Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Eiswein 1996

I bought Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Eiswein 1996 in Japan for a long ago.
AP Number of the bottle is indicated as 3-05 in the label (If my understanding is correct, 05 means AP number was acquired in 2005). Is this mean 5-10 years storage in barrel or fermentation? Or so-called “fake” bottle? If you have the information, please let me know.

Approval year not necessarily bottle year.

Its not uncommon for wines to be released by the producer some years after the vintage, I can’t comment on this specific wine.

You can likely reach out to the VDP and inquire about the AP numbers for Egon Muller’s 1996 wines

Thank you for your suggestion. I’ll reach out.