Maximin Grünhaus
Riesling Abtsberg Auslese No. 69 Schlosskeller Reserve 2018 Half Bottle
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Key figures
- Grape variety: Riesling
- Vintage: 2018
- Sweetness: Noble sweet
- Alcohol content: 7.0 % vol.
- Bottle size: 375 ml
- Allergens: Sulfites
- Country of origin: Germany
- Region of origin: Moselle, Mertesdorf
Description
The Abtsberg Auslese No. 69 Schlosskeller-Reserve is one of Maximin Grünhaus's rarest and most profound wines. The famous Abtsberg, with its cool blue Devonian slate soils, lends even highly concentrated Auslese an almost weightless elegance and an exceptionally precise minerality. Through long maturation in the historic Schlosskeller, this Reserve additionally gains tranquility, depth, and aristocratic complexity.
2018 brings much ripeness and concentration, yet the vibrant acidity and salty slate minerality keep the wine impressively fresh and focused. The Auslese appears dense and monumental, yet at the same time incredibly finely drawn and never heavy. Instead of mere sweetness, the Schlosskeller-Reserve clearly focuses on balance, tension, and depth.
Number 69 stands for a particularly selective batch of exceptional quality. In the half-bottle, the wine often develops a little faster and shows its enormous complexity earlier. This makes the Auslese fascinatingly open today – with ripe fruit, delicate herbal spice, and a long, floating finish full of mineral precision.
This is what to expect when drinking
Candied tropical fruit, honey, quince, fig, herbs, petrol, spices
Full-bodied, sweet, balanced by acidity, opulent, long finish
Cheese platter, fruit dessert, crème brûlée, foie gras
