Monzinger, Riesling, Fruhtau
Emrich Schönleber

Monzinger, Riesling, Fruhtau


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vintage


portfolio

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2016
75cl
DP
£32.21

2016
6x75cl
DP
£193.22

2017
75cl
DP
£32.21

2017
6x75cl
DP
£193.22


Emrich Schönleber, Monzinger, Riesling, Fruhtau, 2016

2016

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Emrich Schönleber, Monzinger, Riesling, Fruhtau, 2016

Crisp tangerine, salty extract, red peach, tangerine and lime blossom all come together in this super refined, wine from the Fruhlingsplatzen vineyard. A baby GG of wonderful purity.

Maturity:
Keep/Drink
ABV:
12%
93/100
David Schildknecht, Vinous

This is effectively the second wine to the Schönlebers’ Frühlingsplätzchen Grosses Gewächs (as explained in further detail in my review of its inaugural, vintage 2015 installment), “and I must say I’m surprised how well the new name has gone over with our customers,” remarked Frank Schönleber. Iris, lily-of-the-valley, white peach and lime inform a gorgeous nose and a satiny, buoyant palate (at just 12% alcohol). Nips of cress and a twist of lime lend invigoration and a major dose of mineral salts adds mouthwatering satisfaction to a vibrant finish rendered yet more complex by hints of iodine and black tea. It’s become conventional to think of Halenberg as inherently promoting mineral characteristics and Frühlingsplätzchen as favoring fruits and flowers, but recent renditions are demonstrating that this is at least an oversimplification, if not an outright inaccurate portrayal.
Date Reviewed:
04/2018

specifications

country:
Germany

region:
Nahe

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Allergen Information:
This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.


Emrich Schönleber

Emrich Schönleber

A great Nahe estate that was started by Werner Schönleber in the 1960s with just two hectares. Today the estate comprises 14 hectares, mainly Riesling, on the slate and quartzite soils of the Halenberg and Frühlingsplatzchen vineyards. Intense vineyard work and spontaneous fermentation in old oak casks together with ageing in steel vat conspire to produce intense, long lived Nahe Riesling that combines floral, charming qualitites with intense minerality. For the last five years, this estate has been perfoming to is maximum, rivalling Germany’s very greatest producers.

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