2018 Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett [WA92][V92][JG91-92]

Producer: Egon Muller  
Region: Mosel, Germany  
Varietal: Riesling
Year: 2018  

Wine Advocate, 92 Points 

"The 2018 Scharzhofberger Kabinett (AP #2) is brilliant, clear and coolish on the nose, with cold, wet and clayey yet also crunchy slate aromas and bright fruit. Lush and precise, with lingering salinity and mineral expression, this is a complex and structured Scharzhofberger Kabinett with great aging potential." 

Vinous, 92 Points 

"White currant and white peach are pungently wreathed in green herbs for stimulating aromatic display, and are joined on a firm palate by incisive, invigorating nips of cress and radish. The finish is mouth-shaking in its bright conveyance of energy, not to mention consummately refreshing and implacably stony." 

John Gilman, 91-92 Points 

"There are only two Kabinetten from the Scharzhofberg this year, with an old vine bottling also produced. The “regular” Kabinett (this sobriquet seems rather inappropriate when discussing an Egon Müller wine!) is 9.5 percent in alcohol, carries around fifty grams per liter of residual sugar and has acids of 8.5 grams and very low pH this year. The wine is young and very promising, offering up scents of apple, lime, petrol, slate, wild yeasts and an exotic touch of violet in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and fairly powerful in personality, with excellent depth and focus, excellent mineral drive and simply superb grip on the long and very well-balanced finish. As this was just bottled, my score may even be a touch conservative. (Drink between 2025-2065)." 

Alcohol: 9% 

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