Mineral, Riesling, Trocken, 2017

Name: Mineral, Riesling, Trocken
Brand: Emrich Schönleber
Price: 170.34 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2013 2017 2018

justerini & brooks tasting note

Far more mineral than Lenz, with complex, open slate and smoke aromas surrounding layers of pithy, salty fruit – borne across the palate by an invisible freshness. Utter silk and charm in a beautifully dry package.

critic reviews

92/100Stephan Reinhardt,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2017 Riesling Trocken Mineral is intense and elegant yet still reductive on the creamy and yeasty nose. Round and creamy on the palate, this is a fine, very classic Nahe Riesling with great mineral expression and lingering, highly stimulating salinity. A gorgeous wine. Tasted in June 2019.

DRINKING WINDOW 2020 - 2040

date of review 10/2019

92/100David Schildknecht,Vinous

As usual, this bottling – which in the present instance leans heavily on young vines not only in Halenberg but in Auf der Lay as well – not only lives up to its name but also offers excellent price-quality rapport. Penetrating, high-toned aromas of red raspberry, lime and white peach are mingled with struck flint and marine breeze anticipations of the reductive tension, stone suffusion, and mouthwatering salinity that follow on an infectiously juicy, satiny palate. And like its “basic” (intro-level) counterpart, this bottling boasts a striking sense of meatiness, not just clam-like in its mingling with mineral elements but also savory in a manner reminiscent of chicken stock, thereby reinforcing a resemblance to Chablis. The bell-clear finish vibrates and tugs at the salivary glands even as it delivers consummate refreshment.

DRINKING WINDOW 2019 - 2025

date of review 04/2019