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Emrich-Schönleber

"I read the reports from the Rheingau of TBA in September with amazement," says Werner Schonleber. "We were not close to that here, a measure of the climatic differences in our regions and also of an absence of botrytis here until mid-October, and then only very small manifestations. We really only began picking seriously after my October 13th birthday. Most of the foliage was green through to the end of that month. Our principle of selection was based on the color of the foliage as an indication of drought stress, beginning with those few sections where the leaves had yellowed. " In the end, though, Schonleber was amazed not to find his wines from less-stressed vines qualitatively superior. Given the paucity of botrytis this year, the volume of Auslese harvested was small compared with that of other recent vintages. "I was convinced that the wines with residual sugar were clearly better this year, but now I am starting to revise my opinion. Early on, the dry wines exhibited more pronounced bitterness. " I could well imagine finding some of them star-worthy had Ibeen able to taste them later in the year. (Various importers, including Ewald Moseler Selections, Portland, OR; Moore Brothers, Pennsauken, NJ; 4 in Wine Imports, Glendale AZ) Also recommended: 2003 Monzinger Riesling Trocken, 2003 Monzinger Fruhlingsplatzchen Riesling Kabinett Trocken, 2003 Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Kabinett Trocken, 2003 Monzinger Fruhlingsplatzchen Riesling Spatlese Trocken A. P. #17, 2003 Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Spatlese Trocken A. P. #17, 2003 Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs, 2003 Monzinger Riesling Halbtrocken, 2003 Monzinger Fruhlingsplatzchen Riesling Spatlese

From Germany 2003: Extreme Riesling (Jan 2005) by David Schildknecht

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2003 Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Auslese

Release Price: $28

Color: Sweet White

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