Tasting Notes

Abtsberg

2016 - Abtsberg Riesling GG
Nice fruit of apples and pears, beautiful #moselle slate minerality, spicy, fresh herbs, on the palate creamy, powerful and long. Great stuff! 

2016 - Abtsberg Riesling Superior
The nose is an unbelievable basket of herbs, like walking through the market in the Provence, stony minerality, fresh and animating, some yellow apple, some wood. After some breathing time the palate is so creamy and gentle, fresh lemon and citrus notes, pure minerality with great pepper notes, but not too spicy, present acidity but super smoothly integrated. The wine is very long and drinks so well that you might want to call it dangerous. Very convincing!

2006 - Abtsberg Riesling Kabinett
The difficult year 2006 with lots of sun in July and lots of rain in August at the Moselle led to a botrytis rich harvest. But not this on. Yes it is ripe and rich, with powerful fruits and a powerful minerality, but it is not flat sweet. Instead very deep. Nose is filled with ripe exotics, roasted caramel and great slate minerality. The palate is a perfect mix of ripe fruit with deep spices and wicked acidity. So lovely, so long. If you like rich and spicy Kabis this one is perfect!

1998 - Abtsberg Riesling Auslese 215
The nose is a perfect aged #riesling nose with lots of lots of licorice, honey and roasted caramel, spicy minerality, smoky. On the palate it is in amazing balance, so powerful and dense, fresh acidity, crisp, great spicy minerality, not a bit heavy even though it is some complex, great fruit notes with orange peel, unripe mango, gooseberry. Not sweet, just a dream. Perfectly aged Riesling!

1995 - Abtsberg Riesling Auslese
Unbelievable fresh with amber color, apples, pineapple and black currant in the nose, great fresh acidity and beautiful balanced slate and herbal flavours. Just wonderful!

1988 - Abtsberg Riesling Auslese
Brilliant mixture of caramel, licorice, raisins, floral notes and still elements of spicy minerality, nice acidity, long lasting.

1975 - Abtsberg Riesling Auslese
This wine is just so much fun. Fresh and lively nose with grilled pineapple, caramel, honey and beautiful spices. On the palate fantastic acidity and minerality, spicy, fresh, alive, great fruit basket, apples, stone fruits, exotic fruits too, beautiful spiciness, wrapped up by an everlasting orange, honey and caramel finish. Just perfect.

Herrenberg

1995 - Herrenberg Riesling Auslese
Herbs and honey in the nose, on the palate fresh and lively acidity, fruit notes of apple and pineapple, aging elements of honey and chocolate, very fresh with the beautiful taste of 20 years in the bottle. 

Bruderberg

2017 - Bruderberg Riesling Kabinett
In the nose still quite young, some yeast, super fresh and clean, nice inviting fruity notes, ripe peach, apricots, some mandarine peel and exotic notes. On the palate fresh acidity followed by a nice cool minerality, nice spices, great fruit notes, peach again, some quince. Fresh, spicy finish that invites to have more of this great wine. Wicked! 

Others

2016 - Alte Reben Riesling 
The nose is a nice floral-herbal-smoky mix with ripe apple and pear fruit notes and nice spices, very inviting, very direct, some quince, some slight citrus peel. On the palate a fresh acidity that mixes with beautiful spiciness, juicy and clear, nice fruit mix with yellow and red apples, also some exotic fruit elements, very herbal. Finishes with a spicy note and some grapefruit peel.