Paul Anheuser, Kreuznacher Kahlenberg, Riesling Spätlese

How do you define “fine and rare”? Generally speaking, the term is reserved for expensive wines—but it doesn’t have to be. Today’s wine is exceedingly fine, rare, in perfect condition at nearly 20 years of age, and...it costs what? This is what sommeliers love about German Riesling, and why you’d be wise to snap up some of this incredible 2000 Riesling Spätlese from Weingut Paul Anheuser.It comes from an estate-owned plot in the classified “Kreuznacher Kahlenberg” vineyard, a revered site holding documentation from the 1400s; is handcrafted by a family with 14 consecutive generations of experience; and was stored in cold, dark cellars for 17 years before we persuaded them to release some during my personal visit just months ago. I’ll never forget touring Anheuser’s cellars and uncorking perfectly stored wines from their subterranean collection. One, two, three, four decades we went back, each wine more mesmerizing than the last, but we all kept returning to this 2000 and it’s insane pr