2016 Westhofen BRUNNENHÄUSCHEN Abts E Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Abts E(rde) Riesling GG is clear, intense and chalky on the concentrated, ripe and juicy nose. On the palate, this is a pure, intense and chalky Riesling with fine tannins, piquant acidity and great purity. This is very salty and grippy Riesling that is straight, dense and mineral. No fruit here but lots of crushed rocks and great tension. - Stephan Reinhardt, Okt. 2017

Vinous
Fresh lime and white peach, iris, thyme, chalk and marine minerals are all intimated on the nose, then reconvene on a silken, buoyant, generously juicy palate. Even more than usual, the wine displays an intricate – almost lacy – complexity of herbal, floral, fruit and mineral elements, as well as a clarity that surpasses that of its fellow Keller Grosse Gewächse, impressive though they all are. Yet for all of its buoyancy and refinement, the mouthwateringly salt-tinged, near-endless finish is intensely reverberative and blazingly bright, revealing the maximum energy conveyed by any of Keller’s other dry 2016s, and all the while offering consummate refreshment. “You can tell from a wine like this,” noted Keller, “how Abtserde is a site that supports residual sweetness, unlike Morstein.” And you can also tell that it’s magical – irrespective of residual sugar. - David Schildknecht, Mai 2018

Mosel Fine Wines
The 2016 Abts E®, as it is referred to on the front label, comes from the prime Abtserde sector of the Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen vineyard. It presents a superbly complex and incredibly youthful nose of yellow flowers, fresh almond, plenty of spices, white peach, smoke, cassis, bergamot, and candied grapefruit. The wine starts off on the juicy and very elegant side and only gradually develops intensity and energy. This is a beautifully elegant Abtserde in the making, with still many years ahead. Now-2056