1999 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 94.6 points

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  1/12/2024 - oxwombat Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Opened at Caprice in HK for the Jean Trimbach x Egon Muller Celebration Dinner by the winemakers themselves. Slow-oxed since 3pm and poured at around 11:15pm.
  
  Served alongside the '97 Auslese and paired with Blue Cheese and Banana - a really really good combination. This was a fantastic Auslese, appropriate sweetness with a lot of stone fruit, honey, treacle and floral notes coming through, but fresh, vibrant, well balanced and still young. Unfortunately overshadowed by the '97 which had a bit more oomph in every department, but still a wonderful wine.
  
  Just goes to show how these wines can perform if given enough age. Would definitely seek out again if given the chance, and will stay at this level for a while.

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  6/28/2023 - berlinhotel Likes this wine: 95 Points

  ap 5/00 8%

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  2/6/2022 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

  Super Bowl 2022 (Alpharetta, GA): Deeper golden, diesel, ripe apricot and peach, honeycomb, spicy, lemongrass, some botrytis, mineral, still fresh and fluffy but not too heavy, rounded, mineral, floral; very good; mine, still drinking well almost a week late not corked or refrigerated, this should last a few decades longer.

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  11/24/2021 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points

  Legends only: 15 Bordeaux & 2 Heitz MV Magnums: From a 6L bottle (only a handful filled through a merchant). Decanted for roughly 2 hours. With 22 years of age, this Auslese is in a beautiful spot, it drinks so effortlessly from start to finish with the purity and the most impressive balance between the sweet components and the laser sharp acidity being the highlight. Probably the most delicate and luxurious Riesling I've had to date. Why only 94 pts? The nose showed rather muted and it the complexity on the palate could have been higher. Anyway, this is fantastic. I'm always impressed how these aged Auslesen with their sweetness are so incredibly enjoyable and perfect to start an evening (when done right, like in this case).
  
  TN: On the nose, this is quite shy. Some citrus and wet slate aromas shine trough but it is not overly expressive. Much better on the palate with fine lime, citrus cake, wet slate minerality, some spices. It doesnt shine with a very high complexity but with its purity and the superb balance between sweetness and freshness. It has a good intensity and mid palate weight but make no mistake, this is all about finesse. The balance and harmony are excellent, the finish has a good length with this wonderful sweetness and freshness.

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  6/3/2021 - clayfu wrote:

  Incredibly youthful and fresh - shockingly so. I had to double check and see if I was drinking the Spat as this was driving a line of energy that Electro would be proud of. Full of dripping ripe peach fruit and just the faintest hint of honey. That acid just kept pushing the palate deeper and deeper - no stopping at Go - and building more and more intensity as the night went on. UGH. Such a treat to drink Egon, especially when the bottles are as pristine as this one.

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