Trarbacher Hühnerberg Trockenbeerenauslese 2019, Martin Müllen 0,375 l.

The 2019er Trarbacher Hühnerberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese offers absolutely bewitching and very fine aromatics with pure, rich notes, including Pina colada, coconut cream, caramel, raisin, grilled pineapple, dried apricot, mango, and spices. The wine is beautifully concentrated, focused, and brilliant on the palate, with masterful balance and remarkable strength of intensity. The finish is very pure, and although for the moment the wine is still dominated by sugar (something totally normal for such a young noble-sweet wine), its balance is already magnificent. This TBA is a perfection of definition and finesse.

Still embryonic, this is a very classic Mosel TBA with dense dried-fruit, fig and date notes, but also a whiff of smoke. Dense and unctuous, but also highly structured and extremely vibrant. thanks to a ton of minerally acidity. Diamond-bright finish of great length. You could drink it now, but the potential of this wine is to be measured in decades.

SE! Se… et mesterværk. Aldrig, aldrig nogensinde har jeg smagt så overvældende skønhed i ung sød vin. Hühnerberg i baglandet, oppe i sidedalen syd for Trarbach er ikke på enhver mosel-maniacs ønskeliste eller heller ikke på perlelisten over Mosels kendisskrænter, men nu skal, SKAL, du have den med i din godnathuskeliste. Perfektion, først banal overvældende dåsefersken sødet med lindehonning, men botrytis-appelsinmarmeladen med korianderfrø og madraskarry sniger sig op til toppen af den sammensatte næse. Guddommelig intensitet, der på trylleriagtig vis aldrig bliver slibrig. Friskhed som i så mange andre 19ere, men her bare ude i rummet, afsindig syre midt i al sukkerherligheden, energidrik, prikker, knuselsker, cremer og pirrer føle-, lugte- og smagssans med uendelighed og drilleri på samme tid. Udtræk, ja essens af pollenbukser på humlebier. Modigt bitterstofniveau. TBA til 999.999 point.

The 2019 Trarbacher Hühnerberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese comes from a particular plot that normally brings very fine Spätlesen and was partly sourced for the "S" Beerenauslese. Picked on two days at the end of October, this is a beautifully clear, pure, minerally fresh and aromatic TBA with perfectly ripe peach, spices and oaky/nougat aromas. Round and juicy on the palate, this is a very intense but also refined, crystalline and salty TBA with a highly stimulating finish. This is a fantastic Riesling with so much fruit charm, precision, finesse and elegance. If you want to own a reasonably priced TBA of eternal class, this is the one to buy. - Stephan Reinhardt