Sometimes a wedding is more than a union of two love birds. It's a joining of resources to make something truly special, like the "Best Of" 2004 Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler Bernkasteler Badstube Eiswein Riesling, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer late harvest dessert wine. When Dr. Peter Pauly and his wife Helga married in 1971, they joined two legendary Mosel River Valley wine estates' Pauly-Bergweiler und Peter Nicolay. These two estates have long possessed prized vineyards in Bernkasteler, a world-famous village whose wines were praised for extraordinary quality in official documents during the 12th Century. The 2004 Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler Bernkasteler Badstube Eiswein is a product of low-yield, late maturing riesling grapes that are carefully pressed after being left on the vine to freeze. This rare eiswein (German for ice wine) is a rich, lusciously sweet wine that coats the palate like a blanket with overtones of apricot, pears and orange. An Editor's Choice selection from Wine Enthusiast magazine, this powerful wine showcases a thick, pungent entry that yields to a long finish of sweet orange.

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