2023 Monzinger Fruhlingsplatzchen Grosses Gewachs
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The 2023 Frühlingsplätzchen GG impresses with a dense and intense nose of perfectly ripe and spicy (pear) fruit. Dense and quite powerful on the palate, this is very rich but currently less finessed and frisky than usual. It takes time to transform its suppleness into elegance and finesse. When I told Frank Schönleber of my findings, he was surprised. He bottled a fresh and savory Frühlingsplätzchen, he said. In autumn, I will taste all his 2023s in a new context and update my note (and eventually also the score). This is a great Riesling. Tasted at the Vorpremiere VDP.Grosses Gewächs in Wiesbaden in August 2024.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Maybe it's the name which speaks of spring, but this is a delicate aria of early-season aromas: meadow flowers, crisp stone fruit, ethereal herbs, something slightly wet in the air, like cut grass. Wet-stone spice and minerality hang like fine cloud cover over the radiant stony centre. Uncompromising and elegant. Give this one time. (PS)
The 2023 Riesling Monzinger Frühlingsplätzchen Grosses Gewächs is still reductive on the nose, but clarity and svelteness are apparent in the citric overtones of pale lemon. The palate then puts all the lemon on display. A pale, tart direction sets the tone for glimpses of riper Amalfi lemon peel with some juicy verve. Cooling, strait-laced Nahe stoniness counters this, and the two elements drive each other forward. The finish is linear, lemony and so long. The 2023 is elegant and energetic at the same time. (Bone-dry)