93 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "Very flinty nose with a yellow grapefruit-zest note. Still tightly wound with a ton of minerality, this is a real live wire. Impressive wet-stone finish that’s got so much drive. Drink or hold. (9/23/21)"
91+ points Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "From younger vines in the Niederberg, Schönleber’s 2020 Riesling trocken Mineral is bright and pure yet also intense and mineral on the characterful and flinty/stony nose. Pure and enormously fresh, this is a lean but tensioned and quite racy dry Riesling with grip and tension on the finish. This is no Riesling for hedonists but for Riesling aficionados. The wine is precise like a razor and fresh like an oyster should be. Good finish with intense fruit aromas and lemon freshness. 12.5% alcohol. Tasted at the domain in July 2021. Drink: 2024-2040. (Sep 2021)"
91+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The Schönleber family’s 2020 version of Mineral is simply outstanding this year. With the wine coming in at 12.5 percent alcohol, I have to assume that this is officially Trocken in its level of residual sugar. The wine offers up beautiful complexity on the nose, wafting from the glass in a mix of blood orange, sweet grapefruit, lovely smoky overtones, wild yeasts, lemongrass and a crystalline expression of minerality that shows elements of quartzite in its soil foundation. On the palate the wine is pure, refined and full-bodied, with bright, snappy acids, excellent focus and grip, lovely complexity and a long, energetic and very precise finish. I would opt for giving this excellent wine at least a few years in the cellar to further unfold. 2026-2055. (Jan/Feb 2022)"
91+ points Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "From younger vines in the Niederberg, Schönleber’s 2020 Riesling trocken Mineral is bright and pure yet also intense and mineral on the characterful and flinty/stony nose. Pure and enormously fresh, this is a lean but tensioned and quite racy dry Riesling with grip and tension on the finish. This is no Riesling for hedonists but for Riesling aficionados. The wine is precise like a razor and fresh like an oyster should be. Good finish with intense fruit aromas and lemon freshness. 12.5% alcohol. Tasted at the domain in July 2021. Drink: 2024-2040. (Sep 2021)"
91+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The Schönleber family’s 2020 version of Mineral is simply outstanding this year. With the wine coming in at 12.5 percent alcohol, I have to assume that this is officially Trocken in its level of residual sugar. The wine offers up beautiful complexity on the nose, wafting from the glass in a mix of blood orange, sweet grapefruit, lovely smoky overtones, wild yeasts, lemongrass and a crystalline expression of minerality that shows elements of quartzite in its soil foundation. On the palate the wine is pure, refined and full-bodied, with bright, snappy acids, excellent focus and grip, lovely complexity and a long, energetic and very precise finish. I would opt for giving this excellent wine at least a few years in the cellar to further unfold. 2026-2055. (Jan/Feb 2022)"
| Product SKU | 338702 |
| Producer | Emrich-Schönleber |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Nahe |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | White |
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