Keller
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Rheinhessen | 1 | - | HK$4,140.00 | |||||
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Experience the exquisite Keller Dalsheimer Hubacker Riesling Auslese Nr23 2017, an elite offering from legendary producer, Klaus Peter Keller. Renowned for crafting commanding, balanced and complex Rieslings, Keller's Dalsheimer Hubacker vineyard, located in Germany's Rheinhessen region, has produced a 2017 Auslese of unparalleled quality. Hand-picked and meticulously sorted, this wine is the essence of precision winemaking. It boasts an intoxicating bouquet of ripe orchard fruits, honey and wet stone, paired with captivating notes of citrus and tropical fruits on the palate. Its brisk acidity and vibrant minerality culminate in a lingering, elegant finish. Keller Dalsheimer Hubacker Riesling Auslese Nr23 2017 is a testament to Keller's commitment to terroir expression, complexity, and sustainable viticulture. With tremendous ageing potential, this bottle merits a place in any discerning wine collector's cellar. Indulge in the mastery of Keller. |
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Rheinhessen | 1 | 96 (WA) | HK$16,045.00 | |||||
Wine Advocate (96)Smoky, pungent, and animal evocations of peat, sweat, and musk oil mingle with scents of peach, Rainier cherry, and grapefruit on the nose of Keller’s 2009 Riesling G-Max, then saturate the palate in an enveloping manner impressively unlike that of the other dry Rieslings in his present collection. This is so richly-fruited and plush in texture, and its abundance of flavor registers as such an extract-rich infusion, that the contrast with the sense of transparency and vibrancy projected by the corresponding Abtserde could scarcely be more dramatic. Yet even so, this G-Max comes off as anything but weighty. Peaty smokiness; musky floral essences; crushed chalk; peach kernel and cherry pit piquancy, all impinge distinctively amid an otherwise seamlessly dense ocean of flavor whose finish both engulfs and buoys you. Eleven days (!) after having been opened for my initial tasting, contents of this same bottle of G-max were still full of vibratory energy. I imagine at least a 15 year run of glory for this remarkable Riesling. |
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Rheinhessen | 1 | 95 (WA) | HK$16,045.00 | |||||
Wine Advocate (95)If anything, even more headily floral than its Abtserde sibling, Keller’s 2010 Riesling trocken G-Max evokes iris and peony along with intimations of ocean breeze and scents of ripe quince and peach. Here the strong mineral dimension is not only mouthwateringly saline but scallop-like in a savory, faintly sweet and iodine-tinged way that segues directly into custardy richness of white peach, quince paste and nut oils that engulf the palate and (as I see I already wrote about the 2009) you along with it. There is a serenity and soothing irresistibility to the finish that – like its almost opaque sense of density and richness – sharply distinguishes this from the transparency and kinetics of the Abtserde. What a treat it will be for those who can manage to follow this wine from bottle – hard enough to purchase in any year, let alone one where yields for this particular picking dropped to twelve hectoliters per hectare! – in parallel with its immediate siblings from bottle. I suspect there is at least a decade of profound pleasure here, but as one notices particularly in the case of G-Max, Keller has traveled such a distance stylistically and refined his game to such an extent that one ought not to take his Grosse Gewachse of 8-10 years ago as an indication of what lies in store for those of recent vintages. |
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Rheinhessen | 1 | - | HK$19,445.00 | |||||
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Crafted meticulously by the distinguished German vintner, Keller, the G-Max Riesling Trocken 2012 showcases an exceptional mastery of winemaking. Hailed from the sublime vineyards of the Rhine region, this prestigious wine epitomises the harmonious balance between delicacy and intensity. The cultivation process is ardently traditional with organic viticulture practices, ensuring the expression of the true terroir. The maturation of this masterpiece is carried out in wooden fuder barrels, supplementing complex nuances to the vibrant stone fruit, citrus aroma and distinguished mineral essence. Considered an epitome of dry Riesling, Keller G-Max Riesling Trocken 2012 offers an enigmatic palate coated in lusciously crisp acidity and profound longevity that is truly unparalleled. This limited-edition wine is testament to Keller's philosophy of minimal intervention and maximum precision, indeed a celebration of nature's finest produce. Keller G-Max Riesling Trocken 2012 bestows a tantalising oenophilic journey, presenting the connoisseur with a wine of impeccable pedigree and outstanding quality. |
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Rheinhessen | 1 | 96 (VN) | HK$18,430.00 | |||||
Vinous (96)On the nose, a smoky, peaty, and far more overtly mineral impression is conveyed than from the corresponding Abtserde, without the latter’s anticipations of floral perfume. By way of fruit aromas, zesty lime and lemon, piquant huckleberry and prickly, pungent white currant dominate. But on the glossy palate, a succulent influx of ripe peach joins bright citrus and white currant, suffused by peat and crushed stone. Mustard and currant seeds seem to crunch, citrus zests to piquantly glow, and chalky, sooty mineral matter to almost indelibly coat the gums on an electrically invigorating, wake-the-dead finish. |
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Rheinhessen | 10 | 92 (WA) | HK$4,820.00 | |||||
Wine Advocate (92)Now not slated to be released until 2011, Keller’s 2009 Westhofener Morstein Riesling Grosses Gewachs seems almost at pains to prove the wisdom of that choice by offering a pithy fruit skin chew and an almost gum-numbing, persimmon-like pungency, allied to tingling brightness of fresh lemon, pink grapefruit, and bitter tartness of its zest that offer a prickly rebuff to anyone anticipating immediate pleasure. This is an embryonic and severely concentrated young Riesling, though one whose energy certainly appears equal to its sheer density. It finishes with pointed bitterness, blazing citric intensity, and a formidable, near avalanche of crushed stone and other less identifiable mineral elements – seemingly unstoppable ? which is not the same as saying it’s irresistible (at least, not for now)! I wrote in my initial notes that “only time can tell whether this has a gentler side to its undeniably complex and formidable personality, and it will be most interesting to follow its evolution during the coming decade.” Eleven days later (!), Keller confronted me, blind, with the contents of the same bottle, and the wine was not only pristine in terms of its absence of oxidation, it also displayed greater primary juiciness and clarity to a more refined diversity of mineral elements. |
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