“The 2025 Riesling Unplugged is from 50- to 80-year-old vines across sites. Tender pear, pale peach and lemon are restrained on the nose. The palate shows them in unity, fitting together like puzzle pieces, fresh, fused, zesty and bright. This does total justice to its name with its uncompromising dry stance and superbly clear-cut style, with just a little more body than usual.”
91 Points | vinous.com | A. Krebiehl<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n2024 Riesling Unplugged<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
“This excellent young bone-dry Nahe riesling is racy and focused on the sleek, barely medium-bodied palate. Plenty of delicate yellow apple, fresh herb and wet-stone aromas. Long, zesty finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.”
91 Points <\/b>| jamessuckling.com | S. Pigott<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
“From vines planted between the 1960s and 1980s, the 2024 Riesling Trocken Unplugged is deep, clear, intense and characterful on the nose that mingles stony and even saline nuances. Round and elegant as well as savory, fresh and citric on the palate, this finely textured dry Riesling reveals a long, stimulating and savory finish with fine grip. This is serious Riesling for many occasions. 11.5% stated alcohol. Screw-cap closure. This bottle was filled in February 2025, but some of the wine is still on the fine lees, so there will be two more bottlings in the coming months. Tasted in July 2025.”
90+ Points | robertparker.com | S. Reinhardt<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The 2024 Riesling Unplugged is the Tesch calling card, made from vines that are now between 50 and 80 years old. An initial crackle of reduction opens up into tender creaminess with pure but restrained yellow plum and juicy apple notes. This has lovely concentration and vivid purity aligned with the no frills notion of this wine\u2019s ethos. There\u2019s wonderful charm, even creaminess on this super strait-laced 2024. (Bone-dry) Drinking Window: 2025 \u2013 2045.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“
92 Points <\/b>| vinous.com | A. Krebiehl<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This is Tesch\u2019s opening wine, to be drunk young. It is crisp with minerality and apple fruit in a medium-weight body. Screw cap closure. 11.5% stated alcohol.”
90+ Points <\/b>| Fine Wine Review | C. Kolm<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n2023 Riesling Unplugged<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
\u201cElectrifying freshness and lightning bright Amalfi-lemon aroma, plus wet-stone minerality that makes this lift off on your palate. So focused on the medium-bodied palate. Such an exciting energy at the dangerously refreshing finish. Drink or hold.\u201d
93 Points <\/b>| jamessuckling.com | S. Pigott<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe 2023 Riesling Trocken Unplugged is another dry “oops” Riesling from Martin and his son Johannes Tesch. It is finer and airier than the Riesling Trocken and has integrated herbal aromas to the delicate fruit that also comes rather tropical yet in a finer, more discreet way, rather more of an idea than real. Juicy, refined and very elegant on the palate, this is far from being austere but with the character of the lower Nahe. The finish is tight yet also fruity and juicy and not just fruity but still savory, firm, minerally and long. There’s no reason to fear this wine, but first empty the other “oops” bottle to qualify for this next step. 12.5% stated alcohol. Screw-cap closure. Tasted in September 2024.\u201d
92 Points <\/b>| www.robertparker.com| S. Reinhardt<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe \u201cUnplugged\u201d is made from older vines than the preceding wine, and it is less immediately open, and although there is good grip here, this wine comes off as less aggressive in its bite. There\u2019s a noble austerity here and some chalkiness. Screw cap closure. 12.5% stated alcohol.\u201d
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“The 2023 Riesling Unplugged is the estate Riesling, made from old vines planted between the 1940s and 1970s across the single sites. The nose has the slightest frisson of passion fruit while the palate absolutely honors its name, with straight lines, uncompromising dryness and a matter-of-fact Rieslingness. There\u2019s gorgeous citrus and not a frill in sight. Strait-laced, pure and lasting. (Bone-dry)”
91 Points <\/b>| www.vinous.com | A. Krebiehl<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n2022 Riesling Unplugged<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
“The third decade of Tesch’s former Kabinett trocken starts with the 2022 Riesling Unplugged, which opens with an intense, complex, mineral-driven nose of ripe, aromatic fruits. The medium-bodied dry Riesling is pure, tight, stimulating and transparent as well as saline on the naked finish. It is denser and more complex than the 2022 Tesch Riesling trocken yet not necessarily more attractive. It is more stringent and age-worthy, sure. Yet its true class will come out after some years of bottle age. 12% stated alcohol. Stelvin screw cap. Tasted in October 2023.”
