2019 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese*** grüne Kapsel Markus Molitor, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2019 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese*** grüne Kapsel, Markus Molitor

The 2019 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese *** (Green Capsule) opens enormously deep, intense and complex on the nose that immediately indicates the wine is in an exceptional class on its own. Only with lots of aeration does the wine become more and more pure and fresh and develop a flinty lemon note with the finest perfume. On the palate, this is a rich, round and complex, sweet, wide and mouth-filling, very generous, free and easy-flowing Himmelreich of exceptional finesse and beauty. The finish is so stimulating, salty, pure and crunchy in its slate character, whereas the crater dug by the piquancy is filled in by the perfectly ripe and healthy fruit with lush intensity. The 2019 Himmelreich Auslese *** is sensational and the finest I have ever tasted from Markus Molitor. Tasted from AP 1 20 in May 2021. - Stephan Reinhardt, Jun. 2021