Weingut Wagner Stempel - Scharlachberg Riesling GG 2022

JAMES SUCKLING: "Gigantic ripeness, the entire warmth of the hot dry summer captured in this snapshot. Ripe through and through with huge golden fruit aromas, yet it is still medium-bodied, this has tremendous density without feeling heavy. Huge structure of fine tannins that are already so well integrated, and this powers the huge and very stony finish. Very limited production. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "From a unique parcel in the uppermost vineyard of the VDP.Grosse Lage Binger Scharlachberg comes the 2022 Scharlachberg Riesling GG. Cultivated on stony, skeleton-rich and distinctly red-colored topsoil with quartzite rock in the subsoil and vinified in stainless steel and German halbstücks (600-liter oak vats), the intensely yellow-colored wine opens with a dense, intense and elegant bouquet of ripe and concentrated aromatic fruits intertwined with distinctive mineral and stony as well as herbal and vegetal aromas. This full-bodied dry Riesling is remarkably refined and elegant on the palate, finely juicy and well balanced. It is spiced with very fine tannins and sur lies notes and provided with a long, very elegant and saline but also finely tensioned finish. Savory citrus fruit aromas populate the long, intense and complex aftertaste at this early stage. Even though we could enjoy this beauty now, this highly promising 2022 will show so much more in a couple of years. Be patient or, at least, open the bottle and have a couple of sips two days in advance. 12.5% stated alcohol. Diam cork. Tasted in January 2024."

WEINWISSER: "Komplexer Duft, mit mineralischen und würzigen Noten, deutlich Apfel- und Birnenbrand, ziemlich offen. Am Gaumen dann fest und engmaschig, druckvoll bei schlanker Stilistik, stimmig bis ins Finale."