Maximin Grünhauser, Herrenberg, Grosses Gewächs, 2022
A Pinot with impressive structure and minerality, the 2022 Abtsberg displays brambly dark hue with a touch of slate and salt, a good, concentrated feel and veins of dark plums. Ripe tannins with a black cherry dominated palate leads into gratings of coffee bean and light toast on the finish. Fully destemmed and aged for a total of 20 months in 2nd use French barrique with a light toast.
critic reviews
From an absurdly dry year with just 530 liters of precipitation (in contrast to 2024, which had 1,350 liters), the 2022 Maximin Grünhaus Herrenberg GG opens with a fragrant, fruit-intense, aromatic and saline-scented bouquet of ripe yellow stone fruits and associations of weathered slate. Rich and juicy yet immediately savory and nutty, this is a complex and quite tannic Herrenberg with substance, inner power and good length. It is slightly drying on the finish at this early age, a Riesling with red-wine character. This will be an excellent wine with food in many years, and I recommend cellaring it for at least another six or more years. 12% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in January 2026.
The Grunhaus 2022 Herrenberg GG is a classic, discreetly scented Ruwer Riesling. Delicate, playful and light on its feet, this elegant, Kabinett-like wine may not be a typical grand cru for heavyweight drinkers, but that's just the way the Ruwer can be: graceful and fine rather than powerful. Tasted in Wiesbaden at the Vorpremiere VDP.Grosses Gewachs in August 2023.