Weine von Emrich-Schönleber

Weißwein trocken, Rebsorte: Grauer Burgunder, zu genießen bis 2036

verkostet Januar 2024:

2022 Grauer Burgunder S Weingut Emrich-Schönleber mit hellem Grüngold, in der Nase frische Ananas, Aprikose, auch würzige, mineralische Noten. Beim Ansatz im Mund frische Zitrusfrucht, die sich mundfüllend ausbreitet, gute Struktur mit lebendiger Säure. Am Gaumen mittlerer Körper, griffig, der Nachhall ist geprägt vom mineralischen Charakter.

1. 12,5 % Vol. Alc., Naturkork
2. Allergene: Enthält Sulfite
3. Flascheninhalt: 0,75 l
4. Erzeuger/Abfüller: Weingut Emrich-Schönleber, Soonwaldstr. 10a, 55569 Monzingen

Weißwein trocken, Rebsorte: Grauer Burgunder, zu genießen bis 2036

verkostet Januar 2024:

2021 Grauer Burgunder S Weingut Emrich-Schönleber zeigt helles Grüngold. Seine würzigen Aromen beeindrucken, gelbe Frucht und Noten von Kiwi runden das Bouquet ab. Im Mund wirkt frische, saftige Frucht mit ausgeprägter Würze und Mineralität. Mit dichter Struktur kommt der Grauburgunder S am Gaumen an. Mit seinem guten Druck kann er im Nachhall punkten.

The Wine Advocate  RP 91  Reviewed by: Stephan Reinhardt  Drink Date: 2025 - 2036

From a slightly deeper and more reddish colored terroir than where the Pinot Blanc is sourced, the 2021 Grauburgunder trocken –S– was fermented longer than the Pinot Blanc and offers a richer, more yeasty bouquet of ripe fruits. Rich and intense on the palate, this is a powerful and more creamy-textured Pinot with a full body and a long finish. This is an impressive wine that just needs more time than the Pinot Blanc. Natural cork. 13% stated alcohol. Tasted at the domaine in August 2022.

Werner Schönleber associates the 2021 vintage with "inchworms, thunderstorms, Peronospora and the dry vintages before." All this contributed to the modest harvest in the fall of 2021. Although the harvest team was able to pick healthy grapes, there were just "far too few." The crop was about 25% below the long-term average. Botrytis was almost non-existent, and the Schönlebers put a lot of effort into wringing about 500 liters of Auslese from nature—or the Halenberg. "All the other grapes were sparkling clean," Werner told me at the end of August, while his son, Frank, had quickly slipped away on a family vacation before the early 2022 harvest. Werner Schönleber knew plenty of cool, wet years like 2021. "For me, 2021 is a classic German vintage. Today, of course, we think it's super, since years with racy acidity and moderate alcohol levels have become rare and we had already stopped believing we could harvest something like that again at all." The 2021 harvest began at the end of September for sparkling wines, followed by the Pinot varieties. The Riesling harvest began around October 10 and lasted until the first week of November. Shortly before Christmas, it was even possible to harvest ice wine in the Frühlingsplätzchen. Once again, Schönleber shows that his domaine—or the Nahe as a whole—can play the entire Riesling keyboard from dry to noble sweet. Along with the Mosel, the Nahe has been one of the most exciting areas for Riesling aficionados worldwide for years. That Schönleber's Grosses Gewächs are among the world's great white wines should be well known. But I find it at least as remarkable that the Rieslings without a site designation—Mineral, Halgans, Frühtau—are also among the best wines of the Nahe and should put many a Grosses Gewächs in Germany to shame. Even the inexpensive 2021 Estate Riesling trocken is worth 93 points to me because it has so much character, as if it came from a very special place. And it does: from Monzingen.

