93 points Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "The 2018 Bockenauer Riesling trocken Schiefergestein offers a thrilling and utterly pure, fine and mineral as well as floral and transcendent bouquet of crushed slate and even ashes intermixed with highly ripe and concentrated Riesling berry and fresh pineapple aromas that reflect the warm vintage. Filigreed or fine-boned on the palate, this is a fine and crystalline, persistently salty and vivacious dry Riesling with great mineral tension, finesse and elegance. A fabulous wine that is already on the level of a cru, it's one of the most attractive wines in the portfolio of Schäfer-Fröhlich, and it's hard to find a wine of similar complexity at this price point. This 2018 is tight but refined, ripe but pure and fresh and of tantalizing elegance. Enormously salty and mouth-titillating. Order as much as you can get and be prepared to be thrilled. 12.5% alcohol. Tasted in April and October 2019 (AP 10 19). Drink: 2020-2037. (Oct 2019)"
93 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "Very steep, slate soils and a gently reductive edge with flinty aromas, some wild herbs and some dried flowers. The palate is sleek, very restrained and dialed-in with plenty of spice and discrete grapefruit. Drink or hold. (12/16/19)"
93 points Wine Enthusiast: "Harvested a week earlier than GG wines and from younger vines on the Felseneck vineyard, the Schiefergestein is a more approachable, fresh-fruited expression of this producer's steely, mineral-focused style. Dry and refreshingly brisk, it offers sunny, pristine grapefruit and honeydew flavors catapulted by racy lime acidity and hints of cut slate. Ready to drink now but should hold through 2028. Alcohol 12.5%. (Jul 2021)"
92 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2018 Schiefergestein Bockenaur Riesling Trocken is also a stunning wine and in many vintages, this is Grosses Gewächs complexity and breed! The absolutely superb nose soars from the glass in a blaze of pink grapefruit, wild yeasts, flinty slate minerality, dried flowers and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is pure, medium-full and very transparent and elegant in personality, with great intensity of flavor, lightness of step and stunning cut and grip on the very long, complex and precise finish. This is GG quality without the GG price tag in 2018! 2019-2050. (Mar/Apr 2019)"
92 points David Schildknecht (Vinous): "Sourced entirely from the Bockenauer Felseneck, this leads with a nose of pit-inflected white peach, lime, strawberry and celery stalk that already had me salivating. The polished midpalate is lusciously fruity while preserving the crunch and salinity that were promised on the nose. A finish electrocharged by citrus and crystalline mineral impingement also conveys deeply savory piquancy and transparency to wet stone, not to mention delivering consummate refreshment. For those of us who cannot afford Fröhlich’s Grosse Gewächse, or can buy it only in minuscule quantities, this wine offers deliciously satisfying compensation. Drink: 2020-2026. (Jun 2020)"
91 points Wine Spectator: "A bit funky at first, but once that blows off, this dry Riesling shows beautiful peach, apricot and floral aromas and flavors. Expands midpalate, with the flesh and texture to balance all the elements. Fine length. Drink now through 2028. 600 cases made, 56 cases imported. (2/28/21)"
93 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "Very steep, slate soils and a gently reductive edge with flinty aromas, some wild herbs and some dried flowers. The palate is sleek, very restrained and dialed-in with plenty of spice and discrete grapefruit. Drink or hold. (12/16/19)"
93 points Wine Enthusiast: "Harvested a week earlier than GG wines and from younger vines on the Felseneck vineyard, the Schiefergestein is a more approachable, fresh-fruited expression of this producer's steely, mineral-focused style. Dry and refreshingly brisk, it offers sunny, pristine grapefruit and honeydew flavors catapulted by racy lime acidity and hints of cut slate. Ready to drink now but should hold through 2028. Alcohol 12.5%. (Jul 2021)"
92 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2018 Schiefergestein Bockenaur Riesling Trocken is also a stunning wine and in many vintages, this is Grosses Gewächs complexity and breed! The absolutely superb nose soars from the glass in a blaze of pink grapefruit, wild yeasts, flinty slate minerality, dried flowers and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is pure, medium-full and very transparent and elegant in personality, with great intensity of flavor, lightness of step and stunning cut and grip on the very long, complex and precise finish. This is GG quality without the GG price tag in 2018! 2019-2050. (Mar/Apr 2019)"
92 points David Schildknecht (Vinous): "Sourced entirely from the Bockenauer Felseneck, this leads with a nose of pit-inflected white peach, lime, strawberry and celery stalk that already had me salivating. The polished midpalate is lusciously fruity while preserving the crunch and salinity that were promised on the nose. A finish electrocharged by citrus and crystalline mineral impingement also conveys deeply savory piquancy and transparency to wet stone, not to mention delivering consummate refreshment. For those of us who cannot afford Fröhlich’s Grosse Gewächse, or can buy it only in minuscule quantities, this wine offers deliciously satisfying compensation. Drink: 2020-2026. (Jun 2020)"
91 points Wine Spectator: "A bit funky at first, but once that blows off, this dry Riesling shows beautiful peach, apricot and floral aromas and flavors. Expands midpalate, with the flesh and texture to balance all the elements. Fine length. Drink now through 2028. 600 cases made, 56 cases imported. (2/28/21)"
| Product SKU | 340762 |
| Producer | Schäfer-Fröhlich |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Nahe |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Other |
| ABV | 12.5% |
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