1992 Mussbacher Eselshaut Rieslaner TBA

Muller-Catoir's sweet wine offerings range from an exceptional 1992 Mussbacher Eselshaut Riesling Beerenauslese (honeyed peach and apricot fruit combined with minerals), to the nearly perfect 1992 Haardter Herrenletten Riesling Eiswein and 1992 Mussbacher Eselshaut Rieslaner Trockenbeerenauslese. The Mussbacher Eselshaut Trockenbeerenauslese (only 50 half-bottles are available for the world) exhibits a Cote Rotie-like, smoky, bacon fat-scented nose. Lavishly rich, with stunning precision and phenomenally high extract, this gigantically-proportioned wine never tastes heavy or cloying because of its superb natural acidity. It is an awesome, seamless wine that should keep for 25 plus years! Muller-Catoir is Germany's most fashionable winemaker, enjoying a position among connoisseurs much like that of such illustrious French winemakers as Jean-Francois Coche-Dury, Comte Lafon, Michel Niellon, and Olivier and Leonard Humbrecht. Muller-Catoir's aromatic wines are undoubtedly super-ripe and multi-dimensional, as well as exceptionally complex. Most importantly, they are delicious! Not surprisingly, Muller-Catoir excelled in the 1992 vintage, with two of the firm's sweeter cuvees approaching perfection. A Terry Theise Estate Selection, imported by Milton S. Kronheim Co., Washington, DC.