Mosel-Saar-Ruwer 2017 Grosses Gewächs Riesling -- Part V: Karthäuserhof and Maximin Grünhaus

(Originally published 15 September 2018.)

 Only three wines from the Ruwer Valley.





KARTHÄUSERHOF

2017 (Eitelsbach) Karthäuserhofberg Riesling GG
Nose not yet resolved. Very dry and nervy, light, tightly-wound. not sure what’s going on at this estate now. 91(+)?/A-




MAXIMIN GRÜNHAUS/von SCHUBERT

2017 (Maximin Grünhaus) Abtsberg Riesling GG
Yellow peach with flesh, but still tight. Lots of material packed into this, but very young. Richness, but good tension with stoniness, some power. 93/A

2017 (Maximin Grünhaus) Herrenberg Riesling GG
Herbal and ripe white peach nose and mouth, good minerality, not as powerful or round as Abtsberg. Ripe, pure, medium-weight, long. 93+/A

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