Keller Riesling Kabinett Pettenthal Goldkapsel 2019

97 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2019 Pettenthal Kabinett from Klaus-Peter Keller seems hell bent on making the argument that Klaus-Peter is a better Kabinetten winemaker than he is a dry Riesling maestro! The bouquet is pure, precise and still so youthful, offering up a gorgeously complex blend of apple, white peach, wild yeasts, kaleidoscopic slate minerality, bee pollen and a very complex floral topnote redolent of lilacs, iris blossoms and white lilies. On the palate the wine is medium-bodied, dancing and filigreed, with breathtaking weightlessness, stunning intensity of flavor and bounce, zesty acids and a seamless, perfectly balance and electric finish. This wine is approachable out of the blocks, but still so primary, that it would be crime to not give it at least six or seven years to further blossom before starting to drink it. Simply stunning Kabinett! 2026-2065. (Jan/Feb 2021)"

97 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "Beware! Some people think that Kabinett means a light, fruity piece of vinous fluff, but this one is dangerous! Radical minerality and spice, married to fresh pineapple. Then comes the finish that blows the roof off the house. Drink or hold. (8/16/20)"

95+ points Mosel Fine Wines: "AP: 31 20. The 2019er Niersteiner Pettenthal Riesling Kabinett was harvested at 83° Oechsle and was fermented down to barely fruity-styled levels of residual sugar. The wine still proves hugely backward and marked by quite some residual scents from its spontaneous fermentation. These only gradually give way to truly magnificent and deeply complex scents of flowers, lime, herbs, anise, greengage, spices, and smoke. The wine captures one’s attention with its sense energy and tension on the intense and multi-layered palate, where flavors of lime and grapefruit interplay with plenty of spices. The wine is still very tight but also incredibly pure and electrifying in the more off-dry than fully fruity-styled tasting finish. This is a stunning Kabinett and the remarkable thing is that we would not be surprised if it will even exceed our remarkably high expectations at maturity. It is truly thrilling stuff! 2029-2044+. (Oct 2020)"