Picked in the second week of October with 132° Oechsle, the 2018 Rausch Auslese Long Gold Capsule –Versteigerung– (AP 4), displays an intense and concentrated lemon- and grapefruit-scented nose with lime zest and raspberry aromas as well as tropical fruits, floral and honey notes. On the palate, this is a nobly rich, intense, tightly woven and slightly licorice-flavored Auslese with enormous richness paired with finesse and elegance. This is spectacularly dense, fresh and tight, still too tight to sing, but it will fill the largest opera houses around the globe in a few years—and still in 50. A spectacular wine with a well-balanced 163 grams per liter of residual sugar that will be auctioned in Trier later this year. Tasted in June 2019.