Schlossböckelheimer Riesling Trocken

Score

93

"A very zesty, delicately smoky, medium-bodied dry wine that has plenty of pineapple and delicate spice aromas. Long, very clean finish. This is the complete production from the Felsenberg GG site after the spring frost. Drink or hold."

Score

93

"The 2024 Schlossbockelheimer Riesling trocken VDP.Ortswein already combines intensity and complexity with purity, elegance, finesse and salinity on the nose that is almost floral, fragrant as it is. Very refined and very elegant on the pristine palate, this is an intense, long and complex yet soaring Riesling from the Felsenberg grand cru. The finish is long, intense and reminiscent of melting (porphyry) rocks, saline and crystalline as it is. The 2024 is powerful in terms of intensity and complexity but also elegant, finessed and pure, provided with a seamless texture and a long, aromatic finish. It's a classic to be enjoyed after a while in bottle."

Score

92

"The 2024 Riesling Schlossböckelheimer is from all of the Grosse Gewächs sites, representing the volcanic soils of the Nahe. It is a village wine made to stand against the village wine from Bürklin Wolf in Wachenheim and Westhofen. All three village wines were hand harvested, crushed slightly, pressed at low pressure within two hours, sedimented overnight and fermented in Doppelstück. A pure, bright note of lemon is foremost on the nose, signalling purity. This is followed by a reductive flintiness while the body is a streak of lemon zest. It is linear, slender, stony and sylph-like, yet so long. This is absolutely svelte, light and vivid. (Bone-dry)"

Score

94

"The smoky personality of this commune is married to delicate exotic fruit aromas of star fruit and mangosteen, and although this is pretty sleek on the medium-bodied palate, there's warmth and power. With a bit of aeration a spicy dimension develops and carries over to the intense and highly structured finish. Drink or hold."

Score

91

"Shows richness, with Golden apple, pear and chamomile wrought in a juicy, succulent style and mouthcoating texture. Radiates sunny warmth then features great precision and cut on the finish, which is dry and cast in mineral notes. Drink now through 2032. 100 cases imported."