Von Schubert, Maximin Grunhauser Herrenberg Riesling Auslese Vintage:2005 The palate is sharp on

The palate is sharp on the entry

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Von Schubert, Maximin Grunhauser Herrenberg Riesling Auslese Vintage:2005 The palate is sharp onThe 2005 Maximin Grunhauser Herrenberg Riesling Auslese offers aromas of red berries, grapefruit, sage, and honey. A savory palate mingles lime, jellied red fruits, honey, sage, and smoky minerality. Quite firm and bright in the mouth, this is nevertheless rich in terms of ripeness and sheer abundance of flavor. Here too is the finishing thrust, penetration and clarity that made so many Grunhaus Auslesen of earlier times almost legendary. Get serious