Maximin Grünhaus Abtsberg GG 2017

Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate: The 2017 Maximin Grünhaus Abtsberg Riesling GG offers a deep, complex, slightly flinty bouquet with ripe and concentrated fruit aromas intertwined with herbal and mineral notes. Full-bodied yet elegant and refined on the palate, this is a persistently salty and tensioned Abtsberg with quite a lot of power but very good and promising length. Tasted in June 2019. – Stephan Reinhardt, Okt. 2019

Wine Spectator: This gorgeous dry Riesling has an exotic character, with elderflower and tropical fruit notes allied to passion fruit flavors that are accented by grapefruit, vanilla, and spice and mineral elements, which display depth and complexity, supported by the supple texture and vibrant acidity. Best from 2021 through 2034. 800 cases made. – April 2019

Mosel Fine Wines: The 2017er Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg GG was made f rom fruit harvested at approx. 90° Oechs le. The w ine develops a gorgeous nose of cassis, spices and herbs. It proves remarkably precise and full of presence on the palate and leaves a still f irm and assertive feel in the f inish. This lively GG is full of promise. 2022-2037 – Okt. 2018

Vinous: Apple seed, peach kernel and wet stone penetratingly and piquantly confront the nose, anticipating the borderline bitterness that prevails on the glossy palate. Certainly there is some tangy fruit juiciness, as well as stony, alkaline and pungently green herbal counterpoint, but the finish displays considerably less energy or clarity than that of the corresponding Herrenberg. (A couple of distinguished fellow critics in Europe have pegged the Abtsberg as superior precisely in terms of alleged precision and clarity.) – David Schildknecht, Apr. 2020