Keller Riesling Westhofener Morstein Grosses Gewächs 2011

96 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "When I was writing my feature in Klaus-Peter Keller’s G-Max a few years back, I did not yet have note out of bottle on the 2011 vintage of that fine wine. However, my lone bottle was still sitting in a friend’s cellar in Germany, as I had not yet shipped the wine home to New York, so I proposed to him that we open it at dinner one night while I was visiting, so that I could have a more complete article on G-Max. With his characteristic generosity, he insisted that he open one of his bottles of the 2011 Morstein to go along with the G-Max. Needless to say, we were all very happy around the dinner table that night! The 2011 Morstein is a brilliant wine by any measure and did not have any difficulty being served right alongside of the G-Max, as it offers up a stunning young nose of tart orange, grapefruit, apple, a very complex base of limestone minerality, citrus peel, lemongrass and an exotic topnote of rosemary. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and laser-like, with a rock solid core of fruit, stunning mineral undertow and grip, snappy acids and a very, very long, seamless and electric finish. Brilliant juice. 2018-2060. (Jul/Aug 2021)"

92-95 points Fine Wine Review: "The Morstein GG was still in cask when I sampled it. The mineral stony aromas and flavors have hints of peach with finesse. The wine is long and drawn out in the mouth. (Issue #140; 2013)"

94 points Mosel Fine Wines: "AP: 54 12. The 2011er Morstein Riesling, as it is referred to on the consumer label, offers a beautifully complex, spicy, and elegantly ripe nose of yellow peach, herbs, orange zest, candied grapefruit, candy floss, and a hint of nutmeg. The wine proves almost ample and sweet at first on the palate driven by plenty of yellow and even slightly honeyed fruits. But this seeming roundness is superbly wrapped into a sense of spicy presence in the long and energetic finish. The aftertaste reveals the telltale sense of energy and saltiness of Morstein wines. This is only at the start of its drinking window and, although it is a riper version of Morstein GG, it remains nonetheless hugely impressive. Now-2041. (Apr 2021)"