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Zeltinger Schlossberg 'Schmitt' Riesling Auslese
Zeltinger Schlossberg 'Schmitt' Riesling Auslese
This is one of a trio of en-bloc harvested single parcels Johannes will introduce at the end of this report. Bearing in mind that the fundamental principle is to wait as long as possible and then pick the whole vineyard in a single pass, it stands to reason that everything in 2018 would be ripe – very ripe. And very clean. Thus the wine is more of-a-piece than usual, and it’s also well up into the Auslese echelon. Indeed this wine is so rich it almost subsumes its charged minerality – almost! If the palate follows the aroma that mineral will emerge, though it may take some years.
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2021
Country:
Germany
Region:
Mosel
Appellation:
Mosel
Variety:
Riesling
Color:
White
Farming Practice:
Sustainable
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | DE-SOS-58-21 | 6/750ml |
Resources
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2023
James Suckling
Score
99
Date
2024-09-05
"This has all the beauty and underappreciated power of the peach. It's not easy to find adequate words for this wine that manages to be simultaneously very imposing yet so graceful. It's medium- to full-bodied and has a breathtaking mineral freshness, but also enormous fascination. The extremely intense and dazzling finish transports you to a state of floating peace where only the most astonishing Mosel wines can take you. Drink or hold."
2023
Vinous
Score
96
Date
2024-12-17
"The 2023 Riesling Zeltinger Schlossberg Auslese Schmitt is exquisitely fruity with ripe peach and tangy pink grapefruit on the nose. On the palate, these fresh fruits attain compote-like sweetness and concentration, with juicy peachy sweetness cut perfectly and deliciously. A perfect nub of candied sweetness is wrapped in wonderful zestiness. This is just so alluring bright and light!"
2022
James Suckling
Score
98
Date
2023-08-10
2022
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2023-11-09
"Picked mid-October at 96 Oechsle, the 2022 Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese Schmitt is still pretty reductive on the deep, precise and flinty nose. Lush and savory on the palate, this is a refreshing, clear and vivacious, grippy and tensioned Riesling from 43-year-old vines in a south-facing but open-to-the-wind vineyard. The finish is intense and stimulating, and after a decade—or better, two—this should be an excellent gastronomic wine for even meat dishes. 7% stated alcohol plus 99.8 grams per liter of residual sugar. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in November 2023."
2022
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2023-10-26
2019
James Suckling
Score
97
Date
2021-04-12
2019
Wine Advocate
Score
96
Date
2020-11-01
2018
[no Review]
Score
96
Date
2020-11-01
2018
Wine Spectator
Score
94
Date
2020-01-08
2016
Wine Advocate
Score
97
Date
2018-04-27
2016
Spectator
Score
94
Date
2008-02-07
2016
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2018-01-03