2004 Von Schubert Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Kabinett

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  3/20/2019 - David_K wrote: 90 Points

  I don't usually write tasting notes that focus separately on smell, appearance, and taste, as I tend to think of wines more as a whole. With that said, this wine is a bit all over the place and so that kind of note seems appropriate here.
  
  There is a bit of funk on the nose that almost makes me think it's corked, but it blows off. The color - medium gold, definitely showing some age. But the palate - fresh as a daisy! Slicing acid (maybe too slicing), medium sweetness and great freshness. Sweeter than I expected. But at the end of the day, the elements seem to be fighting each other a little. I'm not sure this will ever be harmonious enough to be a great wine, but it's still a very good one.

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  3/2/2019 - nongrata wrote: 85 Points

  Past its prime - acid dominates on opening, very little fruit left. Day 2 it's completely faded.

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  4/10/2015 - eboracum wrote: 90 Points

  This is a objectively a very good wine but has more obvious sugar than I like in a Kabinett. Indeed there was a slight burnished taste like demerara sugar which didn't suit a cold seafood platter. However there was the usual delicious Grünhaus white fruit, petrol tinged minerals and marked mouth-watering acidity leading to a balanced wine which might work well with a more exotic or richer pairing. Still quite primary in flavour and should develop in complexity as more time passes.

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  3/30/2014 - Hotspur21 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Caramel, light tobacco, hemp, olong tea, green apple, a lot of pineapple 2nd day, and a mouthcleaning acidity, due to the vintage. Just love von Schubert's style. Drink or hold.

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  1/7/2009 - Keith M wrote:

  appears medium dark golden, spritz embedded, smell bright honey, sweetness very integrated, very very nice nose, taste salty zip upfron, slight richness and slight saltiness, delicious and very clean, light green melon tang, increasing elegance in mouthfeel as bottle progress, lovely lime tartness more evident on day two, starts to lose cohesiveness on day three, stood up amazingly to dish of very, very fiery/spicy Spaghetti Nam Phrik Ong (spaghetti with country-style tomato sauce with ground pork and red curry)

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