Exotic tropical fruit/subtle Jack fruit, fresh apricot, white lily, savoury and flinty, some residue sugar with fizziness, fresh acidity with intense ripe fruit to balance it. Well made Nahe with typical ripe fruit characters.
Nose: Gently bitter lime skins littered on top of clean grass. Sun-basked earthiness with really enjoyable funk emanating from hay cooking in the sun. The funk goes away with air, leaving fresh pomelo flesh, fresh minerality, with bright and unripe pineapple slices. There is a very subtle hint of either burnt honey or freshly baked loaves of bread.
Palate: Similar fruits from the nose with similar freshness and medium acidity. Taking in air while the juice is on the palate brings out whiffs of petrol notes. The earthiness on the palate is at war with the acidity, both fighting to gain ground but ends up constantly in a stalemate. It’s not boring, but it doesn’t go anywhere. With some air, a bit of prickly spice appears.
I recommend serving this a bit chilled as this seemed to get a bit weighty as it came to room temp. The petrol notes stand out more as well with higher temps. One thing I noticed as well, as the wine just sat in the glass, there were very small amounts of bubbles that started forming but they stuck to the glass. I was wondering if that's what was causing the prickly texture on the palate (which was nice to me). 93-94
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At the beginning there are so many sour tastes that emerges with a delicate mix of lemon, grapefruit, limecest and acidity in general. There is stone and minerality as expected from this region, but in a very right balanced way. It's not rough in any way just very immature. I'm not tasting any stonefruits, just sourness.
Enjoyment? Yes, but this young I need food with it to make it work. I'm sure this will change in 10 (?) years.
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Beautiful and youthful nose with lemon, minerals, tart peach, honeysuckle, citrus zest, and flowers. High acidity with more lemon and citrus fruit, crushed rocks, apricot, lemon zest, and green apple. Long finish. This is super promising. The flavors are complex and nuanced and it changed significantly with air. Enjoyable already, but best to wait 5-10 years… 96++
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We served this with the Thanksgiving turkey alongside among others a very fine bottle of Pichon Lalande 1989. Opened and poured, and surprisingly drinkable, although optimally 10-15 years. This was voted the wine of the night. Mixture of apricot and minerality, honey and spices. The complexity even at this early stage made it special, but what brought it to another level was the balance, the mid palate lift and the length of the finish.
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This really is a gorgeous wine. It has exuberance and almost ethereal elements of citrus, fermented lemons and kumquat and petrol. The palate is full of energy, minerality and a wonderful saltiness on the finish. Sante. Bravo.
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Quite pale yellow with a bit of Thames Water chalky froth on the rim which disappeared after 15 mins. Nose shows brooding essence of Riesling and cheerfully devoid of obvious wine-making which is pleasing given the youth. Palate is saline and very pure yet full of textural fireworks and very busy indeed as this wine bristles with latent energy. Clearly infanticide to drink now. Too strict and tight to enjoy although one can certainly admire its qualities.
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Obviously needs time, this will be better tomorrow.
Clean white smoke, crushed stones, citrus, subtle flowers, herbs and pith... beautiful purity on the palate, deep fruit without much weight, delicate flowers and herbs, the intensity without heaviness is impressive, and I like this style of GG quite a lot... finish is stones, lime, crunchy peach. Again, this is obviously primary and too young. Delish, not especially complex today, but simply gorgeous purity and length.
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blind This time too many green notes like a SB, couldn't detect it is from SF. Missing the charm I had with the bottles I had in the past. Decanted for 1 hour. 93
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not blind Decanted for 1,5 hour, not enough. Typical SF nose, developed nice in the glas. Dry, saline with some pink grapefruit. Next time I will open it one day before. 95
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Clean and slender, yellow fruit, vanilla bean, some coolish wine gum or chewing gum. Dry with high acidity and lots of mineralogy. Lime zest. Long finish.
Way too young - keep.
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Light aromatic, medium intense bouquet w. wine gum, yellow fruits and vanilla. Dry w. high acidity and intensity. Very slender and stony, good grip, grapefruit, lime zest bitterness and light pearly. Long finish. Drink now or wait.
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Schafer-Frohlich Tasting at Down to Earth: Compared with the Schiefergestein, this was like drinking lemon juice rather than lemonade. As with the other pairing (Vulkan/Stromberg), this was like turning the intensity dial up. There was a prominent funky sponti sulfuric nose, and it felt like you could smell the acid. The palate was searingly intense, yet had a frothy or lacy texture on the finish, which was also marked by clear herbal tones. This wine was clearly immense, yet not the most pleasurable to drink at the moment. Needs time to settle down and stretch.
