2008 G-MAX Riesling Q.b.A. trocken Klaus Peter Keller, Rheinhessen (0,75l)

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2008 G-MAX Riesling Q.b.A. trocken, Klaus Peter Keller

Served blind after the cool 2004 vintage, Keller's 2008 Riesling G-Max shows a clear, fresh, complex and still very young bouquet of ripe fruit and herbal notes. Rich, spicy and enormously juicy on the palate, this is a classic, dense and fruit-intensive wine, yet it is a rather lean and firmly structured Riesling classic with fleshy fruit and pleasant astringency on the finish. This is a very excellent Riesling from a cool, rather damp and humid year with a very high yield, in which the really great wines were naturally in short supply. However, the G-Max can certainly lay claim to being a reference wine of the vintage. Tasted at Steinheuer's Restaurant Zur Alten Post, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, in January 2024. - Stephan Reinhardt, März 2024

Mosel Fine Wines - 2008 G-MAX Riesling Q.b.A. trocken, Klaus Peter Keller

The 2008er G-Max offers a gorgeous nose with plenty of herbaceous notes, smoke, tobacco, coco, candied grapefruit, mint and fennel, all wrapped into a hint of volatile acidity which adds presence and intensity to the nose. The wine proves deep, concentrated and even a tad powerful on the palate, yet always maintains a tremendous sense of freshness. The hugely long finish is all about lime, spices and citrusy fruits. This beautiful and structured G-Max is still pretty much work in progress and we would ideally wait for another couple of years to reach its maturity window. 2023-2043

Vinous - 2008 G-MAX Riesling Q.b.A. trocken, Klaus Peter Keller

Animated aromas of passion fruit, lemon oil and pine nuts. The dense nectarine fruit and bright acid structure are at once charming and serious. With its depth, richness and intriguingly complex finish, this is certainly one of the finest dry rieslings of the vintage.