Martin Müllen

Traben-Trarbach • Germany

Barrique cellar in a German winery

The wines at a glance

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⧛	The rating of the wine reflects the mean value from a tasting by our jury.
⚖	The wine was evaluated in a blind tasting.
⛬	The wine was tasted as a barrel sample or before an official test number (Amtliche Prüfungsnummer or Staatliche Prüfnummer) was issued.
▲	The wine exhibited a sensory abnormality during our tasting. This does not necessarily have to be a qualitative defect or a wine fault. In the case of a qualitative impairment, a devaluation or rejection was made depending on the type and severity of the defect or wine fault.

Martin Müllen

Alte Marktstraße 2
56841 Traben-Trarbach
Germany
Phone: +49 6541 9470
Fax: +49 6541 813537
Internet: www.muellen.de
E‑mail: info@muellen.de

WinewhitedryRiesling

2009 Traben Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese trocken

Germany

Mosel • Geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung (g. U.)

Amtliche Prüfungsnummer 2588656 26 10 • 12 % alcohol

15⧛⚖

Tasted on 11 August 2012 by our jury

WinewhitedryRiesling

2009 Trarbach Hühnerberg Riesling Spätlese * trocken

Germany

Mosel • Geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung (g. U.)

Amtliche Prüfungsnummer 2588656 27 10 • 13 % alcohol

16.5⧛⚖

Tasted on 11 August 2012 by our jury

WinewhitesweetRiesling

2007 Trarbach Hühnerberg Riesling Spätlese

Germany

Mosel • Geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung (g. U.)

Amtliche Prüfungsnummer 25886565 9 08 • 7.5 % alcohol

Tasted on 22 March 2016 by Werner Elflein

Let's get it straight: With a 2007 Riesling from the Trarbacher Hühnerberg, Martin Müllen has probably produced one of the best Spätlesen of the early 21st century. This will come as no surprise to insiders, as Müllen is one of a handful of Mosel winemakers who can be trusted with a stroke of genius like this at any time. In the glass, the wine presents itself in a bright straw yellow, the bouquet appears more complex than a tenfold integral and features scents of flint and highly ripe apricot. What happens on the tongue can hardly be described in words. It seems as if every taste bud in the mouth is attacked several times: by the finest fruit aromas, a play of acidity that cannot be surpassed in finesse, perfectly balanced sweetness and impressions that are often described in tasting notes as mineral slate notes. Terms like “most elegant” , “richest in finesse” , “most profound”, “most complex” , “infinitely long” fill my notepad in the absence of a suitable vocabulary and the possibility of a linguistic increase of the superlative. A late harvest can't be any better. Only different.

WinewhitesweetRiesling

2007 Kröv Paradies Riesling alte Reben Spätlese **

Germany

Mosel • Geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung (g. U.)

Amtliche Prüfungsnummer 2588656 11 08 • 8 % alcohol

17.5

Tasted on 8 September 2023 by Werner Elflein

WinewhitesweetRiesling

2005 Kröv Letterlay Layen Riesling Spätlese

Germany

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer • Geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung (g. U.)

Amtliche Prüfungsnummer 2588656 15 06 • 7 % alcohol

Tasted on 8 January 2023 by Werner Elflein

Tasted on 27 June 2012 by Werner Elflein

Tasted on 1 February 2011 by Werner Elflein

Pale yellow with white-golden reflections. Very fine Riesling aroma with delicate fruity hints of peach and mango. Lightweight and elegant on the tongue, yet with good persistence on the palate. Reasonable sweetness. Restrained acidity, but noticeable minerality. Very long. Fine spicy finish.

WinewhitesweetRiesling

2005 Kröv Letterlay Riesling Spätlese **

Germany

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer • Geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung (g. U.)

Amtliche Prüfungsnummer 2588656 14 06 • 7.5 % alcohol

Tasted on 9 June 2020 by Werner Elflein

Strong green gold. Fine, complex scent of jelly banana, milk chocolate as well as peach and mirabelle jam. Invigorating, not too luxuriant sweetness, juicy fruitiness, moderate acidity. With astonishing freshness in view of the age of now a good 15 years. Excellent length.