Muller-Catoir Herrenletten Riesling 2014

Organic. The Herrenletten Erste Lage sits adjacent to Bürgergarten. The name Herrenletten combines both the historical and the geological: Herren, indicates that the region was owned by noble landlords in the Middle Ages; the second part, letten, refers to the type of soil-sandy clay with layers of limestone and chalky clay. The oldest Riesling vines here are 40 years old (the site is also home to Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris, though obviously not in use here!)

"Very cool and fresh with notes of fresh pineapple, melon, red-fleshed vineyard peach and mint, this Pfalz dry riesling masterpiece has restrained power, but unrestrained concentration. The medium-to full-bodied palate is so precisely etched and the finish is so focused, the minerality of dramatic intensity." 96/100, Stuart Pigott, James Suckling

Country: Germany
Region: Pfalz