Paul Anheuser, Schlossböckelheimer Königsfels, Riesling Auslese Halbtrocken

I wish it weren’t so, but the assortment of ancient gems we culled from the cellars of Paul Anheuser were going to run out eventually. Today marks our last tranche of mature Riesling from this tiny yet dynastic family of vine growers. The Anheusers have been farming the steep slopes of Germany’s Nahe for 14 consecutive generations, and each remarkable bottle we’ve discovered has set an even higher standard for what we already consider one of the planet’s greatest wine pleasures: aged Riesling.So, until we can travel the winding river and descend into their subterranean “wine museum” once more, this will have to tide you over—and we guarantee it will do much more than that! At a scant $35, you’re receiving an impeccably stored Riesling Auslese with a quarter century of age. It doesn’t look or taste like a 27-year-old wine, but it delivers a powerfully long finish that can only come from something with that much maturity. When it was bottled back in 1993, only a touch of residual sugar w