TN: 2005 Müller-Catoir Haardter Mandelring Scheurebe Auslese (Germany, Pfalz)

Jay_Miller · January 10, 2022, 3:02pm

2005 Müller-Catoir Haardter Mandelring Scheurebe Auslese - Germany, Pfalz (1/7/2022)
Rich, tropical. Maybe a touch cloying? A good scheurebe but lacks the magic that HGS evoked from the grape.

Jason_L · January 10, 2022, 5:53pm

I know there are a few other Muller-Catoir heads out there, but as someone who arrived to them after HGS’s retirement, what differentiated his Scheurebes and Rieslaners from the Martin Franzen era?

Zachary_Ross · January 10, 2022, 8:13pm

Awesomeness.

Jay_Miller · January 11, 2022, 12:30am

Intensity, depth, complexity, and magic.

David_Bu3ker · January 11, 2022, 12:38am

Those two sum it up for me.

maureen_nelson · January 11, 2022, 12:41am

Well, in all fairness (and as a gross generality) 2005 as a vintage produced softer wines than 2001 or 1998 (two heralded M-C vintages) so that might account for some of the cloying sensation.