Prinz, Hallgartener Jungfer, Riesling Auslese 2002 (375ml) Normandy Monica Larner

Monica Larner

The 1982 Mayacamas cabernet sauvignon is an outstanding wine in the making

5% for the Eleven Confessions (Estate) Vineyard

rich and polished

and hints of fruit pit as well as abundant fine tanning lend a (for the vintage) surprising but not unwelcome note of austerity to an impressively long finish

Prinz, Hallgartener Jungfer, Riesling Auslese 2002 (375ml) Normandy Monica Larnerlightly bin soiled labels Fred Prinz is perhaps Germany's greatest 'garage' winemaker. Initially he made a name for himself as a top winemaker in Rheingau while working at the region's largest estate, Kloster Eberbach. The wine drinking world is supremely lucky that Mr. Prinz is now devoting his time and considerable talents to making unbelievably good wines under the Prinz label. This is from one of Prinz's most prized sites, Jungfer, and it shows