2017 Herzog Rieslaner Auslese 1. Lage Müller-Catoir

11 Sep, 2018 - As bright as a supernova, this is an extraordinary wine that makes me dream of goose liver and roquefort cheese. Like peach-essence with a ton of lemon zest, this is staggeringly concentrated, but so pure and clean through the very long finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

This veritable fruit salad of a wine features pink grapefruit, banana, quince and pineapple. The palate impression is luscious, subtly oily and almost buttery, while also supplying pushback to its enormous sweetness by way of grapefruit peel piquancy and pineapple core tang. Hints of hazelnut paste and smoky black tea add to the complexity of a soaringly sustained finish.