95 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "Very smoky and flinty on the nose, the peachy fruit slowly emerging with aeration. The interplay of fruit and minerals on the palate sweeps you off your feet! Just 12 per cent alcohol, but the kind of length and complexity you expect from a GG. Try in 2019. (1/22/19)"
93 points David Schildknecht (Vinous): "Scents and brightly-juicy palate presence of lime, white peach and red raspberry are already familiar from this year’s “Mineral” bottling; and the same goes for subtly, intriguingly fusil, oily and marine notes announced already on the nose. The feel here is quite plush and glycerol-rich but at the same time there is a sense of underlying stoniness. The vibrant, resonant, bell-clear finish features a refreshing edginess of zesty citrus and a shimmering array of mineral nuances. (This effectively serves as the second wine to Schönlebers’ Halenberg Grosses Gewächs, as explained in further detail in my review of its inaugural, vintage 2015 installment). Drink: 2019-2028. (Apr 2019)"
92+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "Like the above wine, the 2017 Halgans Trocken is at the same level of quality as many a Grosses Gewächs in lesser vintages. This wine offers up stunning precision in its vibrant bouquet of lime, grapefruit, stony minerality, smoke and a topnote of wild yeasts. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and seamlessly balanced, with a fine core, excellent grip and focus, ripe, snappy acids and a very, very long, nascently complex finish. Fine, fine juice. 2022-2050. (May/Jun 2018)"
92+ points Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "The 2017 Monzingen Riesling Trocken Halgans is clear and flinty as well as warm and concentrated and even slightly minty/herbal on the nose but still fascinatingly clear, fresh and piquant. Full-bodied, lush and crystalline on the palate, with firm tannin grip and good concentration, this Halenberg is rich and powerful but elegant and persistently salty yet also a bit bitter. It reminds me a bit of the Rüdesheim Berg Schlossberg and will have some caramel flavors with age, but it is still impressive. Tasted in July 2019. Drink: 2023-2040. (Oct 2019)"
93 points David Schildknecht (Vinous): "Scents and brightly-juicy palate presence of lime, white peach and red raspberry are already familiar from this year’s “Mineral” bottling; and the same goes for subtly, intriguingly fusil, oily and marine notes announced already on the nose. The feel here is quite plush and glycerol-rich but at the same time there is a sense of underlying stoniness. The vibrant, resonant, bell-clear finish features a refreshing edginess of zesty citrus and a shimmering array of mineral nuances. (This effectively serves as the second wine to Schönlebers’ Halenberg Grosses Gewächs, as explained in further detail in my review of its inaugural, vintage 2015 installment). Drink: 2019-2028. (Apr 2019)"
92+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "Like the above wine, the 2017 Halgans Trocken is at the same level of quality as many a Grosses Gewächs in lesser vintages. This wine offers up stunning precision in its vibrant bouquet of lime, grapefruit, stony minerality, smoke and a topnote of wild yeasts. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and seamlessly balanced, with a fine core, excellent grip and focus, ripe, snappy acids and a very, very long, nascently complex finish. Fine, fine juice. 2022-2050. (May/Jun 2018)"
92+ points Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "The 2017 Monzingen Riesling Trocken Halgans is clear and flinty as well as warm and concentrated and even slightly minty/herbal on the nose but still fascinatingly clear, fresh and piquant. Full-bodied, lush and crystalline on the palate, with firm tannin grip and good concentration, this Halenberg is rich and powerful but elegant and persistently salty yet also a bit bitter. It reminds me a bit of the Rüdesheim Berg Schlossberg and will have some caramel flavors with age, but it is still impressive. Tasted in July 2019. Drink: 2023-2040. (Oct 2019)"
| Product SKU | 341037 |
| Producer | Emrich-Schönleber |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Nahe |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Designation | Trocken / Dry |
| Vintage | 2017 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | White |
| ABV | 12.0% |
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