Muller Catoir 2010

Going for Baroque

Is there another Estate that has done so much to advance the reputation of the Pfalz in recent decades? Certainly none other has achieved the cult status that Müller-Catoir enjoys in Germany. These are hardcore dry Rieslings - wines of drama, tension, exuberance and rare refinement.

At a time when minimal intervention and the concept of terroir was still alien to the German wine lands, Hans-Günther Schwarz knew the score: you have to have an innate understanding of soil and site before you can make great wine. His legacy of low intervention viticulture and winemaking has gone on to inspire and educate a whole generation of young German winemakers, in the now-accepted theory that great wine is made in the vineyard not the cellar. This may sound hackneyed to today’s well-versed wine lover, however it was not that long ago that the Pfalz region was awash with lifeless vineyards producing masses of overcropped dull fruit. During these dark decades, Günther Schwarz maintained standards at Müller-Catoir that were almost unique across Germany, let alone the Pfalz. Today, these same high standards are maintained under Philipp David Catoir and... read more