1999 Saarburger Rausch Auslese

Scents of baked apple, marzipan, vanilla and honey. Very full in the mouth and creamy in texture, this wore its sweetness a bit obviously on first tasting, but another look several months later revealed a lot more to like. White peach and pink grapefruit flavors hover delicately over the vanilla- and lemon-cream surface of this wine. There is enough brightness of citrus flavors to check the sweetness, and in the strong finish there is firm underlying slate. 1 star.