Germany

90 points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar: Peach, mango and a hint of honey on the nose. The sweet, but austere peach flavor with its subtle spiciness is highlighted by the slate. Well-balanced, extremely elegant and nicely persistent.

93 points Stepen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar-"Full red-ruby. Spicy aromas of raspberry, clove and vanilla. Rich blackberry fruit caresses the palate, which remains elegant in spite of the wine's considerable depth. With its distinctive personality, ripe tannins and impressive length, this is a show-stopper."

92+ points The Wine Advocate:Molitor’s 2008 Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Spatlese comes from modest holdings on the edge of the Wehlener Klosterberg rather than in the main portion of today’s expanded Wurzgarten, but you will seldom smell a more intense exhibition of what I deem site-typical ripe strawberry than here, even though a veil of yeast and a honeyed halo of botrytis also distinguish the nose here. A creamy texture reinforces the honeyed side to this while marked salinity and crustacean-like minerality offer counterpoint and irresistible savor. What’s more, this displays amazing delicacy, in fact near
weightlessness, and its sweetness is so well-balanced as to go unnoticed. This exceptional value will be even better as its fermentative legacy recedes, and should be worth following for 20 or more years. David Schildknecht