Theise 09 Catalog: This variety, when it’s good, brings you to the last frontier of language. Martin mentions
eucalyptus, and there are aspects of grain, lemon-balm, orchid and talc – or none
of these, or all of them and many more besides. A very rare chance at a Rieslaner without
botrytis and in a table-wine form, i.e., not an Auslese. The complexity I’m sure is
illegal. Tantric, esoteric, endless finish.
Look, I can try to explain the way great Rieslaner seems to seize you, the way it clearly
blasts you with more intricacy than your palate – your poor palate – can withstand, the
insane stiletto precision, the way it swaggers like some alpha Riesling that will boss
your palate around while simultaneously conveying it to an indescribable bliss. But this
is a 1st-runner-up WINE OF THE VINTAGE, and I think you should just taste it.

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