Hailing from the most famous and storied steep-slope vineyard in Bernkastel, the 2021 Weingut Schloss Lieser Bernkasteler Doctor Riesling Spätlese Auction Wine (Versteigerungswein)—released exclusively at the VDP Grosser Ring Auction in Trier—is a rare gem from Thomas Haag.

In the glass, this Riesling displays a radiant golden-yellow hue. The bouquet is seductive and multi-layered: ripe lime, blood orange, and juicy vineyard peach intertwine with glazed apricot, exotic mango, orange blossom, wildflower honey, and smoky blue-slate minerality.

On the palate, the 2021 Bernkasteler Doctor Spätlese Versteigerungswein achieves a thrilling tension between generous, succulent fruit sweetness and the rapier-like acidity of the 2021 vintage. Creamy and filigree in texture, layers of stone fruit, citrus, and salty slate minerality culminate in an endlessly resonant finish.

A collector’s rarity from the legendary Doctor vineyard, this Auction Spätlese promises decades of breathtaking evolution in the cellar.