I was not aware that Künstler was known as the "Hochheimer Latour", but it is an interesting classification. I would have preferred to give this wine another two years or so, but there was a good occasion with English friends around who I knew would appreciate a quality dry wine from Germany (they complained about the difficulty of finding truly dry German wines), so I was quite happy that it opened up relatively quickly.
And regarding PoNotet's comment: I noticed that the VDP recently with a triumphant tone mentioned that constant increase in the price of Großes/Erstes Gewächs wine. I can see that it makes them happy as they make more money and also as it indicates that the (international) market accepts these wines, but as a customer I would be happier if I would not increasingly have to look at GG wines over thirty Euro... In that sense this one here is fairly priced.
Hochheimer Latour
I was not aware that Künstler was known as the "Hochheimer Latour", but it is an interesting classification. I would have preferred to give this wine another two years or so, but there was a good occasion with English friends around who I knew would appreciate a quality dry wine from Germany (they complained about the difficulty of finding truly dry German wines), so I was quite happy that it opened up relatively quickly.
And regarding PoNotet's comment: I noticed that the VDP recently with a triumphant tone mentioned that constant increase in the price of Großes/Erstes Gewächs wine. I can see that it makes them happy as they make more money and also as it indicates that the (international) market accepts these wines, but as a customer I would be happier if I would not increasingly have to look at GG wines over thirty Euro... In that sense this one here is fairly priced.