"... Andrea and Christoph Schaefer produced a very tiny but oh so breathtaking line-up of wines in the 2021 vintage. The wines show great purity, finesse, but also huge presence and energy, and really show the best of the Mosel can offer, with lightness and complexity... The fruity-styled wines are all modern-day classics and true majestic Mosel wines...!

"… The combination of intense flavors and airiness delivered by Willi Schaefer in 2020 is one of the great successes of the vintage! The village wines truly shine through their airy precision, the Kabinett are airy and packed with juicy and ripe acidity. The Spätlese are subtly creamy yet also hugely animating and playful. The Domprobst Auslese shines through its subtle purity and intensity…"

2020 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #10 97/100 - "Mind-blowing nose of cassis and forest berries with white flowers and a hint of cedar. Staggering depth, packed into a very sleek silhouette, but the brilliant acidity and enormous wet-stone freshness are even more astonishing, because they completely distract you from the natural grape sweetness for a long while. So enjoyable now, but with such a great future ahead of it. Drink or hold."

"…These are simply remarkable wines; among the vintage’s finest – and produced in miniscule quantities…"
Highest ratings - 5 of 5 stars - for Willi Schaefer wines

"… 2020 is clearly an excellent vintage for wines of this style in the Mosel. They remind us of the excellent 2017s, but the best of them, like the Kabinetts from Willi Schaefer, are even more extraordinary…“