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2017 Von Schubert Maximin Grunhauser Abtsberg Riesling Superior #4

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June 26, 2022 - $36

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RATINGS

96James Suckling

A great and dry tasting Mosel...stunning concentration and remains really light on its feet. Fabulous elegance at the very long and super clean finish.

94Wine Spectator

Dry-tasting, with an intriguing complexity... Emerging flavors of spearmint, slate and white pepper draw you in, while a mix of Bosc pear and clementine captivate you. The long, mineral-driven finish makes you reach for another taste.

93+ The Wine Advocate

...quite crunchy on the flinty, deep and complex nose that displays ripe fruit and delicately crunchy slate aromas...lush and piquant on the palate, with crystalline acidity, structure and lingering mineral salinity and tension...finish is enormously long and promising... The lingering salinity is so delicately fine and mouthwatering!

93Wine Enthusiast

...intensely smoky and earthen on the nose but boasts tart tangerine and lemon flavors glazed with honey and steel. A complex, captivating wine...

91Vinous / IWC

...nose of lime and white peach...the palate features a stronger piquancy of fruit seed and pit...there is a very subtle and welcome hint of sweetness as well as a glossy feel...suggestion of pistachio extract nicely captures the wine’s productive bittersweet personality. The finish is generously juicy and mouthwateringly saline.

16.5Jancis Robinson

...bright and limey on the nose. Gorgeous purity and clarity on the palate, so utterly cool and pristine. Pretty dry, just a hint of spice on the long finish and a peachy aftertaste to balance the acidity.

REGION

Germany, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer is Germany’s most prestigious wine region and it is comprised of the vineyards surrounding the Mosel River and its tributaries, the Saar and Ruwer. This region is the northernmost of Germany’s primary viticultural areas, located on the western edge of Germany just above the northeast corner of France. Internationally Mosel Rieslings are considered among the finest white wines in the world. In Germany and elsewhere, the region’s name is often shortened simply to Mosel, and in fact since 2007 Mosel has been the formal name of the region for viticultural purposes. The references to Saar and Ruwer were dropped for ease of marketing. The distinctively crisp, mineral tasting, acidic Rieslings produced in Mosel are attributed partly to the region’s slate soils and extremely vertiginous vineyards. Many vineyards are on 60 to 80 percent cent inclines along the three rivers. Riesling grapes represent more than half of all the grapes grown in Mosel, followed by Muller-Thurgau, a white wine grape related to Riesling, and Elbling, an indigenous white wine grape often used for sparkling wines.