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Palate: Cool rather slim body, nevertheless with high intensity. Initially stony earthy tones, which later get less and disappear. Long, fine ripe lemon, that too is lost. On the mineral side, Freak stuff, a bit restless, definition and precision missing. And as always with lots of potential ;-)
Think that 2021 is a very good year for Schäfer-Fröhlich, but 'Vulkangestein' and 'Schiefergestein' , as in 2017, might be the real bargains.
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not blind, Magnum, side by side with 2011 The best young Felseneck I had so far. Saline, no residual annoying sugar. Reductive, flintstone. Great potential but even in this young stage very drinkable. 98
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is this all to testify? No, I am one of this lucky ones today, the estate showed me a selection of the Felseneck, "bestes Faß", "best barrel", M I N D blowing, would have never imagined that there can be that much difference and quality increase, same vineyard and vintage, 99- 100! AMEN!
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4/30/2024 - Jason Wu Likes this wine: 93 Points
Exotic tropical fruit/subtle Jack fruit, fresh apricot, white lily, savoury and flinty, some residue sugar with fizziness, fresh acidity with intense ripe fruit to balance it. Well made Nahe with typical ripe fruit characters.
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3/23/2024 - maxima wrote: 93 Points
Superbe GG.
Dommage que la SAQ ne tienne pas ces
grosses cuvees.
Cher mais plus que du bonbon.
Excellent!
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2/25/2024 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nose: Gently bitter lime skins littered on top of clean grass. Sun-basked earthiness with really enjoyable funk emanating from hay cooking in the sun. The funk goes away with air, leaving fresh pomelo flesh, fresh minerality, with bright and unripe pineapple slices. There is a very subtle hint of either burnt honey or freshly baked loaves of bread.
Palate: Similar fruits from the nose with similar freshness and medium acidity. Taking in air while the juice is on the palate brings out whiffs of petrol notes. The earthiness on the palate is at war with the acidity, both fighting to gain ground but ends up constantly in a stalemate. It’s not boring, but it doesn’t go anywhere. With some air, a bit of prickly spice appears.
I recommend serving this a bit chilled as this seemed to get a bit weighty as it came to room temp. The petrol notes stand out more as well with higher temps. One thing I noticed as well, as the wine just sat in the glass, there were very small amounts of bubbles that started forming but they stuck to the glass. I was wondering if that's what was causing the prickly texture on the palate (which was nice to me). 93-94
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2/18/2024 - El_Dougo wrote:
Elegant and austere. Requires a lot of air time which we failed to give it.
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1/12/2024 - Peraix wrote: 93 Points
At the beginning there are so many sour tastes that emerges with a delicate mix of lemon, grapefruit, limecest and acidity in general. There is stone and minerality as expected from this region, but in a very right balanced way. It's not rough in any way just very immature. I'm not tasting any stonefruits, just sourness.
Enjoyment? Yes, but this young I need food with it to make it work. I'm sure this will change in 10 (?) years.
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1/3/2024 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 96 Points
Beautiful and youthful nose with lemon, minerals, tart peach, honeysuckle, citrus zest, and flowers. High acidity with more lemon and citrus fruit, crushed rocks, apricot, lemon zest, and green apple. Long finish. This is super promising. The flavors are complex and nuanced and it changed significantly with air. Enjoyable already, but best to wait 5-10 years… 96++
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11/24/2023 - Musigny151 Likes this wine: 97 Points
We served this with the Thanksgiving turkey alongside among others a very fine bottle of Pichon Lalande 1989. Opened and poured, and surprisingly drinkable, although optimally 10-15 years. This was voted the wine of the night. Mixture of apricot and minerality, honey and spices. The complexity even at this early stage made it special, but what brought it to another level was the balance, the mid palate lift and the length of the finish.
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10/15/2023 - DAHT Likes this wine: 94 Points
This really is a gorgeous wine. It has exuberance and almost ethereal elements of citrus, fermented lemons and kumquat and petrol. The palate is full of energy, minerality and a wonderful saltiness on the finish. Sante. Bravo.
