2018 egon muller, scharzhofberger riesling auslese goldkapsel, mosel
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Why We're Buying
Weingut Egon Müller belongs on the Mount Rushmore of German winemaking. Offerings like Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel have set the standard for riesling worldwide. In 2017, wine critic Robert Parker awarded it a perfect rating. Over the subsequent 12 months, the wine jumped 61.4 in value and currently retails close to $2,000 per bottle.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2018 Scharzhofberger Auslese (AP #8) is coolish, clear, intense and concentrated on the flinty and even rocky nose with its crunchy notes of broken slate and lemon juice. On the palate, this is a generous, highly elegant and refined, beautifully balanced and salty-crystalline Auslese with concentrated but detailed, elegant fruit, finely grained minerals and a long, complex finish. An impressive, great vin de terroir. Tasted in June 2019. (SR)
John Gilman
There is more botrytis character to the Scharzhofberger Auslese this year than in the Braune Kupp, and this is particularly evident on the more tropical touch found on the backend here. The nose is really refined and classy, wafting from the glass in a youthful blend of pear, lime zest, white cherries, a touch of mint, lilacs, honeycomb, gentle minerality and a wide array of citrus blossoms. On the palate the wine is deep, full, pure and complex, with a great core, impressive backend mineral drive and a long, zesty and beautifully balanced finish. This is going to take longer to fully blossom than the Braune Kupp Auslese, but it is going to be outstanding in the fullness of time.