1. 13 % Vol. Alc., Naturkork
2. Allergene: Enthält Sulfite
3. Flascheninhalt: 0,75 l
4. Erzeuger/Abfüller: Weingut Emrich-Schönleber, Soonwaldstr. 10a, 55569 Monzingen

Reben aus der VdP Großen Lage Monzinger Halenberg, zu genießen bis 2050

Robert Parker The Wine Advocate 94  

James Suckling  93

verkostet September 2022:

2021 Halgans Riesling trocken Weingut Emrich-Schönleber ist geprägt von seinem Boden aus blauem Schiefer. In der Nase erst typische Noten von Apfel und Pfirsich. Etwas tiefgründiger kommt die Zitrusfrucht zur Geltung. Schon der Ansatz im Mund lebt von frischen, reifen Zitronen. Zum Gaumen hin vereinigen sie sich mit feinem Schmelz.

Mit  Recht wird der Halgans wegen seiner Typizität "kleines Großes Gewächs" genannt. Denn er hat das Zeug für 12 Jahre Reife, um dem Monzinger Halenberg nahe zu kommen.

The Wine Advocate  RP 94  Reviewed by: Stephan Reinhardt  Drink Date: 2025 - 2050

The 2021 Monzinger Riesling trocken Halgans is pure, bright and very delicate but substantial and mineral on the the intense, well-concentrated and iodine-scented rather than fruity nose. The attack on the palate is savory, fresh and more nervous rather than settled but develops an enormously vital, even vibrantly fresh and persistently saline finish. The Halgans is still tight and less generous, needing two or three years. Bone-dry, radically straight and savory, this is a love-me-or-leave-me wine. Natural cork. 12% stated alcohol. Tasted at the domaine in August 2022. Published: Dec 30, 2022

1. 12 % Vol. Alc., Naturkork
2. Allergene: Enthält Sulfite
3. Flascheninhalt: 0,75 l
4. Erzeuger/Abfüller: Weingut Emrich-Schönleber, Soonwaldstr. 10a, 55569 Monzingen

VDP.ERSTE LAGE Rebsorte: Riesling, Alter: 35 Jahre, Rebfläche: 4,2 Hektar in Nähe des Halenberg, Boden: Blauschiefer mit Quarzit-Anteil, zu genießen bis 2050

Robert Parker The Wine Advocate  94+

Den Niederberg vinifiziert die Familie Schönleber separat erst seit 4 Jahrgängen. In ihrem Charakter ist die Lage zwischen Halgans und den Großen Gewächsen einzustufen. Vinifiziert wird der Niederberg wie Halenberg und Frühlingsplätzchen. Hoch gelobt von der Fachpresse fand dieser Entschluss mittlerweile vielfach sehr gute Resonanz.

verkostet Oktober 2022:

2021 Monzinger Niederberg VDP.ERSTE LAGE Weingut Emrich-Schönleber mit feiner Rauchnote und Zitrusaromen in der Nase. Den Geschmack bestimmt frische Zitrusfrucht, die mundfüllend und mineralisch am Gaumen ankommt. Ihre seidige Struktur lässt die Frucht im Nachhall schon deutlich erkennen. Hier ist sehr viel Platz für Reifepotenzial. 

The Wine Advocate  RP 94+  Reviewed by: Stephan Reinhardt  Drink Date:  2026 - 2050

From the same soils as the Halenberg but later ripening due to a lack of thermal updraft, the 2021 Monzinger Niederberg 1G is deep, coolish and more slatey on the nose that also reveals some pure and refreshing dashes of lemon juice. It is savory and intense in its round but tart grapefruit notes and very precise and nicely bitter (or tart) on the finish. This is another pure, straight and linear dry Riesling that is still bloody young but will turn out as another great 2021 at Schönleber—but this will take four, five or maybe even more years. There are fine tannins on the finish. Natural cork. 12% stated alcohol. Tasted at the domaine in August 2022.

1. 12 % Vol. Alc., Naturkork
2. Allergene: Enthält Sulfite
3. Flascheninhalt: 0,75 l
4. Erzeuger/Abfüller: Weingut Emrich-Schönleber, Soonwaldstr. 10a, 55569 Monzingen