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 Vintage2017 Label 1 of 5 
(NOTE: Label borrowed from 2016 vintage.)
TypeWhite - Off-dry
ProducerWeingut Keller (web)
VarietyRiesling
DesignationSpätlese
VineyardAbts E®
CountryGermany
RegionRheinhessen
SubRegionn/a
Appellationn/a

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2035 (based on 4 user opinions)
Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Keller Abtserde Riesling Spatlese on the Wine Market Journal.

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by Alykhan V on 12/14/2019 & rated 90 points: Medium to off-dry
Petrol, apricot, mineral, tart stone fruit, beeswax, high acid
Rich mouthfeel
Medium+ body (1136 views)
 Tasted by acyso on 10/4/2019 & rated 93 points: Indianapolis V; 10/4/2019-10/5/2019 (Indianapolis, IN): #18-18, 7.5% abv. Slightly herbal nose, with some tart green elements. A nice tart bit of fruit on the palate and there's good electricity here. Plenty of lovely acidity and some delicious fruit. Despite all the lovely elements here, it's not quite the same intensity as the 2016, not that I'd ever turn down a glass. (1898 views)
 Tasted by salil on 10/4/2019 & rated 93 points: Not quite the knockout that the 2016 is, but very impressive. Bright fruit ranging from tarter citrus and apple to more peachy and faintly tropical flavours with more bright herbal and zesty notes keeping the richer elements in check, and good acidity balancing out the luscious sweetness. Leftovers actually seem more focused a couple of days later and I'll leave my other bottles alone to see what happens with time. (1451 views)
 Tasted by CADomer on 5/19/2019 & rated 94 points: Just a baby, but what incredible energy! Almost crunchy acidity and minerality running through this wine. Crystalline is a great word for it. Lime, lemongrass, and fresh soft herbs. The sweetness is there, but the laser sharp acidity and oyster shell iodine type note really kept the palate light and racy. (1114 views)
 Tasted by rossi.wine on 6/7/2018 & rated 94 points: Crystalline, intense, precise with wonderful purity of fruit, well integrated acidity, notes of herbs, fantastic minerality. Very long and delicious. 93-94+ (1689 views)
 Tasted by m_arcon on 3/17/2018: Young wine tasting "2017 - Einzigartig. Zum Lachen und zum Weinen schön" (Weingut Keller, Flörsheim-Dalsheim, Germany): Yellow and white fruit besides some citrus and citrus zest on the nose. Light and dancing on the palate. So drinkable and really a Spätlese, not a Auslese labeled as SL. (1092 views)

Professional 'Channels'
By David Schildknecht
Vinous, Rheinhessen 2017: Perseverance Rewarded (Jul 2019) (7/1/2019)
(Keller Riesling Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Abtserde Spätlese Sweet White) Subscribe to see review text.
By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, May/Jun 2018, Issue #75, The 2017 German Vintage Very Careful Selection Leads to Greatness
(Westhofener Abtserde Riesling Spätlese- Weingut Keller) Login and sign up and see review text.
By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (2/18/2018)
(Keller, Westhofener Abts E Riesling Spätlese Rheinhessen White) Subscribe to see review text.
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Weingut Keller

Producer website

Note that the "Großes Gewächs" do not say so on the label; however, they are in 'Erste Gewächs' bottles.jht

Riesling

Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)

Spätlese

Wikipedia article on Spätlese.

Abts E®

O weinlagen-info

Germany

Wines of Germany | The Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) | How to read a German wine label | Geographical Information Down to Single Vineyards

#2014 Vintage Notes:
2014 Vintage Report by Terry Theise
2014 Vintage Report by Wine Spectator
"My gut still tells me the Saar (and to some extent) the Ruwer are better overall in 2014 than the more storied areas of the Mosel proper, but those that spent the requisite time living in their middle-Mosel vineyards made some of the most electric and "feathery" Riesling in a long time (maybe the finest in 20 years - yes, it's true!)" - Jon Rimmerman (Of course only a very short historical memory would call the Saar and Ruwer less 'storied' than the middle Mosel - jht)

Rheinhessen

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