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Erdener Prälat Riesling Auslese, Mönchhof - 2021

Name: Erdener Prälat Riesling Auslese, Mönchhof
Brand: Mönchhof
SKU: 52399
Price: 58.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 52399 750 mL

The success of a great Auslese, especially a great Mosel Auslese relies on a harmonious marriage of ripeness, acidity, and minerality. Experience them all here in this bottle from the Mönchhof family, whose history in the Mosel dates back to the 12th Century.

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Color

White

Vintage

2021

Country

Germany

Region

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Producer

Mönchhof

Grape Variety

Riesling

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Staff Pick Notes

If we could measure pleasure per drop, hands down, Riesling would be at the top of the rankings (Champagne a close second, of course), and this bottle from Monchof shows why. Forget talk of sweetness, Riesling is about balance, harmony, concentration, complexity, and, as I've already mentioned, sheer pleasure. When you take a sip, you want another, and another. Monchof is one of the Mosel's oldest estates, with winemaking here dating back to 1177, and Erden Prälat is one of its most prized vineyards. It's a 1.5 ha grand cru site of 60-100-year-old ungrafted vines on blue-gray slate and red iron oxide producing a wine of purity and elegance. Full of juicy, ripe apple, pear, white peach, marmalade, and the tiniest hint of petrol. This is off dry but so well balanced. It's an absolute stunner; a reason we should all be drinking Riesling.

- ALM

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