Over the past year and a half Ive had the 2006 and 2007 Maximin Grnhuser Abtsberg Superior every few months and this weekend as I finished my last bottles I was (inevitably) the most impressed.
At first I was very curious because (like all good people) I love the winery in general. But these Superior wines seemed broad, unfocused, plodding, and difficult. At various points I preferred the 06 or the 07 but I never actively liked either bottling. Until this weekend.
The 06 showed particularly well with dinner (farro tagliatelle in a spinach pesto sauce) as it was much more savory, minerally, and precise than in the past. However, as it aired it provided too much evidence of its 06 Oomph, and the real star of the two was the 07. It had magically slimmed down from previous bottles and was just so damned zesty. I even caught the familiar crunchy cucumber profile of Abtsberg that I loved from the officially off-dry wines but had never seen previously in this Superior bottling.
If only I could keep following these wines into the future. But I didnt buy enough!
Such is life.
At first I was very curious because (like all good people) I love the winery in general. But these Superior wines seemed broad, unfocused, plodding, and difficult. At various points I preferred the 06 or the 07 but I never actively liked either bottling. Until this weekend.
The 06 showed particularly well with dinner (farro tagliatelle in a spinach pesto sauce) as it was much more savory, minerally, and precise than in the past. However, as it aired it provided too much evidence of its 06 Oomph, and the real star of the two was the 07. It had magically slimmed down from previous bottles and was just so damned zesty. I even caught the familiar crunchy cucumber profile of Abtsberg that I loved from the officially off-dry wines but had never seen previously in this Superior bottling.
If only I could keep following these wines into the future. But I didnt buy enough!
Such is life.