99 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "Now that you know that I am a Morstein man, I do not know how to tell you that the 2015 Abtserde GG may be even a hair better than the 'perfect' Morstein this year. The intellectual contradictions presented by trying to attach numbers to the unquantifiable beauty of these wines is readily self-evident with this wine in the glass! The bouquet of the 2015 Abtserde is strikingly brilliant, offering up a blend of kaleidoscopic, chalky minerality, sweet grapefruit, tangy tangerine, gentle smokiness, lemongrass and a youthful topnote of citrus peel. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, pure and displays stunning mid-palate depth, with a seamless, electric girdle of acidity, stunning mineral definition on the backend and a very, very long, laserlike and vibrant finish. Another perfect wine that I will lie about and 'only' give a ninety-nine. But, you get the idea. 2025-2075+. (Mar/Apr 2016)"
99 points Decanter: "The favoured vineyard of the Bishop of Worms in the 14th century (and today a sub-lot of the Brunnenhäuschen grand cru), the Kellers acquired their parcel in 1996 and own the oldest vines here. A crisp bouquet of lemon zest, tangerine, grapefruit and wet stones is the prelude to a silky, weightless and incredibly intense wine of breathtaking complexity and completeness, which positively screams of its limestone origins. Drinking Window: 2020-2065. Alcohol 13%. (Apr 2017)"
95-97 points Stephen Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "The 2015 Westhofen Riesling Trocken GG Abts E (abbreviated as "Abts E" since Abtserde isn't an official vineyard name) opens very clear, pure, delicate and fresh, but also concentrated (with grapefruit flavors!) and very mineral on the nose. This is a picture-book Riesling from (very active) limestone soils, where the terroir dominates the variety, at least on the nose. On the palate, this is a rich and powerful, silky textured, juicy and yet still concentrated and tightly woven wine. It has great intensity and minerality of stones, rocks and salt. It needs a lot of time to receive the finesse and purity of the mind-blowing Morstein, though. Drink: 2020-2030. (Aug 2016)"
99 points Decanter: "The favoured vineyard of the Bishop of Worms in the 14th century (and today a sub-lot of the Brunnenhäuschen grand cru), the Kellers acquired their parcel in 1996 and own the oldest vines here. A crisp bouquet of lemon zest, tangerine, grapefruit and wet stones is the prelude to a silky, weightless and incredibly intense wine of breathtaking complexity and completeness, which positively screams of its limestone origins. Drinking Window: 2020-2065. Alcohol 13%. (Apr 2017)"
95-97 points Stephen Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "The 2015 Westhofen Riesling Trocken GG Abts E (abbreviated as "Abts E" since Abtserde isn't an official vineyard name) opens very clear, pure, delicate and fresh, but also concentrated (with grapefruit flavors!) and very mineral on the nose. This is a picture-book Riesling from (very active) limestone soils, where the terroir dominates the variety, at least on the nose. On the palate, this is a rich and powerful, silky textured, juicy and yet still concentrated and tightly woven wine. It has great intensity and minerality of stones, rocks and salt. It needs a lot of time to receive the finesse and purity of the mind-blowing Morstein, though. Drink: 2020-2030. (Aug 2016)"
| Product SKU | 326968 |
| Producer | Keller |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Rheinhessen |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Designation | Grosses Gewachs|Trocken / Dry |
| Vintage | 2015 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | White |
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