2017 Wiltinger Braune Kupp Auslese Le Gallais
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The singed and smoky elements noted in this wine’s auction-Spätlese counterpart are here reinforced by additional botrytis concentration. Dried and jammy quince and purple plum are hauntingly garlanded in linden flower (basswood) on the nose, and laced with cinnamon and peat on the oily-rich, creamy, yet strikingly buoyant palate. Subtle salinity and wet stone underpinnings add a mineral dimension rare in such a botrytis-concentrated Auslese, and this wine’s vibrant, superbly sustained finish also brings a sense of lift and clarity not approached by the aforementioned Spätlese.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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The 2017 Wiltinger Braune Kupp Auslese is intense yet clear and flinty on the ripe and generous, slightly honeyed but precise and slatey nose. Lush, round and juicy on the palate, this is a crystalline, tightly structured and persistently mineral Auslese with a long, slatey-piquant, pretty mouthwatering and finely racy finish. The sweetness is well balanced and lush and bears a highly stimulating salty-mineral grip. A gorgeous Auslese from the Kupp. Tasted from AP #10 in June 2019.
Subtle aroma that you have to grasp as it flits across your attention. But on the palate the intensity is overwhelming: orange and apricot with the sweet/sour of fresh apricots and an underlying spicy concentration that is rocky and mineral. Sweet and perfectly balanced. (JH)
The 2017 Wiltinger Kupp Riesling Auslese has a very clear, fresh and mineral bouquet of crunchy slate, citrus and spicy Riesling berries. Lush and piquant on the palate, this is an intense, concentrated, very mineral, pure and salty Auslese with great grip and tension. This is fabulous in its refreshing mineral expression and tightly woven structure. The sweetness is perfectly balanced by the body and mineral taste. Dangerously digestible. Tasted in March 2018, shortly after the bottling.
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.