Weingut Schätzel Nierstein Riesling Reinschiefer
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
90
/100
Reviews
14
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Vintages
1
2016
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90/100
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89.5
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93
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Taster #3167
· Mar 28, 2025
88/100
Lemon, pear, fleeting hint of peach. Flint, chalk and salinity, with some freshness in mouthfeel. Off dry, somewhat juicy lingering taste. Nice texture and good structure. I am pretty new to Riesling - but this is very enjoyable.
2016 vintage
Taster #5758
· Jul 22, 2024
93/100
2016 Schätzel Nierstein Riesling ReinSchiefer VDP Ortswein. Alc 11.0%. Pale clear yellow Nose is intense Palate is oyster shell, lemon rind and tart lemon with an earthy component. Quite “ weighty” and textured on the palate. Very impressive. This is a new category/classification along the GG spectrum.
2016 vintage
Taster #8232
· Jun 12, 2022
89/100
Fin strågul på den gyldne siden. Frisk nese, sitron, fersken, skifer. God fylde. Grønne granny smith epler. Hint av tropisk. Sitron i ettersmaken. Frisk syre som samtidig er myk nok til å unngå stikk i ettersmaken. Fruktmessig på den kjølige siden men balanseres godt mot syren. Fin lengde.
2016 vintage
Taster #9507
· Jun 8, 2021
I opened 2 bottles this month and I'd say this wine is closed right now, but has plenty of acid to hold it through a long maturation. I will reopen in 2023.
2016 vintage
Taster #0313
· Jan 18, 2020
Schatzel Masterclass with Kai Schatzel (Taberna Wine Academy) : Citrus coloured. Warm, deep, concentrated, very elegant and dusty/mineral bouquet with flinty and herbal aromas flanking the ripe and refined Riesling aromas. On the palate, this is a round, intense and elegant dry Riesling with expressive salinity and mineral grip. This is pure but also long, complex and intensely juicy Riesling with a lot of salty stones in the aftertaste. Youthful. The grapes are sourced from the crus Hipping, Pettenthal, Olberg …
2016 vintage
Taster #4118
· Jan 17, 2020
91/100
Weingut Schätzel Trade Tasting (Praelum Wine Bistro) : Pale lemon. Aromas of lemons and some slight flint, and cool mint. Acidic, with a slight heightened body, and a whole lot of wet stones with the lemon zest and pulp. Rather clean, fresh, yet fairly complex
2016 vintage
Taster #5818
· Oct 15, 2019
Minerality. Linear, precise. Intense lemon, under-ripe orchard fruit. Some sponty aromas. Acid for days. Nice.
2016 vintage
Taster #9602
· Feb 17, 2019
87/100
straw color, aromatic wine with petrol and ripe peach into pineapple aromas... no oak no malo. on the palate dry to me with high acids, moderately fleshy midpalate, no phenolics, low to moderate alcohol... balanced wine with ok length, good intensity, ok complexity... i would have never put this in the hessen blind... felt very rheingau to me. this will obviously hold for a few years and pick up some nuance but not blowing me away... very likable and enjoyable.
2016 vintage
Taster #3883
· Dec 22, 2018
88/100
Frisk og fin - litt hard syreavslutning.
2016 vintage
Taster #2855
· Oct 29, 2018
86/100
MNB: Riesling vs. Chenin : (blind) Pale straw color. 5-7g RS. (actual 4.7g) Dried apricot nose. Ripe and slightly overripe papaya. On the palate, high+ acid, 13.5% alcohol (actually 11.5%), slight RS, medium finish - citrus and slight papaya. The tropical fruit profile is pointing me towards chenin. Given the general cleanness (lack of oxidation, botrytis), and notable papaya aromas, I think this is a South African chenin blanc: Final call: Chenin Blanc, South Africa, Swartland, 2016, $30 Laterals: - …
2016 vintage
Taster #2860
· Oct 11, 2018
92/100
Stunning... Beautifully balanced wine with a core of interlaced minerals and white fruit. Ridiculous complexity in the mid-palate of subtle oolongs and herbs. Easily overpowered however by food, sushi in our case; this wine wants all the attention for itself.
2016 vintage
Taster #9371
· Sep 21, 2018
88/100
Minerals and some honey, green apples; smooth and tart at the same time (strange), moderate length, slightly bitter finish.
2016 vintage
Taster #4649
· Aug 1, 2018
91/100
From memory. PnP. Lemon, tart apples, herbs, lots of minerals with a mild bitter streak (which I liked). Huge acids kept this really well focused. But the wine also has nice depth and concentration. Liked this.
2016 vintage
Taster #3364
· Jul 19, 2018
Bone dry Riesling and it’s an acid lovers dream. Lemon, rocks, earthy funk and deliclousness in a bottle. Quite divine on a hot summers night - not a hint of RS in this wine. Loved it as did my critic of a wife that can detect RS from a mile away. Wish you could purchase this in a box, would work very well as a house pour.
2016 vintage
Taster #3699
· Jul 17, 2018
88/100
EBRIM’s note is spot-on. I would add a tiny bit of buttery/creamy mouthfeel (which I liked), but at the back half of the finish there is a bit too much spritz even after being open an hour, and the finish ends with a metallic note that’s beyond acidity. Was better with a mild Asian shrimp dish but too much on its own. QPR not bad.
2016 vintage
Taster #3962
· Jul 1, 2018
89/100
Schätzel Probe: 2012 Pettenthal GG vs 2015 Ölberg GG vs 2016 ReinSchiefer: - Farbe wie erwartet: ReinSchiefer strohgelb/weiß, dann Ölberg und Pettenthal jeweils gelber. Pettenthal dann goldgelb. - ReinSchiefer ist noch spitz. Starke Säure. Geringer Nachhal. Dann einfach zu Ende. - Ölberg hat schon etwas die typische Honig Note am Ende. Länger. - Großer Abstand dann zu Pettenthal. Der ist toll. Allerdings auch im Vergleich zum Ölberg schon komplex. Eher alleine trinken als zum Essen. Toll!
2016 vintage
Taster #4830
· May 1, 2018
90/100
Greene apples, lime, stonefruit, cool and ver well balanced with high acidity and long finish, very good 90-91p
2016 vintage
Taster #5063
· Feb 7, 2018
93/100
Oh yes, yet another great wine from Kai. Excellent price quality, all about salty stones in the finish...
2016 vintage