Max Ferdinand Richter Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2023

Category:
 
White Wines
Sub-Category:  
 
White Wines
Producer:
 
Max Ferdinand Richter
Label Name:
 
Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese
Vintage:
 
2023
Country:
 
Germany
Region:
 
Mosel (Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr)
Volume:
 
750ml
ABV:
 
7%
Grape(s):
 
Riesling
Acidity:
 
5
Sweetness:
 
5
Body:
 
3
Length:
 
5
Aroma Intensity:
 
5
Best Temperature:
 
8-10°C

Awards/Ratings
Heiner Lobenberg 96–98/100; James Suckling 97/100 (2023); Mosel Fine Wines 95/100

Tasting Note
Perfumed honey, candied peach and ripe melon with citrus peel, saline blue-slate minerality and spice. Intense botrytized sweetness is balanced by very high, racy acidity; mouthcoating texture and a very long, clean finish.

Food Pairing
Western: foie gras, blue cheese (Roquefort), roasted pork belly, roasted duck; Asian: Peking duck, spicy Thai green curry, soy-glazed salmon, sushi (otoro/uni), mango sticky rice.

Production Method
Hand-harvested, partially botrytized fruit (c.20–30%), picked at very high Oechsle, fermented in large traditional oak Fuder with indigenous yeasts and matured in wood to retain residual sugar and freshness.

Vineyard Info
Weingut Max Ferd. Richter is a multi‑generation Mosel estate (family since 1680) owning steep, slate-rich sites in Brauneberg including the famed Juffer-Sonnenuhr; known for late-harvest Rieslings and large historic Fuder cellar.