- Region
- Nahe
- Producer
- Weingut Emrich-Schönleber
- Vintage
- 2019
- Grape varieties
- 100% Riesling
- Bottle size
- 150 cl
- Ratings
- 99 points James Suckling
- 96-98 points Robert Parker
- Classification
- VDP.Grosse Lage®
- Special characteristic
- Contains sulphites
- Auction wine
- Rare bottle
- Net item
This auction wine is available exclusively in large bottles. Wild-yeast fermentation followed by a long period of maturation on the fine lees, either in stainless steel vats or oak casks.
When a winery produces an auction wine, this is a special bottling of its best wine. The process of making an auction wine starts by earmarking a batch of grapes, a vineyard parcel or a specific barrel or cask of wine that proves to be of exceptional quality. By definition, such wines can only be bought at auctions and are not freely available for purchase. These bottles are adorned with a sticker labelling the wine accordingly. The annual VDP auctions have always been one of the highlights in the social calendar of Germany's Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates, or VDP for short). In addition to the most recent bottles filled from VDP members' very best casks, the auctions also see rare and exquisite wines from older vintages go under the hammer. These older wines will have been stored all their lives in the cellars of the wineries that produced them – a guarantee of authenticity and quality.
This Riesling captures in its purest form the cool, stony minerality of the steep slope on which it was born. Crackling tension. Incredibly fine with a finish that never seems to end. Made for eternity – therefore only available in large-format bottles. This extraordinary wine has been named Germany's best dry Riesling on more than one occasion. A wonderful abundance of stone fruit on the nose, along with brioche notes, floral aromas, citrus, and exquisitely elegant minerality. This is as good as it gets.
Auf der Ley is a wonderful site – the third-largest grand cru vineyard in Monzingen. Gravel, slate and quartzite are the dominant features of its soil. Sourced from Frank Schönleber's oldest vines, this wine boasts the true stature and greatness of a Grosses Gewächs. Only produced in exceptional years.