2020 | Maximin Grünhaus | Abtsberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs

A fine and sophisticated dry Riesling from a cherished wine estate’s top Grosse Lage (grand cru) vineyard site. The wines from this vineyard are finely structured, with subtle minerality, a racy acidity, generous fruit and great delicacy.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2020 Abtsberg GG is clear, deep and precise on the nose that combines flinty terroir aromas with very clear and elegant Riesling aromas. Lush and piquant on the palate, this is a delicate and pure, tensioned, energetic and persistent dry Abtsberg with a firm structure, good intensity and finessed power on the long finish. Excellent.

• James Suckling: Still very young and quite yeasty, but tasting this is like gazing down into a deep canyon from the edge. A radically mineral wine that packs staggering concentration into a sleek silhouette (just 12% alcohol). So much wild-herb character!

Producer Information

Maximin Grünhaus is a German wine producer located in the Ruwer district of Mosel. It is best known for its famous monopole vineyard, the Maximin Grünhaus estate. Fifth-generation family member Dr. Carl von Schubert has managed the estate since 1981. The first documented evidence of the Maximin Grünhaus vineyards dates to 966, when the land was given to the Benedictine monastery of St. Maximin in Trier. Various winemaking artifacts from Roman times including pruning knives and amphora have been discovered here. The three sites that compose Maximin Grünhaus – Abtsberg, Herrenberg and Bruderberg – have distinct micro-climates, gradients, soil compositions and classifications, from the smallest and lesser of the sites, Bruderberg, to the equivalent of a Grosse Lage, Abtsberg. Riesling makes up over 90 percent of the total vineyard plantings followed by Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois and Spätburgunder. The estate produces some 15,000 cases of wine annually, including Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein from its three vineyards, as well as some Spätburgunder, Pinot Blanc and Sekt wines.

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