2020 | Muller Catoir | Riesling Herrenletten Trocken

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White Wine: 2020 | Muller Catoir | Riesling Herrenletten Trocken

Deep stone-fruit and citrus aromas with some blossom notes. Stunning balance of ripe yet finely nuanced fruit and elegant acidity that then tightens to a long and pointed mineral finish that takes your breath away.

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Producer: Muller Catoir

Ratings: JG | 93

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Riesling

Country/Region: Germany, Pfalz

Deep stone-fruit and citrus aromas with some blossom notes. Stunning balance of ripe yet finely nuanced fruit and elegant acidity that then tightens to a long and pointed mineral finish that takes your breath away.

Reviews:

• John Gilman: The 2020 Herrenletten Riesling Trocken is a touch riper than the Brgergarten, reaching thirteen percent alcohol this year, but it is also a bit higher in acidity as well, as it carries 7.6 grams per liter. The wine fermented a touch drier as well, so the residual sugars here are only 2.8 grams per liter. The bouquet is very refined out of the blocks, offering up scents of blood orange, pink grapefruit, white flowers, wild yeasts, chalky soil tones, a hint of straw and a delicate topnote of spice tones. On the palate the wine is focused, full-bodied and racy in personality, with lovely mineral drive and grip, a fine core, impeccable focus and balance and a long, nascently complex finish. This is more reserved out of the blocks than the Brgergarten Trocken (perhaps due to the vein of limestone in the soils here?) and really will demand a bit of bottle age before it starts to drink with generosity. In due course, it will be excellent.

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.