Citrus, pineapple, yellow fruit and some wet rock on the nose. The slender palate continues with the same ingredients, adding strong rocky acidity. Long finish with mineral acids. Driven by the acidity, but the sweet-toned fruit (along with maybe a hint of RS?) balances the overall feeling really well. Fresh, drinkable, and really food-friendly. Lives up to its name, and can maybe even develop further.
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To be honest, I intended to wait longer before checking in on this wine, but it caught my eye in the cellar and before I knew it I was pulling the cork. This was absolutely chiseled in crystalline minerality with racy notes of lemons and piquant apples. A hint of ginger spice played off of the saline depth of the wine. The nose showed beautiful notes of apple blossoms and citrus orchard. The wonderful tingle of acidity enlivened the palate that was full of verve, leading into a long lip smacking finish. I am definitely planning to hide my next bottle away for a while, but that youthful energy is hard to beat.
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Pale straw color. Nose of lemon, crushed rock, white florals, green apple. Zippy acidity on the palate with a bone dry finish. The fresh citrus and apple flavors along with the acidity really cleanse the palate nicely when paired with food. Very enjoyable with assorted sushi.
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This is right up my Riesling loving alley. Electric acidity, lovely minerality, apple and citrus notes on the nose and palate, with a lingering lemon verbena mineral finish. For those that haven’t caught the Riesling bug, try this wine. I wish I bought more than 4 bottles
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Decanted for 1.5h. Lovely aromas of ripe tart apples, some unripe peaches, some herbs, and loads of minerals. Palate w tart apples, mellow lemons, unripe peaches, loads of minerals, herbs, and just a bit of grapefruit pith. Excellent acids on medium body. Moderately short finish. Don't remember peaches before and the acids seem more tempered than previous. The wine also seems less concentrated than before. It's still delicious but doesn't have the same punch and electricity as the last time. Not sure if this is on its way to shutting down. It's still delicious but just less impact than when I had this in Oct 2022. I'm going to let this sleep for a while - prob until age 8-10.
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Intense, laser-like acidity and dryness now. Granite and fresh lemon edge that is clean, steely and electric. Young, obviously, but very drinkable, and plenty of time to unwind a bit.
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Mosel-like lemon/lime, tangerine, and strong minerality.
Medium plus acid with a strong mineral finish.
The magic of Emrich-Schönleber is fully on display here. The palate and nose have a touch of ripeness without loosing what makes German Riesling distinct. It leads to a wine that is complex and delicious.
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What a great wine. A full-ish and almost plush, heavier than the Mosel palate weight that is rendered lean by a spritzy character. It has some density to it, but finishes on a piercingly dry, exquisitely fresh yellow peach. And the label doesn’t lie… it’s blessed with a powdered granite-like, spiky, energetic palate, even after the spritz leaves the glass. A whallop of fresh squeezed lemon juice on the late finish; searing and electric. Most definitely a wine to age to perfection, but already easy to crush.
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Upresis ung rieslingfrukt og avdempet mineralitet på duft. Gjennomtrengende og ubalansert syre mot fylde som ikke kjennes elegant, dog bare 12 prosent. Syre og sødme virker faseforskjøvet i smakskurven. Ikke helt vellykket versjon av denne vinen, muligens ikke helt topp flaske
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Freshly cut lemon, tangerine peel, dry slate, and underripe tropical fruit on the nose. The wine is pure and energetic on the palate, with ripe acidity and intense mineral tones that build on the finish. What a great value dry riesling, a baby GG in my eyes that doesn’t even much attention in the Emrich lineup.
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This wine lives up to its name. Huge mineral slate in the mid palate. Up front is lemon and fresh acidity. I really like this wine, even early after opening. Paid $34 which seems like a great value for such a nice dry Riesling.
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This has quickly become one of the wines that I look forward to most over the last few years. Always so energetic and mineral with an ability to really punch above its weight class. I enjoyed this bottle over two days and really loved watching the evolution. Initially this showed such great light footed purity, a characteristic that seems to be common with 2021s. Notes of lemon, complimented by navel oranges and great salinity, with a ginger infused mineral water freshness that was so alluring. This nose had an intoxicating perfume of lemongrass that made this such a pleasure. On day two this continued where if left off with notes of candied lemon, a lively tingle of acidity, salty minerality with a long and tangy finish. This was wonderfully piquant and lip smacking. The trick now is to keep my hands off the rest of my bottles..