90+ Points <\/b>| S. Reinhardt | www.robertparker.com<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A nose of aromatic old apple varieties with a touch of lime zest. So much power and so much energy for just 11.5% alcohol. Sleek and very bright with a wonderful lime zest freshness. The salty finish pulls you back for more. Drink or hold.”
92 Points <\/b>| S. Pigott | www.jamessuckling.com<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
“As always, the Unplugged Riesling has refreshing, lively acidity. The wine has floral notes in the nose. The mouth is medium-light with excellent salinity to go with incipient peach fruit. This is a perfect introduction to the estate\u2019s lineup and ready to drink now. Screw cap closure. 11.5% stated alcohol.”
91\/A- Points <\/b>| C. Kolm | TheFineWineReview<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n2021 Riesling Unplugged<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe 2021 Riesling St. Remigiusberg is clear, refined and deep on the pure and complex, very elegant and intense nose. Full-bodied, intense and mineral on the palate, this is a firm, tight, fresh (racy) and structured, pure and saline Riesling that is still a bit unmoderated and needs some years of bottle age to refine. 12.5% stated alcohol.\u201d
93 Points <\/b>| S. Reinhardt | www.robertparker.com<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis dry riesling squares the circle of Old German seriousness and joyfully youthful energy. Stunning mineral freshness on the very focused palate, but also a touch of playfulness that makes you long for more of the serious stuff and pulls your hand back to the glass. Bone dry and extremely vivid finish.\u201d 92 Points <\/b>| S. Pigott | www.jamessuckling.com<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is Tesch\u2019s \u201centry level\u201d Riesling, but a very serious one it is. The wine has floral aromas and flavors and is light on the palate with lime minerality, salinity, and a dancing, enlivening acid attack. It is perhaps the driest of the set \u2014 deliberately as it is intended to be drunk on release, the others beginning a few years after release and so have a bit more residual sugar.\u201d 93\/A Points <\/b>| C. Kolm | TheFineWineReview<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n2020 Riesling Unplugged<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
The 2020 Riesling Unplugged opens very discreet yet clear and fresh on the nose. On the palate, this is a vibrantly fresh, dry, round, intense and piquant, straightforward Riesling with stimulating grip on the fresh and citric finish. 12.5% alcohol.
90 Points <\/b>| robertparker.com \u2013 The Wine Advocate \u2013 Stephan Reinhardt<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The focus of a laser beam and the brilliance of a soaring guitar solo make this a remarkable dry riesling for this category. Wonderful lemon-blossom and lemon-cream aromas, plus a stunning harmony of ripeness of crisp, mineral acidity. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
93 Points <\/b>| jamessuckling.com \u2013 Stuart Pigott<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
2020 marks the 20th vintage of Unplugged for Tesch, and the first time it is made entirely from old vines. The nose here is mineral and citric. The body is round, pure, and medium-light with penetrating clarity to the citric and apple, fruit. The wine has depth, penetration, and is electric. Screw cap closure. 12.5% stated alcohol.
92\/A Points <\/b>| TheFineWineReview \u2013 Claude Kolm<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n2019 Riesling Unplugged<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Tesch’s 2019 Riesling Unplugged is pure and intense on the excitingly precise and concentrated yet earthy nose that reveals perfectly ripe stone fruit aromas but in a very discreet way. Lean, fresh and elegant on the palate, the medium-bodied 2019 Unplugged shows remarkable extract and is juicy, piquant and structured, revealing finesse and a very good finish with stimulating mineral acidity and phenolic grip. This is an excellent dry Riesling from the Nahe, and it has rarely ben that good. Tasted as a sample in May 2020.
91 Points <\/b>| ROBERT PARKER \u2013 The Wine Advocate \u2013 Stephan Reinhardt<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s face it, most of life is everyday and this super straight and pure dry riesling is a super choice for those days. Did I say fish, seafood, salad? Those are just some of the situations in which the great, spring-like freshness of this wine will shine. Drink now. Screw cap.
92 Points <\/b>| JAMESUCKLING.COM \u2013 Stuart Pigott<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Light, floral nose and bone-dry finish with some crystalline acidity in between. This strikes me as perfect for the German palate but perhaps just a little too austere for the average Brit at the moment.
