Visited Thörle last year and bought these bottles after a tremendous tasting that left me infatuated. I’ve also ordered a bunch of the Rieslings and Spatburgunders via our friend LF, but have not opened any in a while. Because there’s always other stuff..
But nice to check in again and get reacquainted.
2022 Thörle Hölle Riesling Trocken was easy. Ripe round golden and juicy, but absolutely saturated with minerals and not at all thick, with a nice refreshing freshness on the finish. It’s an interesting expression of Rheinhessen generosity while retaining a juicy energetic profile and a respectable 12.5% alcohol. This is more facile than the Probstey, which is perhaps better suited to in-depth study. But facile has its place…
From the beginning, the 2022 Thörle Probstey Riesling Trocken shows the older vines, smaller berries, greater intensity. More intense flavors than the Hölle, but still with great cut and clarity. Not as ‘juicy’ as the Hölle, this shows more precision, more verve. But, despite all that density and tension, it still has the Rheinhessen generosity and is far from backwards or difficult. Plus it’s also only 12.5%. Happy that I ended up buying more Probstey than Hölle, but it’s all about what you want for the occasion…
