Müller-Catoir Rieslaner Beerenauslese Herzog 2020 375ml

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): “Dessert wines made from the Rieslaner grape have been a staple of Weingut MüllerCatoir for far longer than when I first sunk my teeth into their 1986ers, and 2020 Herzog Rieslaner Beerenauslese is no exception to this long-running string of lovely Rieslaners here. The 2020 Herzog BA comes in at 10.5 percent alcohol, with 8.9 grams per liter of acidity and just over 131 grams per liter of residual sugar. The wine offers up a beautifully pure bouquet of tangerine, candied grapefruit, fresh apricot, a hint of the yellow plum to come with bottle age, honeycomb, a lovely base of soil tones and a stunning array of floral tones in the upper register that include lilacs, irises, honeysuckle and citrus blossoms. On the palate the wine is bright, young and full-bodied, with a gorgeous spine of acidity, excellent focus and grip, a bottomless core of fruit and a very long, but, still quite primary finish. This is a wine that has many, many more layers of complexity to show on the palate, if it is given enough bottle age to properly blossom. I would let this wine emerge from its adolescence and allow its underlying layers to come to the surface by tucking it away in the cellar for a bit. 2028-2075. (Jan/Feb 2022)”