98 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "Very intense, candied yellow-grapefruit nose. Super-concentrated, but the most important thing about this Auslese is the incredibly tight focus on the palate and the purity of the dried apricot and mango. Super-succulent and vibrant finish that doesn’t want to stop. Drink or hold. (8/4/21)"
95 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2020 Halenberg Auslese from Frank Schönleber is a gorgeous wine and fully underscores just how great the smattering of Auslesen can be in this vintage. The wine has a touch of botrytis, but is inherently delicate in nature and utterly refined on both the nose and palate. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a celestial blend of ripe pear, fresh apricot, just a hint of the mango to come, a gorgeous base of slate, lilacs, iris blossoms and violets. On the palate the wine is bright, medium-full and supremely elegant in profile, with a lovely core, fine soil undertow, bright acids and a very, very long, complex and utterly seamless finish. This is simply beautiful wine. 2022-2085. (Sep/Oct 2016)"
94 points Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "The 2020 Halenberg Auslese is intensely aromatic, precise and fresh on the nose that reveals tropical (passion) fruit aromas intertwined with flinty notes. Lush and generous but precise and elegant on the palate, this is a very dangerous (digestible) Auslese that is so generous but also so precise and crystalline that it is impossible to spit out. A gorgeous Halenberg. Tasted at the domain in July 2021. Drink: 2021-2070. (Sep 2021)"
95 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2020 Halenberg Auslese from Frank Schönleber is a gorgeous wine and fully underscores just how great the smattering of Auslesen can be in this vintage. The wine has a touch of botrytis, but is inherently delicate in nature and utterly refined on both the nose and palate. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a celestial blend of ripe pear, fresh apricot, just a hint of the mango to come, a gorgeous base of slate, lilacs, iris blossoms and violets. On the palate the wine is bright, medium-full and supremely elegant in profile, with a lovely core, fine soil undertow, bright acids and a very, very long, complex and utterly seamless finish. This is simply beautiful wine. 2022-2085. (Sep/Oct 2016)"
94 points Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "The 2020 Halenberg Auslese is intensely aromatic, precise and fresh on the nose that reveals tropical (passion) fruit aromas intertwined with flinty notes. Lush and generous but precise and elegant on the palate, this is a very dangerous (digestible) Auslese that is so generous but also so precise and crystalline that it is impossible to spit out. A gorgeous Halenberg. Tasted at the domain in July 2021. Drink: 2021-2070. (Sep 2021)"
| Product SKU | 340100 |
| Producer | Emrich-Schönleber |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Nahe |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Designation | Auslese |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 375ml |
| Color | White |
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