The 2006 Josephshofer Riesling Auslese Long Gold Capsule (which this year bears the designation -#6- on its label) projects very ripe cantalope, pineapple, and nut paste onto creamy, rich, vanilla-tinged, yet juicy and insistently citric flavors, leading to an impressively layered yet levitated finish. Here are the classic virtues of the best 2006 Middle Mosel Auslesen, rendering at least a quarter century of felicitous evolution likely. -We organized early,- says Annegret Reh-Gartner, -and then harvested in two weeks what we usually harvest in four.- She felt her hand was forced on the Saar when many of their vineyards were hailed on September 30, but by the time the crew was mobilized the heavy rain of October 3 was upon them.Various importers including: P. J. Valckenberg International, Tulsa, OK; tel. (918) 622-0424