2017 Wiltinger Braune Kupp Spatlese Le Gallais 5 (Auction)
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As so often with Müller Braune Kupp bottlings, there is a purple plum note to the fruit, along with dark mineral shadings suggestive of peat as well as wet stone, and these aspects are already present on a penetrating and intriguing nose. Quinine, plum pit, cinnamon stick and mint accents on the glossy, buoyant palate lend both stimulating piquancy and a cooling trigeminal impression. The penetratingly, prodigiously persistent finish introduces bright citricity as well as mouthwatering salinity on top of the mineral fascination and the herbs and spices that were already on exhibit.
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The Wine Advocate
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Very fine and elegant on the radiant nose, the 2017 Wiltinger Braune Kupp Spätlese AP #5 (Auction) offers an excitingly cool and herbal bouquet with earthy, lime, minty, citrus and eucalyptus aromas intertwined with very clear and delicate notes of crushed and weathered slate. On the palate, this is a rich, lush and concentrated, sweet but very piquant and structured Spätlese with remarkable elegance and finesse. The finish is very long yet pure and salty, revealing stimulating grip. Tasted in June 2019.
Very fine and elegant on the radiant nose, the 2017 Wiltinger Braune Kupp Spätlese (AP #5) –Versteigerung– offers an excitingly cool and herbal bouquet with earthy, lime, minty, citrus and eucalyptus aromas intertwined with very clear and delicate notes of crushed and weathered slate. On the palate, this is a rich, lush and concentrated, sweet but very piquant and structured Spätlese with remarkable elegance and finesse. The finish is very long yet pure and salty, revealing stimulating grip. Tasted in June 2019.
About the producer
Egon Müller is the most famous name in Riesling. The estate produces the world’s most expensive sweet white wines from the Grand Cru Scharzhofberg vineyard in Mosel, Germany.