Riesling Felseneck Grosses Gewachs, Weingut Schäfer-Fröhlich 2024

The 2024 Riesling Bockenauer Felseneck Grosses Gewächs was grown on blue Devonian slate. It is lifted and fragrant, hitting the nose with lemony smokiness. The palate is so linear, poised, buffered and svelte. This has muscle, tension and clarity, stretching into the coolest, stoniest infinity. The more air it gets, the more the lemon awakens. (Bone-dry) (Drink between 2030-2060)

2024 Felseneck GG is deep and smoky, very clear, cool and precise on the slightly reductive but concentrated nose, reminiscent of juicy ripe white peaches. It's full-bodied on the palate, without much texture or even creaminess, instead offering pure, dense, ripe and precisely selected fruit. The Bockenau Felseneck Riesling is dense and juicy on the palate yet spicy, fresh and salty, showing plenty of substance and polish in the finish. This is one of the outstanding 2024 Rieslings of the vintage, not only in the Nahe region. Tasted at the Vorpremiere VDP.Grosses Gewächs in Wiesbaden, August 2025.

AP: 21 25. The Felseneck 2024 Riesling GG, as it is referred to on the consumer label, displays a quite reductive and hugely smoky nose of wild herbs, spearmint, plenty of fine spices, violet, cassis, thyme, rosemary, toast, flintstone, and almond kern. The wine starts off on a delicately juicy and very elegant side, before showing huge depth and intensity. The energy packed in the wine is incredible, and the finish is razor-sharp and superbly animating, with fine notes of salty and spicy elements in the background. This stunning expression of fresh and vibrant Felseneck! 2032-2049