MAXIMIN GRÜNHAUS (C. von SCHUBERT) (Ruwer) -- 2017s and a 2016 Tasted from Bottle

(Originally published 18 October 2018.)

Riesling yield was only about 29 hl/ha in 2017 (half of 2016) because of frost that killed young vines. The harvest started 18 September, and the picking necessarily was fast because of rot in the vineyards. Acidities almost same as 2016, but different type, more herbal in 2016, observed Dr. Carl von Schubert. Fans of this great estate will find all they could desire in this vintage except overall quantity and lots of late harvest wines. (Continue reading here.)