Decanted and kept in wine fridge for 2h. Really took near 2.5h in decanter to open up. Now 3.5h after decant and having warmed up a bit. Aromas of tart apples and lemon curd accompanied by slatey minerals w a bitter bass note component, and a hint of barely ripe bananas. Palate is a lovely melange of tart apples, lemon curd, minerals, some grapefruit pith. Excellent acids but also w a mildly rounded mouthfeel. Medium body. Nice finish of fruit, acids, and minerals that leave a gentle, lingering tingle on the palate. This is definitely young and I suspect a couple of years on it's side will help knit the wine toward a more cohesive whole. Still the components are lovely. 90+
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pale lemon color, nose of slate, grey pebbles, primary fruit, rising bread dough, on the palate a deep and impressive immediate impact that quickly retreats behind a good firm structure on the middle with moderate acids on a very long finish that is particularly persistent with stone and honeysuckle notes, as it opens on the midpalate very pure citrus flavors appear- grapefruit vesicles near-bursting with a sleek steely coating keeping all in place, 3 days later from a bottle that remained open in the fridge- elegant rounded stone and slate nose with grapefruit and white flower notes, on the palate waves of stony white fruits with fiery hints of grapefruit and even a bit of cream, a punchy note bordering on raspberries, fine long mineral-driven finish with a wonderful fragrance of stone and honeysuckle, lime notes on the tail end, drinking well now but in this vintage I would advise 2-3 years of cellaring to see it at its best.
***+, 2025-2035
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Quite a lot of fruit character on the nose compared to some earlier vintages of this cuvee. Grapefruit, quince, apricot, goiabada, papaya. At the beginning some ripe stone and tropical fruits, especially when on the warmer side. Crushed chalk, flint smoke, and wild yeast in the background. Dry on the palate, but still with the ripeness coming across. With about 2 hours of air, this started coming together, white flowers, some herbal notes, and the mineral texture started coming through. High acid, though not the enamel stripping kind. More of a saliva inducing coiled mainspring sitting dead centre in the tongue. There's a certain lightness and airiness to the wine at times, almost verging on delicate in nature, but with a concentrated and piquant mid-palate. Needs 3-5 years in the cellar. AP 24 22
The name makes sense - incredibly mineral driven, hardly any fruit at all, maybe a little grapefruit, but somehow the wine is well balanced and the minerality gives of the impression of riverstones whose edges have been worn of. More in balance than the other entry level wines from Emrich-Schonleber.
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由Monzinger Halenberg特级园和Auf der Lay的年轻藤制作。香气还是比较开放的白花、白桃和明亮的柑橘调，比起Lenz来说，整体会集中收拢一些，白桃杏类的果味也要更出挑，在鼻腔中有纵深，中后段有矿物、些许香草和一点点烤栗子味。入口较为柔和，酸度扩散，和细细的酚类触感一道，遍布整个口腔。果味集中，结构不错，有着白桃、油桃、苹果和柑橘之类的香味，颇为干净，收尾略带一些辛香料、矿物和烟熏感。91+/100
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2/10/2024 - blaahhi wrote: 92 Points
Citrus, pineapple, yellow fruit and some wet rock on the nose. The slender palate continues with the same ingredients, adding strong rocky acidity. Long finish with mineral acids. Driven by the acidity, but the sweet-toned fruit (along with maybe a hint of RS?) balances the overall feeling really well. Fresh, drinkable, and really food-friendly. Lives up to its name, and can maybe even develop further.
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11/7/2023 - CADomer Likes this wine: 92 Points
To be honest, I intended to wait longer before checking in on this wine, but it caught my eye in the cellar and before I knew it I was pulling the cork.
This was absolutely chiseled in crystalline minerality with racy notes of lemons and piquant apples. A hint of ginger spice played off of the saline depth of the wine.
The nose showed beautiful notes of apple blossoms and citrus orchard.
The wonderful tingle of acidity enlivened the palate that was full of verve, leading into a long lip smacking finish.