16 pts. Points <\/b>| JANCISROBINSON.COM \u2013 Reviewed by Jancis Robinson MW<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n2018 Riesling Unplugged<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Martin Tesch calls his 2018 Riesling Unplugged “the star of the vintage,” and he’s does so with good reasons and even more enthusiasm. The 2018 is one of his best Unpluggeds, along with 2015 and also 2017. Bottled with 12% alcohol, this is a winner from an exceptionally warm and dry vintage. New canopy management (higher leaf walls for more shadow between the rows) brings back the Nordic character of the Unplugged that opens with a pure, straight and refreshing nose of white fruits and lemon aromas. On the palate, this is a light and refreshing but structured and even tensioned dry Riesling with mouthwatering phenolic grip on the stimulating and persistent finish. This wine is clear, linear and elegant as always, with no ornaments, no fat, no palatable sweetness and no compromise. The 2018 Unplugged is a terrific Bauhaus Riesling that seems to celebrate the 100th birthday of the art movement that is as vital as this iconic Nahe wine from Martin Tesch. Yes, a star of the vintage, Dr. Tesch! Tasted in August 2019. | Drinking Date 2019-2030.
90 Points <\/b>| ROBERT PARKER \u2013 The Wine Advocate \u2013 Stephan Reinhardt<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unplugged refers to musicians playing without electric amplification so that the listener gets the most pure version. It is Tesch\u2019s basic Riesling and a very, very good one. You\u2019d never guess that this wine was a from a vintage often characterized by its heat and resulting wines of high alcohol and low acidity. The wine is light as a feather with precise peach skin aromas and flavors, and overall freshness. Outstanding balance and intensity. 12.0% stated alcohol. Last digits of A.P. Nr.: 08 19.
91\/A- Points <\/b>| THE FINE WINE REVIEW – Claude Kolm<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
This may be the entry-level wine but what an array of aromas! It’s like a glorious bouquet of wild flowers. Dry enough to drink with or without food, this is neither austere nor excessively fruity. A certain sudden chalkiness on the end marks it out as perhaps not the most glorious of Martin Tesch’s 2018 Rieslings but this wine is a true delight. VGV at under \u20ac10 in Germany. Please let us have it in the UK! 12% | Drink 2019 \u2013 2021.
16 pts. Points <\/b>| JANCISROBINSON.COM \u2013 Reviewed by Jancis Robinson MW<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n2017 Riesling Unplugged<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
The straw-yellow colored 2017 Riesling Unplugged is dry, clear, bright and aromatic on the fresh and slightly greenish shimmering nose. Pure and fresh on the palate, this is a full-bodied classic, racy and bone-dry Riesling that reveals a first maturity. The wine is lean and straight as well as tight and gripping, and it’s provided with good length and tension\u2014a Nordic classic from a warm year. Tasted from AP 10 18 in July 2019. | Drinking Date 2019 -2027.
89 Points <\/b>| ROBERT PARKER \u2013 The Wine Advocate \u2013 Stephan Reinhardt<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tons of apple, lemon and gooseberry here. Sleek and very crisp, this youthful dry riesling screams out for seafood. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
90 Points <\/b>| JAMESUCKLING.COM \u2013 Stuart Pigott<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n2016 Riesling Unplugged<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Tesch’s 2016 Nahe Riesling Trocken “Unplugged” needs a longer time in the glass at this early stage but then offers clear, ripe and quite intense aromas of white and yellow-fleshed fruits. Medium-bodied, clear and fruity, with good phenolic grip and racy-piquant acidity, this has a lean, straight and well-structured character. Tesch’s 2016 combines the intense, lush and fleshy fruit of a warm vintage with the lean character and racy acidity of a cooler vintage and is an excellent representation of the 2016 vintage. Don’t serve it too cool, and give it another year in bottle.
88 Points <\/b>| ROBERT PARKER \u2013 The Wine Advocate \u2013 Stephan Reinhardt<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first impression of this bone dry riesling is deceptively light, but there’s more than enough substance tucked away in this modest frame to balance the lemony acidity, and the finish is so clean it makes you crave a seafood platter or an open-air rock concert right now. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
90 Points <\/b>| JAMESUCKLING.COM \u2013 Stuart Pigott<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Light nose of apples and peaches. Clean and crisp with the merest suggestion of residual sugar but overall with very chiselled acidity and a chalky finish. I’d wait a little while for the acid to soften. Not quite as pure as the single-vineyard wines from this exciting producer.
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