Vintage 1989
The 1989 vintage in Germany is celebrated as a sublime, historic campaign across the Mosel, Rheingau, Nahe, and Pfalz—frequently linked with 1988 and 1990 as part of an unprecedented trilogy of exceptional late-1980s harvests.
Following a remarkably warm, sunny spring and summer, an exceptionally long, dry, and warm autumn allowed Riesling grapes to reach intense sugar levels while preserving electric, age-worthy natural acidity. The sunny ...