Max Ferd Richter Brauneberger Juffer Riesling Kabinett 2007

I’ve included a picture of the label (though this is for the Sonnenuhr Auslese) just so we can all revel in the totally excellent, ornate Mosel label.

Straw yellow in colour, this off dry, traditional Mosel Kabinett has a floral, beeswax, stones & grapefruit nose to it that is so Mosel, so pure and terroir driven that it is intoxicating to smell (once you get past the Sulphur of course). The palate is long and complex, with honeysuckle fruit and intensity right through the finish – no doubting the fruit quality here – though it’s also carrying a hardness to it that is a little distracting and hardcore in its stony terroir interpretation. To my palate, I think this would probably work better if it was picked later & produced in a Spatlese style, or wait a few years for it to soften a little more.

Good stuff regardless. 17.0+