Nice notes, I'm envious. What are Rauenthalers?
On Jul 11, 6:09 am, cwdjrxyz wrote: it is not up to Egon
Muller's very outstanding 76 and 71 auslesen which would now cost you
> a fortune if you can find them at all.
And not a small fortune, either. The Egon Muller cult has got out of hand. I had put a Winesearcher alert for the 2007s. Got alert last night, checked. 2007 QbA $33, Spatlese $96, Auslesen $222. For prearrival. Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rauenthal is a Weinbauort(village)in the Grosslage Steinmacher which is in the Anbaugebiet(region) Rheingau. There are several outstanding vineyards, some of the best known being Baiken, Gehrn, Rothenberg, Langenstuck, Wulfen and Nonnenberg. These vineyards have a cooler climate than some areas of the Rheingau, but in very good to exceptional years they can be among the best Rheingaus and can be expensive. The largest owner is the state domain with about 28 ha. The total vineyard area is only about 100 ha For some reason, perhaps the fairly small production, these wines have not been as well known in the US as say Schloss Johannisberg, but they are often better than even this famous wine in good years. The Germans are more than happy to drink up all of these wines they can get and afford in good years.
And this is nothing new, at least for Muller's top and most rare wines. Muller's 1983 eiswein came on the market in the US for over US $700 a bottle way back in the mid 80s. If one can find a bottle of this today, likely one can not afford it if one has to ask the price.
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