Monzinger, Riesling, Fruhtau
Emrich Schönleber

Monzinger, Riesling, Fruhtau, 2017


Destination

vintage


portfolio

Portfolio
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2017

75cl

DP

£32.40


2017

6x75cl

DP

£194.42



Emrich Schönleber, Monzinger, Riesling, Fruhtau, 2017

2017

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Emrich Schönleber, Monzinger, Riesling, Fruhtau, 2017

Probably the most arresting Fruhtau we've tasted from this estate, the 2017 breaths life with a pure, stony bergamot nose, an element of citrus essential oil, a touch of grass and exotic green citrus ; this is an absolute charmer, full of taut yet expressive fruit and perfectly integrated acidity as it dances across the palate. A ballerina.

Maturity:
Keep/Drink
ABV:
12%
92/100
David Schildknecht, Vinous

An enticingly floral nose tends toward iris and gentian; and the silken palate similarly features billowing bittersweet, musky inner-mouth perfume. At the same time, there are aromatic intimations of fresh apple and white peach, which subsequently translate into infectious juiciness, while suggestions of clover and grasses serve for subtle counterpoint and mineral salts for saliva-inducement in a lusciously-sustained finish. (This is effectively the second wine to Schönlebers’ Frühlingsplätzchen Grosses Gewächs, as explained in further detail in my review of its inaugural, vintage 2015 installment).
Date Reviewed:
04/2019

specifications

country:
Germany

region:
Nahe

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Allergen Information:
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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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