2020 | Muller Catoir | Scheurebe Haardt

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White Wine: 2020 | Muller Catoir | Scheurebe Haardt

The melon and grapefruit (pink and yellow) aromas pour from the glass of this firmly structured, medium-bodied dry scheurebe thats got so much salty minerality at the finish.

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Producer: Muller Catoir

Ratings: JG | 92

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Riesling

Country/Region: Germany, Pfalz

The melon and grapefruit (pink and yellow) aromas pour from the glass of this firmly structured, medium-bodied dry scheurebe thats got so much salty minerality at the finish.

Reviews:

• John Gilman: Though there are some relatively young vines also included in this bottling (ten years of age), most of these vines are in their forties these days. The old vines give this wine more aromatic and flavor amplitude, with the bouquet wafting from the glass tart orange, gooseberry, a gentle touch of grassiness, a lovely base of minerality, citrus peel, a hint of menthol and suggestion of ocean breeze in the upper register. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and primary, with a fine core of fruit, sound acids, good focus and grip and a long, youthful and quite promising finish. The statistics on this wine are thirteen percent octane, 5.1 grams per liter of acidity and 3.7 grams per liter of residual sugar. This will need some cellar time to blossom, but will be a fine drink in due course.

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.