2024 Emrich-Schonleber - Halenberg Grosses Gewachs (750ml)
750ml | SKU 102989 |
12 Available
95
VM
The Halenberg is often considered, along with the Auf der Ley (offered only through the German auctions) the most structured and densest and most monumental of the Grand Crus from Schönleber. It is certainly a stony and dense wine; there is always more weight, more push and depth to the Halenberg. If the Frühlingsplätzchen is a dancer, the Halenberg is a monolith – its power is its presence, and vice-versa. In youth there is both more fruit and more mineral, compared to Frühlingsplätzchen. This is one of the most statuesque and substantial GGs out there, perhaps akin to Keller’s Morstein in density and structure.
Compared to the Frühlingsplätzchen, the Halenberg is rounder and riper – at least on first opening. There is more depth, more raw and pushing citrus fruit; the register feels more yellow than green. On the palate too, while the minimalist aesthetic of Schönleber is there, the wine feels more textural, both more fruity and more mineral. On day two the wine goes full 360 and shuts down completely: the nose is like smelling the cold purity of space (albeit with maybe a tinge of Meyer lemon?) It is haunting and the reputation of the wine begins to make sense only after 24+ hours open, holy hell. This is a brilliant wine, severe, coating, dense with concentration. Wow. This is an immense wine that needs hours/days to unfurl if you are drinking sooner and will certainly age for a decade or two or longer.
-Importer notes (Vom Boden)
$110.00
2024 Emrich-Schonleber - Fruhlingsplatzschen Grosses Gewachs (750ml)
750ml | SKU 102988 |
12 Available
95
VM
This is the Grand Cru sites with what I think is the greatest name out there – pronounced “Froooh-lings-PLATS-shen.” Go ahead and say it, it’ll make you feel good. It translates, roughly, to “little place of spring.” While the Halenberg is the denser, more monumental wine, with likely more stuffing and structure to age longer, I’ll admit the Frühlingsplätzchen is my favorite. There, I said it. I just love the soaring aromatics, the sharpness of the wine, the linear lightness and delicacy. They are rarely about fruit as much as they are about a saline quality, mineral and flower. This is a superb, superb GG that dances on the palate like a good old Spätlese Trocken… even Kabinett Trocken?
Importer notes (Vom Boden)
$95.00
2024 Emrich-Schonleber - Niederberg Kabinett (750ml)
750ml | SKU 102990 |
18 Available
95
VM
The 2024 Riesling Monzinger Niederberg Kabinett is full of stone and lemon aromas on the nose. Citrus takes the lead on the palate, with its exquisite zestiness and tender sweetness that rounds it out. This remains essentially refreshing, exciting and ...
$49.99
2023 Envinate - Listan Prieto Tenerife Benje (750ml)
750ml | SKU 102232 |
15 Available
94
WA
The bottled 2023 Benje, which has 9% Listán Blanco and 1% Tintilla grapes to complement the Listán Prieto, comes from a very warm and dry year in Santiago del Teide when the vines got blocked and suffered a lot, as they also did in 2019. With the experien...
$29.99
Escala Humana Tupongato Semillon Credo (750ml)
750ml | SKU 102003 |
24 Available
98
VM
The 2022 Sémillon Credo from El Peral, Tupungato offers an oxidative profile with distinctive notes of honey, resin, white flowers, chamomile, hazelnut and ripe citrus. Complex and richly textured, it delivers vibrant acidity and creamy depth, making t...
$47.99
2022 Escala Humana Tupongato Malbec Credo (750ml)
750ml | SKU 102004 |
5 Available
97
WA
Another stand-out in the Escala Humana portfolio is the 2022 Credo Malbec. It originates from El Peral and underwent a 30-40 day maceration with 30% stem inclusion before basket pressing and maturing in 500-liter well-seasoned François Frères barrels. Ope...
$47.99
2015 Feudi di San Gregorio - Irpinia DOC Aglianico Serpico
750ml | SKU 95600 |
1 Available
94
WA
There are darker tones of purple and black fruit and some savory chocolate flavors as well in the 2015 Irpinia Aglianico Serpico. This is an ambitious and deeply layered wine that peels back to reveal more spice, tar and volcanic ash hidden deep within it...
$82.99
2016 Fonseca - Porto Vintage Port HALF BOTTLE (375ml)
375ml | SKU 76682 |
13 Available
97
WA
The 2016 Vintage Port is a field blend sourced from the typical three Quintas (Panascal in the Tavora Valley and Quinta do Cruzeiro and Quinta de St Antonio in the Pinh?o Valley). This was not quite bottled when first seen (set for a week later). It is no...
$59.99
2017 Fonseca - Porto Vintage Port
750ml | SKU 80225 |
1 Available
97
WS
Dark and dense, with fig bread, baker's chocolate and tar notes leading off before the core flavors of plum, black currant and blackberry paste finally start to emerge. The wild, spirited finish shows cast iron, licorice snap and roasted alder elements, d...
$109.00
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