Ethereal apple essence, sweet floral perfume, musk, white truffle, and pure, honeyed essence of botrytis secretions inform the nose of Kerpen’s 2006 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese. A saline mineral sense helps alleviate the wine’s sweetness. Viscous and expansive, it nevertheless offers lift to the point of near levitation. And the long, honeyed, subtly spicy finish here manages to truly refresh, for all of the wine’s extreme richness and sheer thickness. This has superb 30+ year potential. While Martin Kerpen’s extensive array of dry Rieslings from 2007 is not on quite the superlative order of their immediate predecessors, his residually sweet wines are again highly successful. Importer: Terry Theise Estate Selections, imported by Michael Skurnik Wines, Inc., Syosset, NY; tel (516) 677-9300