Suckling 96:
This moves up a gear from the Herrenberg in terms of concentration. This offers a very intense, lime and herb nose and fresh minerals, delivering a very harmonious impression. The depth and sense of seamlessness here is incredible. This has a super pure feel with juicy and intensely ripe fruit on offer. Such length and purity. Drink over two decades.
And Wine Advocate 95:
The 2018 Maximin Grünhaus Abtsberg Riesling Spätlese opens intense yet pure and floral/herbal on the nose, with delicate yet intense dark flinty slate aromas. The palate is lush, round and highly stimulating with its delicate, crystalline and salty acidity, which lends remarkable finesse and length. This is delicious and fabulous in its weightless but nobly refined character and endlessly salty, playful but also long and mineral finish.
They also say:
The 2018 Rieslings are simply amazing and perhaps the very best produced here in many years. "2018 is the first vintage where we produced nearly all styles in all our vineyards," says owner Maximin von Schubert, who will probably still dream of his 2018s in 50 years.
