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2016 Von Schubert Maximin Grunhauser Abtsberg Riesling Superior #3

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November 12, 2023 - $38

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RATINGS

94The Wine Advocate

...displays very clear and intense, beautifully ripe and concentrated fruit with highly delicate, flinty/crunchy slate aromas... Full-bodied, straight, lush and piquant, this is a pure and crystalline...rich and intense... Fascinating.

93Wine Spectator

...beautifully balanced...showing notes of tangerine, nectarine and apple pastry. Minerally on the finish, with a long aftertaste of slate and spice.

93James Suckling

93Wine Enthusiast

Concentrated tangerine and candied lemon-peel flavors are juxtaposed by complexities of savory earth and smoked nuts. While off dry and sprightly, there's a lusciousness that builds on the midpalate that extends into a long, lavishly fruity finish.

92Vinous / IWC

...ultimately compelling...prominence of white peach and white currant flavors... Thyme and walnut oil add further interest to a finish of impressive persistence that introduces a shimmering impression of wet stone, fruit and herb interplay.

16.5Jancis Robinson

Ripe with peaches and apricots and a citrus purity... Rich and ripe-fruited...with a definite aftertaste of apricot...beautifully balanced.

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.