WTN: Catoir on a hot tin roof

by **David M. Bueker** » Sun Jun 18, 2023 7:10 pm

2001 Müller-Catoir Haardter Bürgergarten Riesling Spätlese - Germany, Pfalz (6/18/2023)
AP #9/2134, and IYKYK

It’s remarkable when a bottle of 20+ year old Riesling immediately evokes the word “electric” but that’s what this wine did. Mature, honeyed fruit, and a live wire running down the center. I have been through over a case of this wine, and while they have never been short of acidity, they didn’t crackle like a downed line in a rainstorm. There’s no shortage of ripe, peachy fruit, sprinkled with mango powder, but the central character is the lightning bolt of acidity. What a fascinating turn for a wine from the final act of HGS.