Emrich-Schönleber - Riesling Frühlingsplätzchen Grosses Gewächs (GG) 2024 (750ml)
Price: $119.99
| Producer | Emrich-Schönleber |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Nahe |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Sku | 206008 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Emrich-Schönleber Description
“I'm not sure what I can write that I haven't written before. These are easily among the greatest dry Rieslings made in Germany from one of its most elite terroirs. In one way, it's just that simple. It's absurd to me to me how many serious, serious, German wine dorks I talk to who, when asked who they think is making the best dry Rieslings in Germany, say, without hesitation, "Emrich-Schönleber." Just as absurd is the number of tastings I've done - blind and not blind - where a Schönleber GG just wipes the table with everything else. And most of the people at the table, who know German wine, are not in the least bit surprised. All this is curious because, as you know, while the wines have a good market in the U.S., they do not fly off the shelf in the way that, for example, Keller does. They require some attention, some love, some work. But I guess that's what we're here for? As with the wines themselves, Schönleber's market presence is subtle, restrained, austere. We are the ones who must yell a bit. Please join us in digging deep for one of the greats. This level of quiet, meditative, perfection, should be championed - especially in a world as loud and distracted as ours is.”
-Stephen Bitterolf, Founder and Owner of Vom Boden
I'll present the "Mosel Fine Wines" review below, even though I'm honestly truly at my wit's end with scoring wines. It's just so insulting and preposterous. Emrich-Schönleber's 2024 GGs are truly superb - they are EVERYTHING that someone who loves this style is looking for - look to 2004, 2008, 2016 as comparisons. But calm, inward-looking wines that demand time will never get high scores. So it goes.
"The 2024 Frühlingsplätzchen Riesling GG, as it is referred to on the central part of the label, delivers a quite restrained and smoky nose of aniseed, herbal tea, smoke, minty herbs, thyme, lavender, and freshly cut herbs. The wine is very precise and beautifully layered on the gently creamy yet fresh and animating palate. The finish is super long and energetic. This is a splendid, complex dry Riesling. 2032-2044" Mosel Fine Wines, No. 77, Sept, 2025
Vinous: 95 Points
The 2024 Riesling Monzinger Frühlingsplätzchen Grosses Gewächs was grown on red Permian stone. It seduces on the nose with a floral, citric charm that wraps itself around stoniness. Underneath that, white peach shimmers. The palate has a beautiful, svelte but creamy core, uniting lemon and aloe vera with real zestiness. This forms a gorgeous contrast that comes together beautifully and with much elegance.
(Bone-dry)
Wine Advocate: 92+ Points
The 2024 Frühlingsplätzchen GG opens on the nose with bright, clearly defined fruit and fine reduction as well as stony notes and comes across as pleasantly playful. On the palate, it is juicy, dense and salty, with a serious structure, yet still appears lean and currently even somewhat sharp. It is crystalline and salty, still very young but already long-lasting on the finish. It needs time in the bottle.
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