Georg Breuer Terra Montosa 2001

Thanks to the incredible 2001 vintage, German Riesling is one of the hottest sellars of the year. For complexity, ageability, and pure delicious drinking, these wines are hard to beat - and this is one of the best.

Montosa commemorates the terracing of the Rudesheimer Berg by the Archbishop of Mainz in 1074. Selected healthy grapes from steep mountainside vineyards - including the Grand Crus Berg Schlossberg and Nonnenberg - are harvested at optimum maturity. An interplay of Rudesheims characteristic mineral aromas with the citric, floral flavors of Rauentahl: the essence of great and ageworthy Rheingau Riesling.

To further the selection of the top CRU to the highest level, we introduced in 1990 a "second wine" in the Bordeaux Grand Cru tradition. Montosa–or Terra Montosa-stands for "steepest slopes". This notion has been first used in 1074 a.c. when for the first time vineyards were planted in the until than uncultivated mountenous hillsides in Rüdesheim. The patchwork of soilstyles in the Rüdesheim Berg vineyards with their high potential to reach top maturity every year are married together in this Cuvée of greatest complexity. Eric Asimov of the New York Times writes: "Dry yet full of complex mineral and fruit flavors, excellent balance".

"Cantaloupe and orange scents. In the mouth, caraway and candied orange peel with the bittersweetness and oiliness that these flavors entail. Formidably dense but sappy and juicy, not too austere in its dryness, and possessed of some fascinating hints of flowers and musk. Full yet fresh."
-International Wine Cellar