Monzinger Halenberg, Riesling, Spätlese, 2017

Name: Monzinger Halenberg, Riesling, Spätlese
Brand: Emrich Schönleber
Price: 196.34 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Richer and more palate coating than the Fruhlingsplatzen, with ripe red apple and firm slate notes at its core surrounded by a creamy, rich layer of extract and fleshy fruit pulp.

critic reviews

92/100Stephan Reinhardt,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Schonleber's 2017 Halenberg Riesling Spatlese is deep, ripe and concentrated on the nose, which indicates a certain creaminess and possibly also botrytis infection. Lush and intense on the palate, this is a sweet and fleshy, well-concentrated and compact, slightly bitter Spatlese with nice and young mineral grip on the tight finish. The 2017 is more generous and creamier but less precise and crystalline than the 2018, which I tasted side by side in August 2019.

DRINKING WINDOW 2020 - 2045

date of review 10/2019

92/100David Schildknecht,Vinous

White peach and red raspberry are signaled already on the penetrating nose; then take on both lightly confitured as well as fresh fruit aspects on the glossy palate. There is a heady, gardenia-like garland. Prominent sweetness is largely checked by a tart, crunchy berry edge along with a welcome, bright influx of juicy lime. Perfumed and fruit elements dominate in the lusciously-lingering finish. Intriguingly, this displays less of a mineral dimension than does its Frühlingsplätzchen counterpart, which is the opposite of what one would expect given the typical performances of these two sites in the dry wine realm.

DRINKING WINDOW 2019 - 2038

date of review 04/2019