“Hand-harvested / spontaneous fermentation / unfiltered / biodynamic” – Maximilian Greiner leaves no doubt on the label where the journey is headed. From the extremely strong collection there are four sophisticated wines: First of all, the Pinot Noir Rosé (“Fun!”), an invigoratingly spicy sparkling wine with refreshing acidity, which, with its pretty weirdness, could have come from Alsace and is more enjoyable with every sip. Then the Rosé Saignée with beautiful spice, presence, freshness and stoniness, followed by two ambitious and remarkably mature wines, the Gutedel and Pinot Blanc from Steinkreuz. Opinions will probably differ on the former: cheerfully uncompromising, phenolic, with an enormously present acidity! The Pinot is similarly grippy and phenolic, which initially stimulates the palate, becomes more and more melting, and the fruit almost shines. Because we like it all so much and the future is now, we are very happy to be able to award the third F - congratulations!"

The young winemaker Maximilian Greiner from the Greiner winery in Schliengen won the title of Baden's Newcomer of the Year.
 
At the evening event Baden's best wines, the best wines from Baden were also chosen. In advance, more than 100 winegrowers, wineries and winegrowers' cooperatives submitted their wines in five categories.
In the BBQ wines, the jury chose the 2021 Rosé Saignée dry from the Greiner winery in Schliengen with 93 points.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS APPRECIATION. We are VERY happy.
 
95+ for the Pinot Noir Volcano 2020 at the Falstaff Pinot Noir Trophy 2023
 
Tasting from March 22, 2023: Ulrich Sautter
In addition to an intense fruit reminiscent of sloe and forest raspberry, the scent shows clearly peppery aromas, wax and spontaneous fermentation aromas are also there. In the mouth, the wine creates a lot of pressure with mellow tannins, the structure remains homogeneous on the palate for a long time, ripe acidity is seamlessly integrated, and the finish is juicy and spicy with a beautiful mineral tinge.

Thank you very much for the ratings!

2020 Spätburgunder "Steinkreuz"         90WP  Excellent
2021 Spätburgunder – Lieblingswein     88WP  Very good
2020 Brut Nature Pinot Rosé – Lieblingswein    89WP  Very good
2022 Rosé "Saignée" – Lieblingswein    88WP  Very good
2021 Weißburgunder "Steinkreuz"         89WP  Very good
2021 Gutedel "Steinkreuz"                   87WP  Very good
2021 Chasselas                                  86WP  Very good
Reviewed: June/July 2023

... wines were honored with 93-95 points, which can be described as "world class" ...

In the meantime, both top wines have been drunk.

All results and special awards can be found from Thursday, November 24, 2022, at http://www.meininger.de and in the extensive editorial reporting in the January issue of Meiningers Weinwelt (http://www.meiningers-weinwelt.de).

We are delighted with the excellent appreciation!

In the meantime everyone is drunk.

94       2019 Chardonnay   “a quiet, all the more exciting guy”
94       2019 Pinot Blanc     "on power amp level"
89       2019 Pinot Noir
86       2019 Pinot Noir Vulkan
87       2020 Gutedel Steinkreuz
85       2020 Chasselas Gutedel

In the wine guide beginning at page 74 you will find more ingenious Landweine.
"With us, the customer controls, not the contorol center"

Thank you very much for the excellent ratings!

2020 Chasselas dry
Wine Plus rating: Very good (87 WP)
 
2020 Gutedel Steinkreuz dry
Wine Plus rating: Very good (89 WP)

2019 Pinot Blanc dry
Wine Plus rating: Very good (89 WP)

2019 Chardonnay dry
Wine Plus rating: Very good (88 WP)

2020 Rosé Saignée dry
Wine Plus rating: Very good (85 WP)

2019 Pinot Noir dry
Wine Plus rating: Very good (87 WP)

2019 Pinot Noir Steinkreuz dry
Wine Plus rating: Excellent (90 WP)

2019 Pinot Noir Volcano dry
Wine Plus rating: Excellent (90 WP)

2018 Pinot Noir 14/7 dry
Wine Plus Rating: Excellent (91 WP)

Reviewed: January 14 and Febraury 05, 2022

... What Maximilian Greiner sent us this year is quite simply a very strong collection. The reds - especially the »Vulkan« - withstood the hot 2018 vintage well. The whites, who can inspire real wine freaks, are even more individual. A third star is not far away.
90 points         2020 Chasselas
92 points         2019 Pinot Blanc
93 points         2019 Chardonnay
91 points         2018 Pinot Noir Steinkreuz
93 points         2018 Pinot Noir volcano
90+ points       2018 Sparkling Wine Zero Dosage