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10/13/2023 - fussyeater Likes this wine:
Quite pale yellow with a bit of Thames Water chalky froth on the rim which disappeared after 15 mins. Nose shows brooding essence of Riesling and cheerfully devoid of obvious wine-making which is pleasing given the youth. Palate is saline and very pure yet full of textural fireworks and very busy indeed as this wine bristles with latent energy. Clearly infanticide to drink now. Too strict and tight to enjoy although one can certainly admire its qualities.
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9/21/2023 - viniferatu Likes this wine:
Obviously needs time, this will be better tomorrow.
Clean white smoke, crushed stones, citrus, subtle flowers, herbs and pith... beautiful purity on the palate, deep fruit without much weight, delicate flowers and herbs, the intensity without heaviness is impressive, and I like this style of GG quite a lot... finish is stones, lime, crunchy peach. Again, this is obviously primary and too young. Delish, not especially complex today, but simply gorgeous purity and length.
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6/12/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 93 Points
blind
This time too many green notes like a SB, couldn't detect it is from SF. Missing the charm I had with the bottles I had in the past. Decanted for 1 hour. 93
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4/23/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 95 Points
not blind
Decanted for 1,5 hour, not enough. Typical SF nose, developed nice in the glas. Dry, saline with some pink grapefruit. Next time I will open it one day before. 95
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1/29/2023 - Achermann Likes this wine: 92 Points
Felseneck vertical 2012-2021:
Clean and slender, yellow fruit, vanilla bean, some coolish wine gum or chewing gum. Dry with high acidity and lots of mineralogy. Lime zest. Long finish.
Way too young - keep.
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1/27/2023 - tobyc wrote: 91 Points
Light aromatic, medium intense bouquet w. wine gum, yellow fruits and vanilla. Dry w. high acidity and intensity. Very slender and stony, good grip, grapefruit, lime zest bitterness and light pearly. Long finish. Drink now or wait.
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12/2/2022 - Bagwhat Likes this wine: 90 Points
Schafer-Frohlich Tasting at Down to Earth: Compared with the Schiefergestein, this was like drinking lemon juice rather than lemonade. As with the other pairing (Vulkan/Stromberg), this was like turning the intensity dial up. There was a prominent funky sponti sulfuric nose, and it felt like you could smell the acid. The palate was searingly intense, yet had a frothy or lacy texture on the finish, which was also marked by clear herbal tones. This wine was clearly immense, yet not the most pleasurable to drink at the moment. Needs time to settle down and stretch.
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11/27/2022 - Invest wrote: 93 Points
PnP, very high end natural cork, 12,5% Alc.
Very light yellow color, interestingly without Schäfer-Fröhlich's usual CO² bubbles.
Nose: Böckser (Sponti Notes), sulphurous tones, flint, touch sweetness.
Palate: Cool rather slim body, nevertheless with high intensity. Initially stony earthy tones, which later get less and disappear. Long, fine ripe lemon, that too is lost. On the mineral side, Freak stuff, a bit restless, definition and precision missing. And as always with lots of potential ;-)
Think that 2021 is a very good year for Schäfer-Fröhlich, but 'Vulkangestein' and 'Schiefergestein' , as in 2017, might be the real bargains.
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10/27/2022 - aquacongas wrote: 98 Points
not blind, Magnum, side by side with 2011
The best young Felseneck I had so far. Saline, no residual annoying sugar. Reductive, flintstone. Great potential but even in this young stage very drinkable. 98
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8/23/2022 - beatles wrote: 94 Points
This has real class and character. A rich fruit, yet a firm, stony backbone, flinty, intense. Bravo
#VDP#GG#Wiesbaden
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6/20/2022 - fc1910 Likes this wine:
Back to Riesling Country 2.0; 6/17/2022-6/21/2022 (Flörsheim-Dalsheim, Bad Kreuznach, Niederhausen, Oberhausen, Bad Sobernheim , Bockenau): And now:
top of the heap from Bockenau and Riesling, wait ...... are you sure about? Yes! No doubt possible,
electricity enters the palate, like if you crunch stones with your own teeth, demanding acid leads to enormous mouthwatering,
a cobra dressed as a Riesling,
*(****), 96(++?)
will be among the best three from Germany in a decade+,
is this all to testify?
No, I am one of this lucky ones today, the estate showed me a selection of the Felseneck, "bestes Faß", "best barrel",
M I N D blowing, would have never imagined that there can be that much difference and quality increase, same vineyard and vintage,
99- 100!
AMEN!
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