WTN: 03 Muller-Catoir Haardter Mandelring Scheurebe Spatlese

A perfect wine to sit down with after a ridiculously long, exhausting day. Incredibly fun and forward, plenty of complexity to explore over some time - and didn't wreck my wallet either at $20. Light yellow in colour. Fantastic nose with lots of pink grapefruit, pineapple and mango flavours over spicy notes. Even better on the palate, where it's rich and full bodied with a plush mouthfeel, showing ripe tropical fruits, sage, spices and some faint grassy notes. Slightly sweet with low acidity, but well balanced with a long creamy finish.

Only the second Scheu I've tried (the first being a 07 Geil Kabinett that blew me away) - I'm liking these more and more.

Müller-Catoir is one of the best winerys in Pfalz/ Palatinate, being member of the VDP and for 20 US$ it was an extreme fair price for a 2003 wine, the price gets even better when I have a look at some statistics about the quality ranges, I would recommend to buy some more

Good Scheurebe wine is hard to find even in germany, sitting about 25km from Haardt
Haardter Mandelring (literally translated almond ring) is the area around this place, about 38 hectares, on the edge of the palatinate forest located on a light slope, btw Haardt is part of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (Neustadt at the German Wine Route)

Salil, Nice to hear from a Scheurebe fan. We drink ours very young and love 'em at both Spat and Kab levels. They're a real treat around here; one doesn't see many offered in the SoCal market, save for M-C and Pfeffingen.

Thanks for the lovely photo Richard.
But I always imagined there must be grapefruit trees there.
Charles

[David M. Bueker]

Based on the legendary 1998 version of this same wine I would have expected mango trees.