiesbaden in early September. However, as Klaus Peter Keller confirmed last year, having talked to the VDP president...