Müller-Catoir Rieslaner Auslese Herzog 2020 375ml

95 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): “The 2020 Haardter Herzog Rieslaner Auslese from Martin Franzen is a stunningly beautiful young wine. The wine comes in at eleven percent octane, has 7.7 grams per liter of acidity and carries 95.8 grams per liter of residual sugar this year. The wine offers up a beautifully glazed and exotic bouquet of tangerine, gooseberry, papaya, honeycomb, a nice touch of soil tones and a topnote of tropical flowers. On the palate the wine is pure, fullish, complex and bouncy, with a great core, superb complexity and focus, lovely acids and outstanding length and grip on the vibrant finish. This is a beautiful bottle of Auslese, with a fine combination of shriveled golden berries and very clean botrytis. 2021-2075. (Jan/Feb 2022)”

95 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): “A touch of mushroom from botrytis on the nose, but way more exotic fruit, particularly papaya. Eucalyptus, too. Great power and textural complexity on the full-bodied palate, the sweetness very discreet for this category. Wonderful lime-zest freshness at the finish. Drink or hold. (9/23/21)”