"For us, wine is not just a result of nature, but the expression of our spiritual attitude and the terroir," says Maximilian Greiner. He is one of those modern winemakers whose future wines we are particularly looking forward to. He works biodynamically, handcrafted and without interfering with the natural rhythms. In the current collection it is clear that this winery is at the very beginning of its career.
Even the Chasselas country wine looks absolutely natural with enormous tension and liveliness.
The Pinot noir volcano is already very strong and spicy, but it has enormous aging potential.
The sparkling wine was also extraordinary with its precise aroma of apples, its salty nature and the firm structure.

We are very pleased about these great reviews from Vinum Switzerland.

The DWI lists a good 80 importers in Switzerland, 45 of whom have employed their Rieslings and Co. for this competition: a total of 460 wines!

GREINER Chardonnay 2018 | Place: 2 | Category 4: White Burgundy varieties dry
 

We are full of gratitude for this appreciation and are very happy!

The Markgräflerland currently has so many discoveries in store for wine lovers, it's hard to know where to start. But there is no way you can miss Maximilian Greiner. Chasselas (Gutedel), white Burgundy varieties or Pinot Noir - Greiner has mastered the whole range. And also in the form of sparkling wine or rosé. Hardly anyone collected as many of our favourite wine trophies last year as he did.

https://magazine.wein.plus/the-collections-and-discoveries-of-the-year-tasting-season-2020-21
 

Yeast and spicy mineral undertones, pear, herbal notes, becoming more and more balsamic with air contact. In the mouth with a powerful structural part: with phenols present and a solid acid core. Only very subtly influenced by wood. A handsome Pinot Blanc made for bottle aging.

Pinot Blanc Trophy Germany 2021; Tasted by: Ulrich Sautter on March 24th, 2021

https://www.falstaff.de/pd/w/weingut-greiner-2018-weissburgunder-badischer-landwein-trocken-1/

We are very pleased!

At the tasting in October 2020, Michael Schmidt gave the following ratings:

16,5 scors      2018 Pinot Blanc dry
17  scors        2018 Chardonnay dry
16  scors        2019 Saignée Rosé dry
15  scors        2017 Pinot Noir dry
16  scors        2017 Steinkreuz Pinot Noir dry
17  scors        2017 Volcano Pinot Noir dry

16,1 scors      Average score based on 8 tasting notes

Thank you very much, we are very pleased!

The rating stands for:
Producer of first-class wines, most of which are among the best of their kind even in international comparison. Mediocre wines are very rare, there are hardly any real weaknesses. Even in difficult years, first-class qualities are regularly produced here.

https://weinfuehrer.wein.plus/weingut-greiner
 

We are very pleased!

2018 Pinot Noir Badischer Landwein dry
Wine Plus Rating: Very good (87 WP)

2018 Pinot Noir Steinkreuz Badischer Landwein dry
Wine Plus Rating: EXCELLENT (90 WP)

2018 Pinot Noir Volcano Badischer Landwein dry
Wine Plus Rating: EXCELLENT (91 WP)

Last Reviewed: January 07, 2021

Maximilian Greiner is a highly energetic tinkerer, doer and convinced “biodynamic”. In his opinion, wine is also an expression of “our spiritual attitude and the terroir”, which of course is also reflected in the approach in the vineyard (healthy soil as a basic requirement) and cellar (not very interventionist, “a healthy must is usually the best cellar master” - fining and filtration are taboo). The wines are all characters, some more, some less capable of reaching a consensus:
 
handy, creamy and presently tart and fruity of the Chasselas 2018,
The Pinot Blanc 2018 is extremely aromatic and complex
(yeasty-nutty scent, smoke and yellow, slightly tart fruit, mineral tension on the palate, salted almonds, wood and stone), the sparkling wine Zero Dosage Brut Nature 2017 in the best sense of the word (“all over the place”).
 
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