2017 Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Auslese Maximin Grünhaus, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Mosel Fine Wines: The 2017er Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Auslese was made from fruit harvested at refreshingly Oechsle degrees (low 90s). This develops a beautiful nose of pear, peach, apricot blossom, coconut and pineapple, all pepped up by mint and dried herbs. The wine is stunningly juicy and delicately creamy on the palate and leaves a gorgeously vibrant feel in the pure and very elegant finish. One is left with flavors of pear, pineapple, star fruit and a hint of tangerine zest in the after-taste. What a beautiful wine! 2027-2047 - Juni 2018

Vinous: The “regular” bottling of Abtsberg Auslese this vintage takes as its starting point the same pure, ripe peach fruit, coolingly green herbal overtones, succulence, infectious juiciness and transparency to stony underpinnings that characterize the corresponding Spätlese. Here, there is a bit more textural richness, a subtle creaminess, and a saliva-liberating hint of salinity to the soaring finish. - David Schildknecht, Apr. 2020