Michael

9.3

Lemon Italian ices — 2 years ago

romo

9.2

Rieslaner is new to me. Slightly more unctuous than other M-C Spates. — 3 years ago

garry post

9.0

Tasty well aged Pfalz Durkheimer Reieslaner Auslese — 7 years ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.1

2016 vintage. Very tropical. Brûleed pineapple, baked yellow apple, quince paste, banana, fried plantain, honeysuckle, prendre blossom, white lokum, yellow papaya. Good sweetness-acid balance, though a touch less acid than a lot of Riesling equivalents. — 7 years ago

Michael Schamis

9.6

This was is sweet! Although not unexpected, the lushness and overt sweetness gives you pause after the first sip. On the second sip you begin to realize what a spectacular and special wine this is. Honey and tropical fruit salad on the nose lead to a lush, sweet, but spectacularly balanced palate with layers of pineapple, peach, papaya, mango and honey. I think Terry Thiese put it best himself, “this wine is impeccable and god-like. To repeat an old trope, you don’t drink it, it drinks YOU. Actually it eats you. It’s like the 3rd or 4th orgasms, wrenching and almost severe, exquisiteness squeezed inside out.” A steal of a wine at $25 and a spectacular pairing for spicy foods. — 8 years ago

Adam Crane

9.4

Botrytis is tame and well integrated. Lots of depth in its youth. This will be great with age! — 9 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.2

First Rieslaner. Bit of a rarity. Quite elegant and precise for a high bot% wine. Harmonious. — 9 years ago

Justin Martin

9.0

Keller always delivers. — 2 years ago

Mike Searby

9.3

This was trockenbeerenauslese really unctuous and long. Roasted apricot. Nectar. — 6 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.3

GP in the blind, "Exotic aromatics, racy, juicy, salty. Could it be scheu?" Great job, GP!

I'm gonna give it a win for me on producer, even though I totally forgot the name "Muller-Catoir". Instead, I described the estate - in the Pfalz, famed for its wildcard varieties, especially rieslaner and scheu, and KP started making rieslaner and scheu because Julia fell in love with the varieties while interning there.

I guess it wasn't a hard guess once the variety was revealed - mainly by method of elimination since hardly any scheu enters Australia, short of the occasional Keller, and none of KP's 17' scheu got in. I think like KP, Muller-Catoir really nailed the 17' scheu trocken. Juicy, dense, spicy, and super energetic. So delicious right now, but I reckon it'll stand the test of time. — 7 years ago

Pria Sasha Nayar

9.6

Opened end of 2018...could have waited. — 8 years ago

with Avantika

Hum

9.2

Candied elderflower, orange blossom. Good — 8 years ago

Keith Whitener WSET Diploma, CSW

9.4

2004 vintage on rest. List Light petrol and honey with mango pineapple aromas. Pronounced tropical fruit flavors lingering finish. 1st time long time real German auslese Wow! — 9 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Wow. Great.
Opulent, rich, verging to Beerenauslese, yet very well balanced and refreshing.
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@delectable: it’s riesling Auslese, not rieslaner. Once it was in the directory, but today I couldn’t find it.. — 2 years ago

Stuart Pollack

9.3

Excellent sweet wine. Perfect with Buffalo wings. Fruit flavors shine through, sweet yet balanced with acidity. — 6 years ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.2

2017 vintage. Concentrated fruit flavors of apricot nectar, perfectly ripe peaches, mango, pineapple, lychee, a little green banana skin, jasmine, a saffron note. Definite sweetness, but the acid comes through and delivers a very long finish. — 7 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.5

The word around the table from the dessert wine drinkers that tasted this one was “WOW!” Nose of dried apricots, honey, dried herbs and pea pods. Intensely sweet apricot and honey flavors. A vibrant dessert wine that balances fruity sweetness with a delicate and minerally finish. Nutty color like a fine sherry. Brilliant!!! — 7 years ago

with Mark, dmakris and 2 others

Christy Palangattil

9.1

Peach notes. Light and not too sweet. Good with fish. — 8 years ago

Steve Pollack

9.2

Very sweet, could use more balancing acidity. — 9 years ago

Barny

9.1

Ein geiler fränkischer BF, getrunken im Würzburger Stein — 9 years ago