Von Schubert, Maximin Grunhauser Herrenberg Riesling Auslese

Von Schubert, Maximin Grunhauser Herrenberg Riesling AusleseThe 2005 Maximin Grunhauser Herrenberg Riesling Auslese offers aromas of red berries, grapefruit, sage, and honey. A savory palate mingles lime, jellied red fruits, honey, sage, and smoky minerality. Quite firm and bright in the mouth, this is nevertheless rich in terms of ripeness and sheer abundance of flavor. Here too is the finishing thrust, penetration and clarity that made so many Grunhaus Auslesen of earlier times almost legendary. Get serious

a cool site with a longer cycle and later harvest

plum and discreet warm earth and underbrush scents

(from Ez Crets)

isn’t at its usual level

A blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc

Harmonious

this is a powerful Champagne of considerable presence that needs some more time on cork to unwind and round out

There is both better volume and mid-palate density to the caressing but punchy medium-bodied flavors that exude a hint of minerality on the clean

The Alsace grand cru 2021 Furstentum Pinots blends Pinot Gris with Pinot Blanc and was fermented in Burgundy barrels for 14 months

all wrapped in a lightly mineral-inflected finish that offers outstanding depth and length

warm earth and dark berry fruit liqueur aromas

cool and unusually refined middle weight flavors deliver outstanding depth and length for the genre