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Emrich Schonleber, Monzinger Fruhlingsplatzchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs 2024
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Reviewed by: Anne Krebiehl MW
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)
About the Producer
1815"This time people were boasting of one of their local wines, called 'Monzinger'," noted Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1815. "They say it runs down the throat with such ease and pleasure, that you only realise its bewildering effect too late. 1960sUntil the 1960s, our estate was a mixed operation comprising agriculture, livestock and winegrowing. This form of diversification was common practice at a time when the risk of bad grape harvests (due to spring frosts, poor flowering, fungal diseases, etc.) was still very high. Only the most affluent families (often from industrialist backgrounds) could afford to grow wine and nothing else. 1965-1985From 1965 to 1985, Wilhelm Schönleber (a native Swabian from southern Germany), followed by son Werner Schönleber, turned the property into a purely winegrowing estate, expanding the vineyard area from approximately 2 to 10 hectares. With an increasing share of vineyard space devoted to Riesling and a continually improving portfolio of vineyard sites, the estate first made it onto the list of "Germany's top 100 wineries. Today the farm 20 hectares of vineyard. Riesling currently accounts for 85% of our vines, supplemented by Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) and Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc)
