Schäfer-Fröhlich - Felseneck Riesling Grosses Gewächs Trocken 2023

James Suckling: "I love the way the cool, citrusy and ripe stone fruit aromas are intertwined with the smokiness in this sensationally precise and filigreed dry riesling. Enormous flinty energy that extends into every corner of your palate, together with lime and bergamot freshness. Enormously long, pure and salty on the medium-bodied, almost perfectly balanced palate. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink from release."

Weinwisser: "Super komplexes, hellstrahlendes Bouquet mit aparter mineralischer und kräuterwürziger Kulisse, umrahmt von feiner, heller Frucht, das wirkt wieder tief und geheimnisvoll. Im Mund hochfein mit delikaten Ansätzen, sehr elegante, transzendente Art, ungemein detailliert und präzise arrangiert, tanzt auf der Zunge wie eine Ballerina bis ins engmaschige Finale, wo die Kräuterwürze noch mal wunderbar nachhallt. Mal wieder einer der besten Rieslinge des Jahrgangs. Eine Delikatesse!"

Decanter: "The story this wine tells is long and intense. It begins with citrus fruits and preserved lemon peel, moves through wet stone and a reductive smoky note, and ends harmoniously with white flowers and white tea. Everything is still so tightly interwoven that it's impossible to separate the individual elements. A taut acidity holds everything tightly together. You can feel the tension between the cool blue slate soil of Felseneck and the sunlit southern exposure, which warms up early in the day. This balance makes this Riesling one of the finest of its vintage."

Falstaff: "Viel Schiefer im Duft, intensiv mineralwürzig, dazu dezent zitrische und florale Töne. Der Gaumen beginnt geschmeidig, fächert dann auf in eine frische Säure, eine griffige, aber feingliedrig bleibende Stoffigkeit und in intensive taktile MIneralität. Lang. Und fein!"

The Wine Advocate: "Tim Fröhlich's iconic Bockenau Riesling 2023 Felseneck GG shows a clear, bright, delicately aromatic nose of white stone fruits, crushed rocks and salt. Dense, powerful and zesty on the palate yet also aromatic, this is an enormously salty, salivating and stimulating wine with a damn long finish. Great. Tasted at the Vorpremiere VDP.Grosses Gewächs in Wiesbaden in August 2024."

Jancis Robinson: "Smoky, fumy citrus. Highly focused palate with electric acidity and elegant, lissom fruit. The acidity is so beautifully integrated it's impossible to pull any individual thread. The power stems from the poised whole. Complex and delicious. Even minutes later the finish continues to shapeshift – a citrus kaleidoscope of endless combinations."