94 points Wine Spectator: "Delicate, light and elegant, with intense flavors of ripe apple, red peach, kumquat and citrus. Complex and layered, this offers plenty of honey and tarragon notes. The intensely spiced finish shows plenty of creaminess. Drink now through 2035. 300 cases made. (2/28/14)"
94 points Fine Wine Review: "The Felseneck Spätlese was harvested about three weeks after the Kabinett. This wine is about 95 g/l residual sugar and 7.5-8 g/l acidity. The nose is leesy and open with slate minerality that continues into the mouth and is very long. The wine is light and pure but also has density. 7.5% stated alcohol. (Issue #142; 2014)"
92+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "In contrast to the 2012 Felseneck Kabinett, the 2012 Felseneck Riesling Spätlese from Weingut Schäfer-Fröhlich was made from grapes harvested quite late, with the bunches for this bottling collected between November 1st and 5th. It was produced entirely from thirty-five year-old vines and offers up a superb bouquet of pears, white cherries, lilacs, complex slate tones, just a hint of petrol and a topnote of orange zest. On the palate the wine is medium-full, fresh and zesty, with a superb signature of soil, lovely complexity, snappy acids and outstanding length and grip on the pure and dancing finish. A beautiful wine. 2016-2040. (Mar/Apr 2013)"
92 points Joel B. Payne (Vinous): "Pure bouquet of honeydew melon, magnolia and sweet lime. The velvety, sweet peach pit flavor and salty acidity give this wine an exotic kick. Pure and well balanced, with a lively, elegant finish. Spätleses are seldom better in their youth than this one is. (Jan/Feb 2014)"
92 points Gault & Millau (2014).
94 points Fine Wine Review: "The Felseneck Spätlese was harvested about three weeks after the Kabinett. This wine is about 95 g/l residual sugar and 7.5-8 g/l acidity. The nose is leesy and open with slate minerality that continues into the mouth and is very long. The wine is light and pure but also has density. 7.5% stated alcohol. (Issue #142; 2014)"
92+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "In contrast to the 2012 Felseneck Kabinett, the 2012 Felseneck Riesling Spätlese from Weingut Schäfer-Fröhlich was made from grapes harvested quite late, with the bunches for this bottling collected between November 1st and 5th. It was produced entirely from thirty-five year-old vines and offers up a superb bouquet of pears, white cherries, lilacs, complex slate tones, just a hint of petrol and a topnote of orange zest. On the palate the wine is medium-full, fresh and zesty, with a superb signature of soil, lovely complexity, snappy acids and outstanding length and grip on the pure and dancing finish. A beautiful wine. 2016-2040. (Mar/Apr 2013)"
92 points Joel B. Payne (Vinous): "Pure bouquet of honeydew melon, magnolia and sweet lime. The velvety, sweet peach pit flavor and salty acidity give this wine an exotic kick. Pure and well balanced, with a lively, elegant finish. Spätleses are seldom better in their youth than this one is. (Jan/Feb 2014)"
92 points Gault & Millau (2014).
| Product SKU | 319286 |
| Producer | Schäfer-Fröhlich |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Nahe |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Designation | Spatlese |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | White |
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