92+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2020 Herzog Weissburgunder from Weingut Müller-Catoir is another fine premier cru, with the soils here sandstone. The pinot blanc vines in this vineyard are not quite as old as those in the Herrenletten (which ranged from twenty to forty-five years of age), as these vines run from six to twenty-three years old right now. The wine comes in at the same 13.5 percent octane, carries 6.5 grams per liter of acidity and residual sugar of 3.4 grams. The nose is deep and a tad more musky in personality than the Herrenletten version, but equally precise, wafting from the glass in a fine mix of peach, tangerine, casaba melon, fruit blossoms, salty soil tones and a touch of citrus peel in the upper register. On the palate the wine is focused, zesty and full-bodied, with a fine core of fruit, lovely mineral drive and cut, excellent focus and a long, youthfully complex and beautifully balanced finish. This is a bit more primary in personality than the Herrenletten out of the blocks, and I would opt to give this wine at least a few years in the cellar to allow it to more properly blossom before I stared drinking it in earnest. Another lovely bottle of Weissburgunder. 2024-2040+. (Jan/Feb 2020)"
Product SKU | 340846 |
Producer | Müller-Catoir |
Country | Germany |
Region | Pfalz |
Varietal | Pinot Blanc/Pinot Bianco |
Designation | Trocken / Dry|Erstes Gewachs |
Vintage | 2020 |
Size | 750ml |
Color | White |
ABV | 11.0-14.0% |
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