Emrich-Schönleber - Riesling Halenberg Grosses Gewachs 2021 (750ml)
Price: $109.99
| Producer | Emrich-Schönleber |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Nahe |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 64699 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Emrich-Schönleber Description
The Halenberg is often considered, along with the Auf der Ley (offered only through the German auctions) the most structured and serious and mineral of the Grand Crus. It is certainly a stony and dense wine; there is always more weight, more push and depth to the Halenberg. If the Frühlingsplätzchen is a dancer, the Halenberg is a monolith – its power is its presence, and vice-versa. In 2021 this is an inscrutable masterpiece, so profoundly dense and inward-looking. This will prove to be a legend, but it will require time – put it in the cellar next to the 2004 and the 2008 and expect fireworks in the future. If you drink now, give the wine a hearty decant and/or open the bottle and leave in your fridge 24 to 48 hours before drinking.
Wine Advocate: 97 Points
The 2021 Halenberg Riesling GG is coolish, fresh, pure, extraordinarily deep and complex on the ripe and concentrated yet precise nose that reveals notes of crushed stones and iodine. Powerful, rich and complex on the palate, this is a full-bodied, dense and very intense Riesling with a concentrated fruit core and a firm (mineral) structure that holds and even uplifts this giant that a will develop into an iconic German Riesling over the years in the bottle. It is still tight and youthful but possibly the greatest Halenberg I have tasted in more than 20 years. Natural cork. 12.5% stated alcohol.
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