Egon Müller Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Wiltinger Braune Kupp 2015
Dessert
Mosel Saar, Germany
8.9
WineSaint
Candied lemon rind, white cherry, and cold wet slate pour from the glass with striking intensity. Honeyed quince and dried apricot fill the mid-palate, rich and concentrated yet lifted by that classic Saar acidity, sharp, precise, cutting clean through the sweetness like a blade. Almond paste lingers in the long, mineral-driven finish, where fruit and stone seem to trade places with every sip. Utterly compelling now, but this needs 20–30 years to fully unwind from the Braune Kupp.
candied lemon rindhoneyed quincedried apricotwet slate
Label
Egon Müller
→Egon Müller is the benchmark for Saar Riesling, producing some of the most sought-after and expensive sweet wines in the world from the steep, slate-driven Scharzhofberg above Wiltingen.