2020 | Muller Catoir | Riesling Burgergarten Im Breumel Trocken GG

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White Wine: 2020 | Muller Catoir | Riesling Burgergarten Im Breumel Trocken GG

The ripe white-peach, tangerine and passion-fruit aromas are accompanied by a slew of delicate, floral notes. Tightly focused with diamond brightness on the concentrated yet sleek palate, this ends in a finish of breathtaking purity.

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Producer: Muller Catoir

Ratings: JG | 94 JS | 98

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Riesling

Country/Region: Germany, Pfalz

The ripe white-peach, tangerine and passion-fruit aromas are accompanied by a slew of delicate, floral notes. Tightly focused with diamond brightness on the concentrated yet sleek palate, this ends in a finish of breathtaking purity.

Reviews:

• John Gilman: The Im Breumel is the filet section of the Brgergarten in Haardt. The vines are now coming into their prime, as they are in excess of twenty-five years of age and all planted on the slope in this vineyard. The 2020 Im Breumel GG comes in at thirteen percent octane, carries 2.8 grams per liter of residual sugar and is would with acids of 6.8 grams per liter. The wine shows marvelous pedigree on the nose, wafting from the glass in a mix of blood orange, sweet grapefruit, wild yeasts, lemongrass, a lovely base of salty minerality and dried flowers in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and very precise, with a fine core of fruit, excellent mineral undertow, lovely focus and grip and a long, seamlessly balanced and vibrant finish. This is going to be a long distance runner, but this wine is going to be stunning when it is ready to drink, as it has the depth of these other single vineyard Riesling Trocken bottlings, but more elegance and inherent complexity. Great juice.

• James Suckling: Although the intensity of this very youthful dry rieslings bouquet knocks you back in your seat, the ripe white-peach, tangerine and passion-fruit aromas are accompanied by a slew of delicate, floral notes. Tightly focused with diamond brightness on the concentrated yet sleek palate, this ends in a finish of breathtaking purity. From organically grown grapes.

Producer Information

Mller-Catoir is a prestigious wine estate in the Pfalz region of Germany. It has been a family operation since 1744, and current owner Philipp David Catoir represents the ninth generation. The estate is best known for its intense Riesling wines from some of the region’s best vineyard sites, but also vinifies several other grape varieties. The estate is based in Haardt, one of the nine wine villages around the town of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. 25 hectares (61 acres) of estate vineyards are scattered throughout the area. The vineyard near Haardt is planted on rock and sandstone soils, with some gravel in the lower-lying parts of the vineyard. Mller-Catoir also has a gravelly plot in Mussbach, and a plot on loess- and sand-based soils in Gimmeldingen. The vineyards have been certified organic since the 2009 vintage. In the vineyard, leaf growth is closely managed and a strict selection takes place during the manual harvest, even for fruit destined for the more basic wines. In the winery, grapes are crushed gently, and undergo a long skin contact, and then a gentle pressing. The juice ferments at warmer than average temperatures in stainless steel tanks. Mller-Catoir’s wines are racked only once, not long before bottling. Mller-Catoir produces a variety of wines at a range of different quality levels. There are several wines sourced from Grosse Lage sites and Erste Lage sites, as well as several village-level wines. While the vast majority of the portfolio is Riesling, Mller-Catoir also makes wines from Sptburgunder (Pinot Noir), Scheurebe, Sauvignon Blanc and Rieslaner, among others. Annual production totals at approxiamtely 160,000.