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Wine Description
The Story
The Abtserde is a tiny sub-plot of the Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen, where a vein of iron runs through the limestone. In the fourteenth century, the Abtserde was owned by the Kloster Schönau, and was considered the greatest vineyard in the Hügelland. The wine was reserved exclusively for the private needs of the abbot, who was also the Bishop of Worms.
Klaus and Hedwig Keller, (Klus-Peter's parents) purchased this 2.5 hectare parcel of the Abtserde in 2001, despite the land still being under lease for ten years. Keller's Abtserde Großes Gewächs has already been hailed as the greatest dry Riesling produced in Germany.
Wine Information
97+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "There is a crystalline quality to the 2012 Keller Abtserde that makes the wine almost gem-like in its precision and sparkling complexity this year. The magical bouquet soars from the glass in a blaze of orange zest, pink grapefruit, petrol, crystalline, chalky minerality, citrus peel, esthery notes of bee pollen and lemongrass in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and brilliantly detailed, with a fine core, crisp, seamless acids, stunning focus and balance and a beautifully complex and flawless finish of glorious length and grip. This is clearly one of the finest examples of dry Riesling I have ever had the pleasure to taste, and I have drunk more than my fair share of Clos Ste. Hune over the years! 2020-2060. (Mar/Apr 2013)"
95 points Fine Wine Review: "Klaus-Peter Keller has established himself as the Rheinhessen’s most celebrated producer, and as these wines show, there is a good basis to make the argument. Some of the finest dry wines of the vintage are from this cellar that is below an unpretentious house and literally down by the railroad tracks. Klaus-Peter (Klaus is his father) said that the quality jumped after the late October frost... Last, the Abtserde GG is the most refined, maybe the most open in the nose of these wines. It shows more body than the others, but it is still light on the palate with great density but finesse. 12.5% stated alcohol. (Nov 2014)"
Vintage 2012
A cool, wet summer in Germany, saved by late warmth in September and October. Yields were overall in line with long term averages, although the Mosel lost up to 25% of its crop. Quality is widely agreed to be very good indeed, and dry Riesling as well as Spätburgunder managed to flatter early, but could be found lacking in acidity. To be drunk sooner rather than later. Noble sweet wines are in even smaller supply than usual.
Average Bottle Price
| 2018 |
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| 245€ |
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