2017 Emrich-Schönleber Monzinger Fruhlingsplatzchen Riesling Trocken Grosses Gewachs
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The 2017 Frühlingsplätzchen Riesling GG is still yeasty on the ripe, elegant and complex, slightly caramelly and vegetal (also volatile?) yet crystalline and precise nose. Full-bodied and rich on the palate, this is a mineral, very salty and almost drying, more austere Frühlingsplätzchen that is somewhat shy and lean at the moment but a classic. A little bit austere on the finish. Tasted in July 2019.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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In describing this bottling’s 2016 predecessor I led with the following: “Even more effusively floral than its Frühtau counterpart, this offers iris, violets and lily-of-the-valley.” That description holds as well for this 2017, where those characteristics also translate into musky, bittersweet inner-mouth perfumes. There are the lusciously juicy white peach and subtly green, clover-chomping counterpoint familiar from this year’s “Frühtau,” now in the context of enhanced textural refinement and buoyancy. Along with finishing salinity comes a complex, mouthwatering meaty-nutty-mineral savor akin to mussel stock.
A delightful fragrance with all the clarity of morning dew on a spring meadow. Yellow fruit, spearmint and green herbs come together for a vibrant performance on the palate. Purity and precision rather than overwhelming generosity of flavour. The Grosse Gewächse square is circled with assertive acidity and rich texture. (MS)