2014 Emrich Schonleber Halenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs

Gentian and iris, white peach and grapefruit, herbal essences and green tea combine for a head-turning nose and a subtly cooling, infectiously juicy palate, unafraid to display luscious fruitiness and billowing inner-mouth floral perfume as well as scintillating, crystalline mineral shimmer and mouthwatering animal savor, here akin to toasted shrimp-shell reduction. I say ?unafraid? because to taste many a Grosses Gewächs, not to mention hear them discussed inside Germany, you could easily get the impression that fruitiness and floral effusion were faults. This captures the imagination as well as the salivary glands, and at least in my case, the heart. Review Date: May 2016