2017 Haardt Riesling Pfalz Weingut Müller-Catoir

A stunning, bone-dry riesling for this moderate price level! Fine nose of sliced pears and honeysuckle. Stunning freshness and purity on the medium-full palate. The finish is subtlety reminiscent of Mosel. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

A stunning, bone-dry riesling for this moderate price level! Fine nose of sliced pears and honeysuckle. Stunning freshness and purity on the medium-full palate. The finish is subtlety reminiscent of Mosel. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

From younger vines and partly from sandier soils than the regular, yellow-colored Buntsandstein, the 2017 Riesling Haardt is deep, fine and ripe on the elegant and balanced nose. Full-bodied, lush and intense on the palate, this is a deep, dry, well- balanced and textured Riesling with a ripe but salty-mineral acidity and a long, well-structured and slightly salty finish with nice bitters and citrus flavors. This is an excellent vin de terroir that slowly opens up. It's an impressive wine in the lower/medium price range. Tasted in December 2019.

Here is an adamantly dry bottling that captures the efficacious bright acidity and salinity that are also features of this year's off-dry generic Müller-Catoir bottling. The wine's sunny disposition and salinity are signaled on the lemon-lime, grapefruit and sea-breeze-inflected nose, and persist on a firm, palpably extract-rich palate. The bell-clear, zesty, refreshingly persistent finish introduces an invigorating crunch of mustard seed and smoky-stony accents while practically bursting with energy and sheer juiciness. "This is really right on the money [wirklich auf den Punkt]," suggested Franzen, who is not a guy for boasting. I wholeheartedly concur!

Eksotisk og alligevel svirpende frisk og ren hvidvin fra Pfalz. Farven er ret gullig, aromaen tæt med tydeligt præg af tropisk frugt, mens smagen er krystalklar, citruspræget Riesling af fineste aftapning. Det er enestående godt.