Weingut Wagner Stempel - EMT Riesling - Versteigerungswein 2022

JAMES SUCKLING: "In a vintage as extreme and complex as this it requires an ideal situation in the vineyard and great determination to reach the very pinnacle, and this dry riesling has all the stone fruit concentration, mineral intensity and brilliance that the grape is capable of, plus an almost supernatural youthful vitality. Try to be patient, but that’s difficult because this wine is also so incredibly sensual. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The awesome 2022 Riesling EMT (VDP.Versteigerung 2023) is from the Ur-plot of Wagner's Heerkretz. It starts off intense and pure but still pretty reductive and untamed on the nose, which indicates fully ripe and carefully selected fruit intermingled with saline notes. Lush and generous yet also remarkably refined and lively on the palate, this is a full-bodied, pure and mineral, enormously saline and "rocky" Heerkretz deluxe that is richer and drier than the GG and a mouthfilling, hedonistic Riesling from a great terroir. The finish is spectacularly long and saline but, for those who bought it at auction, the 2022 should be cellared for at least another 7 years or so. However, as splendid as the EMT is or as promising the GG, I have always wondered if the combination of the two would be the most complete or most authentic wine. 12.5% stated alcohol. Diam cork. Tasted in January 2024. The elevated price is the result of last year's auction in Bad Kreuznach."

WEINWISSER: "Der «EMT» stammt von rund 50 Jahre alte Reben und verbleibt bis Mai auf der Vollhefe. Er ist Herrn Emt gewidmet, von dem Daniel Wagner seinen ersten Weinberg kaufte: Dunkelwürziges Bouquet mit rauchigen, aber auch wieder apfeligen Noten. Schlanker, finessenreicher Gaumen mit würzigen Noten und weicher Säure."