I am definitely planning to hide my next bottle away for a while, but that youthful energy is hard to beat.
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10/18/2023 - Rich S Likes this wine: 91 Points
Pale straw color. Nose of lemon, crushed rock, white florals, green apple. Zippy acidity on the palate with a bone dry finish. The fresh citrus and apple flavors along with the acidity really cleanse the palate nicely when paired with food. Very enjoyable with assorted sushi.
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9/15/2023 - yasha Likes this wine: 92 Points
Open for an hour and very good
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8/29/2023 - Saxman1984 wrote:
This is right up my Riesling loving alley. Electric acidity, lovely minerality, apple and citrus notes on the nose and palate, with a lingering lemon verbena mineral finish. For those that haven’t caught the Riesling bug, try this wine. I wish I bought more than 4 bottles
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7/1/2023 - James Kim Likes this wine: 89 Points
Decanted for 1.5h. Lovely aromas of ripe tart apples, some unripe peaches, some herbs, and loads of minerals. Palate w tart apples, mellow lemons, unripe peaches, loads of minerals, herbs, and just a bit of grapefruit pith. Excellent acids on medium body. Moderately short finish. Don't remember peaches before and the acids seem more tempered than previous. The wine also seems less concentrated than before. It's still delicious but doesn't have the same punch and electricity as the last time. Not sure if this is on its way to shutting down. It's still delicious but just less impact than when I had this in Oct 2022. I'm going to let this sleep for a while - prob until age 8-10.
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5/11/2023 - decaturwinedude wrote: 90 Points
Intense, laser-like acidity and dryness now. Granite and fresh lemon edge that is clean, steely and electric. Young, obviously, but very drinkable, and plenty of time to unwind a bit.
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4/28/2023 - OnWisconsin Likes this wine: 91 Points
Mosel-like lemon/lime, tangerine, and strong minerality.
Medium plus acid with a strong mineral finish.
The magic of Emrich-Schönleber is fully on display here. The palate and nose have a touch of ripeness without loosing what makes German Riesling distinct. It leads to a wine that is complex and delicious.
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3/31/2023 - Gargantua Likes this wine:
What a great wine. A full-ish and almost plush, heavier than the Mosel palate weight that is rendered lean by a spritzy character. It has some density to it, but finishes on a piercingly dry, exquisitely fresh yellow peach. And the label doesn’t lie… it’s blessed with a powdered granite-like, spiky, energetic palate, even after the spritz leaves the glass. A whallop of fresh squeezed lemon juice on the late finish; searing and electric. Most definitely a wine to age to perfection, but already easy to crush.
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12/29/2022 - grizzlywine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Characteristic stone and yellow citrus flows into a nicely arrested finish with a twist of welcome bitterness. Very nice as usual.
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12/24/2022 - Anders Danielsen Lie wrote: 87 Points
Upresis ung rieslingfrukt og avdempet mineralitet på duft. Gjennomtrengende og ubalansert syre mot fylde som ikke kjennes elegant, dog bare 12 prosent. Syre og sødme virker faseforskjøvet i smakskurven. Ikke helt vellykket versjon av denne vinen, muligens ikke helt topp flaske
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12/20/2022 - rieslinghoarder Likes this wine: 92 Points
Glassware: Zalto Universal
Prep: Pop n’ pour
Freshly cut lemon, tangerine peel, dry slate, and underripe tropical fruit on the nose. The wine is pure and energetic on the palate, with ripe acidity and intense mineral tones that build on the finish. What a great value dry riesling, a baby GG in my eyes that doesn’t even much attention in the Emrich lineup.
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12/18/2022 - schultzi22 Likes this wine: 92 Points
This wine lives up to its name. Huge mineral slate in the mid palate. Up front is lemon and fresh acidity. I really like this wine, even early after opening. Paid $34 which seems like a great value for such a nice dry Riesling.
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11/1/2022 - CADomer Likes this wine: 92 Points
This has quickly become one of the wines that I look forward to most over the last few years. Always so energetic and mineral with an ability to really punch above its weight class.
