Will Stanley

9.1

Well, I’ve been a bit quiet on here! In July my partner gave birth to our first child, so among many of the sacrifices one makes as a new parent, I’ve scarcely touched a drop of wine for the past three months.

This weekend we enjoyed our first trip away with the little one and my other half’s family, none of whom are particularly into wine, but they always enjoy when I open a Riesling if we’re cooking homemade Indian food. This magnum of the 2017 Abtsberg Kabinett from Max. Grünhaus was a crowd pleaser if not the most complex of wines. But who cares? None of them had ever seen a magnum before. Great fun! — 20 days ago

Carter White

9.5

Fruit forward with apple and lime, with honey and petrol. Waxy, concentrated, vibrant, and long. Excellent! — 3 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.3

Glowing liquid gold. No doubt, my favorite shade of riesling. We're in for some expression, maybe even a smile. Smells like can of Sprite and sticky Valencia orange slices, beads of juice crawling down your palms. Tastes like starfruit and lime-aid sherbert, bitter grapefruit, thyme, and honey. Pinnacle acid and mouth coating viscosity. Long as the summer sun. — 3 years ago

Samuel Thomas

9.0

First course with Mordor for her 90th bday dinner with the sweds.
Beautiful bottle. — 16 days ago

emilie cycz

10

Zesty but has a brioche undertone. Green apple, lively bubble — 2 years ago

Conrad Green

9.2

Porter colored. Plum apricot and some raisin notes. Very good. — 3 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

Pings your nostrils with sequence of subtle vibrations at hummingbird frequency. Lime, orange blossom, burnt match. Then a slow slip into my absolute favorite honeyed dimension. I love when honey shows up - it's one of my favorite notes in wine. Here it changes the direction from steely stern face to a textured viscous warm smirk. — 4 years ago

WC Fields

8.9

Lemon, grapefruit, honeysuckle. Big acid. Even still finish is shorter. — 7 months ago

Alan Weinberg

9.0

Just delicious. — 9 months ago

Aaron Tan

9.4

BR was only off by a decade in this blind, which is both a testament to her blind-tasting acumen and the producer's greatness. She thought it was an 05' which given how young this was looking, was a forgivable mistake. The producer was an easy one - that unmistakable green tea aroma with streaks of white flowers, kaffir lime, and anise was just so Grunhaus. How she figured out it was from Abtsberg still baffles me, but I guess it was really just a 50/50 shot once the producer was established. Finally the lightness and dry linear finish placed it right in the Kabinett Trocken territory. Bravo, BR! As for me, the wine was just too digestible to have warranted any thought when drinking - disappeared over lunch with a good half of the effort contributed by yours truly. — 3 years ago