Monzinger, Riesling, Halgans,

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Emrich Schönleber, Monzinger, Riesling, Halgans, 2016

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Emrich Schönleber, Monzinger, Riesling, Halgans, 2016

Pungent notes of slate on the nose yet on the palate a refined delicacy, with cool pure flavours suspended in a gentle structure, white peach, slate and pomelo. There’s great subtlety here. Delicious in the next two years, or five years later than that.

Maturity:

Keep/Drink

ABV:

12%

93/100

David Schildknecht, Vinous

This bottling from the Halenberg is radically different from its “Frühtau” (Frühlingsplätzchen) counterpart – but not, as conventional wisdom would have it, on account of being somehow more mineral. Wet stone, moss, and smoky-sweet hints of machine oil on the nose dominate over white peach and lime, but the latter emerge more prominently and with animating juiciness on a polished palate. Walnut and peach kernel piquancy adds invigorating counterpoint en route to a finish of exceptional clarity, lift (even at 12% alcohol) and length.

Date Reviewed:

04/2018

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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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