“These are phenomenal wines.” – Vinous

Thank GOD It’s Riesling Friday!

The last time we had one was back last summer when we got wiped out of 5 different Molitor Rieslings like this one in a matter of hours. This time we’re back “prepared” with more than A DOZEN MORE. Each a tremendous bargain, in minuscule quantities, sorted by descending lusciousness. The scores are massive, up to a 100-pointer Appy Friday exclusive to be announced later today.

We’re in the Mosel, dear Operatives aka Riesling heaven, the common denominator being peak acidities to balance all that ethereal sweet scrumptiousness. Each being a RARE micro production gem that needs to be seized like this fleeting moment, when they are gone, they are GONE for good.

How big is Molitor? Of the 50-something Rieslings that have scored 100 points, half are by Molitor. Next are come the likes of Dönnhoff or Fritz Haag… so Molitor is KING.

Take it away Wine Advocate: “Here is another collection like no other from one of the world’s greatest winemakers… The Rieslings are all from renowned steep slate slopes along the Middle Mosel and Saar - something like the Mount Everest, K2 and Nanga Parbat of the Riesling world. What the former dressage rider, race-car driver and pedantically precise winemaker fills into bottles is the very best of what winemaking art has to offer. Dry Molitors come with a white capsule, feinherb (medium-dry to medium-sweet) with a lime green capsule and the sweet with a golden capsule…”

With that guidance in place, they wrap things up by asking “Which wine to choose out of so many if it isn’t one of the costly top scorers? I can’t take this decision off your hands… but whatever you choose, you will hardly be disappointed.”

Choose away, while they last!

96 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

“The 2020 Riesling Bernkasteler Badstube Auslese * (Green Capsule) is clear, deep and intense on the concentrated, mineral and lemon-scented nose that shows bright and fresh fruit and very fine broken slate aromas. Full-bodied, very intense and lush, with sweet fruit, this is an enormously salty, complex, very long, energetic and tensioned Badstube with a hint of caramel on the finessed and crystalline finish that also reveals laser-sharp but ripe acidity. The finish is very intense and concentrated but savory and stimulating. This Riesling is like a bright laser beam! But it is also very intense and concentrated. A promising wine that is made to be cellared for a minimum of 10 to 15 years. Drink 2032-2070.”