Prinz Hallgartener Jungfer Riesling Auslese, Rheingau, Germany

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The 2004 Hallgartener Jungfer Riesling Auslese comes from a parcel that relatively easily botrytises. Sweet distilled floral, herbal and licorice aromatic top notes hover over scents of white peach and fresh quince. The palate impression is liqueur-like in its concentration of flowers, herbs and pit fruits, yet delicate and light to the touch. The wine finishes with an almost tactile note of cinnamon as well as a veritable carpet of flowers, herbs, spices and orchard fruits that range from shriveled to juicy. Any overt characteristics for which one might be tempted to use the “M” word are missing. Nevertheless, only against a certain sort of stony background can a wine with this sort of finesse be possible. Twelve hundred half bottles of this were produced, a not insignificant quantity by the standards of this estate. Imported by various importers including: Dee Vine Wines, San Francisco, CA; tel. (877) 389-9463, and Magellan Wines, Centennial, CO; tel. (720) 272-6544

Crushed pineapple, dried apricots and fresh hay scents all mingle on the nose of this creamy-textured auslese. Flavors follow a similar path, ending elegantly. It doesn’t have the racy balance of a Mosel wine, but instead has a smooth harmony and richness. Imported by Magellan Wine Imports. ——J.C.(2/1/2006)—— 91