2015 Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Kabinett Maximin Grünhaus, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2015 Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Kabinett, Maximin Grünhaus

The 2015 Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Kabinett opens clear, precise and nicely reductive on the coolish/stony nose, with the typical flinty flavors of the Abtsberg. The wine is very clear, piquant and fresh, typically light but complex and stimulatingly salty in the well-structured and persistent finish. A gorgeous Kabinett—or should I say: Abtsberg? Great aging potential! - Stephan Reinhardt, Apr. 2017

Mosel Fine Wines - 2015 Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Kabinett, Maximin Grünhaus

Harvested at 86° Oechsle, this offers a rather smooth Spätlese-styled nose of pear, cassis, ginger, star anise, flowers and flinty slate. The wine is on the rich and round side on the palate (by Kabinett standards of this Estate) but already hints at the elegance and finesse to come. This offers a long and beautifully refined nose of herbs and spices. The overall structure is still rather reduced and backward and we expect this beauty to only truly shine at maturity. So patience is required! 2025-2040. - Jun. 2016

Vinous - 2015 Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Kabinett, Maximin Grünhaus

White peach and lime are garlanded with honeysuckle on a haunting nose and piquantly laced with quinine, peach kernel and alkali on a silken-textured, luscious, expansive yet buoyant palate. A lusciously lingering finish perpetuates this lovely Riesling’s combination of richness with lift as well as its piquant and floral counterpoint, and an undertone of wet stone adds intrigue even as a lick of salt stimulates the salivary glands. This is like a slightly richer version of a great Grünhaus Spätlese (!) of the late 1980s or early 1990s. - David Schildknecht, Mai 2017