I enjoyed this bottle over two days and really loved watching the evolution. Initially this showed such great light footed purity, a characteristic that seems to be common with 2021s. Notes of lemon, complimented by navel oranges and great salinity, with a ginger infused mineral water freshness that was so alluring. This nose had an intoxicating perfume of lemongrass that made this such a pleasure.
On day two this continued where if left off with notes of candied lemon, a lively tingle of acidity, salty minerality with a long and tangy finish. This was wonderfully piquant and lip smacking. The trick now is to keep my hands off the rest of my bottles..
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10/9/2022 - James Kim Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted and kept in wine fridge for 2h. Really took near 2.5h in decanter to open up. Now 3.5h after decant and having warmed up a bit. Aromas of tart apples and lemon curd accompanied by slatey minerals w a bitter bass note component, and a hint of barely ripe bananas. Palate is a lovely melange of tart apples, lemon curd, minerals, some grapefruit pith. Excellent acids but also w a mildly rounded mouthfeel. Medium body. Nice finish of fruit, acids, and minerals that leave a gentle, lingering tingle on the palate. This is definitely young and I suspect a couple of years on it's side will help knit the wine toward a more cohesive whole. Still the components are lovely. 90+
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10/1/2022 - Bob H wrote:
Bought off the list at Atoboy - I can’t recall if I’ve ever had this producer’s wines before, but I know this is a well-respected winemaker.
Dry and crisp on the palate with good persistence - goes down dangerously easy. Should be a good match for the food.
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9/10/2022 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
pale lemon color, nose of slate, grey pebbles, primary fruit, rising bread dough, on the palate a deep and impressive immediate impact that quickly retreats behind a good firm structure on the middle with moderate acids on a very long finish that is particularly persistent with stone and honeysuckle notes, as it opens on the midpalate very pure citrus flavors appear- grapefruit vesicles near-bursting with a sleek steely coating keeping all in place, 3 days later from a bottle that remained open in the fridge- elegant rounded stone and slate nose with grapefruit and white flower notes, on the palate waves of stony white fruits with fiery hints of grapefruit and even a bit of cream, a punchy note bordering on raspberries, fine long mineral-driven finish with a wonderful fragrance of stone and honeysuckle, lime notes on the tail end, drinking well now but in this vintage I would advise 2-3 years of cellaring to see it at its best.
***+, 2025-2035
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8/8/2022 - rcb25 Likes this wine:
Quite a lot of fruit character on the nose compared to some earlier vintages of this cuvee. Grapefruit, quince, apricot, goiabada, papaya. At the beginning some ripe stone and tropical fruits, especially when on the warmer side. Crushed chalk, flint smoke, and wild yeast in the background. Dry on the palate, but still with the ripeness coming across. With about 2 hours of air, this started coming together, white flowers, some herbal notes, and the mineral texture started coming through. High acid, though not the enamel stripping kind. More of a saliva inducing coiled mainspring sitting dead centre in the tongue. There's a certain lightness and airiness to the wine at times, almost verging on delicate in nature, but with a concentrated and piquant mid-palate. Needs 3-5 years in the cellar. AP 24 22
ABV: 12%
Closure: natural cork
Stem: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Decant: ~3h
ABV: 12%
Closure: natural cork
Stem: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Decant: ~3h
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7/25/2022 - BilboBaggins wrote: 90 Points
Tasted at the winery. Mainly from Halenberg.
The name makes sense - incredibly mineral driven, hardly any fruit at all, maybe a little grapefruit, but somehow the wine is well balanced and the minerality gives of the impression of riverstones whose edges have been worn of. More in balance than the other entry level wines from Emrich-Schonleber.
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5/7/2022 - Orange Tsian wrote: 91 Points
由Monzinger Halenberg特级园和Auf der Lay的年轻藤制作。香气还是比较开放的白花、白桃和明亮的柑橘调，比起Lenz来说，整体会集中收拢一些，白桃杏类的果味也要更出挑，在鼻腔中有纵深，中后段有矿物、些许香草和一点点烤栗子味。入口较为柔和，酸度扩散，和细细的酚类触感一道，遍布整个口腔。果味集中，结构不错，有着白桃、油桃、苹果和柑橘之类的香味，颇为干净，收尾略带一些辛香料、矿物和烟熏感。91+/100
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