TN: 1991 Weingut Max Ferd. Richter Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett

Brian_S_t_o_t_t_e_r · February 25, 2021, 12:14am

1991 Weingut Max Ferd. Richter Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (2/24/2021)
This the oldest Kabinett I’ve consumed, purchased at auction, so wasn’t sure what to expect.

Poured in a Zalto Universal. Yellow and white flowers, desiccated apricot, lightly bruised yellow apple, petrol, and white smoke waft from the glass. Great concentration and bracing acidity on the palate (and I mean this in the best way), with dried orchard fruit and a complex lingering finish of smoke, slate, and herbal tones. Very impressive, if this has taught me one thing it is to #ageyourkabinett. (94 pts.)

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John_Glas · February 25, 2021, 12:25am

nice note. You guys are inspiring me to buy more Rieslings

Brian_S_t_o_t_t_e_r · February 25, 2021, 12:28am

Maybe I should change my IG handle to rieslinginfluencer

John_Glas · February 25, 2021, 12:34am

Maybe I should change my IG handle to rieslinginfluencer >

or the rieslingpusher

Rodrigo_B · February 25, 2021, 1:36am

Very awesome. I’m quite envious. Was that the one that was up on WineBid a while back? I slipped up on bidding on that one. Been tracking down a bunch '91 wines, rieslings included since it’s a birth year wine for me. Waiting until October to start cracking a bunch of them.

Brian_S_t_o_t_t_e_r · February 25, 2021, 1:39am

Yes this was one of the WineBid bottles.

Rodrigo_B · February 25, 2021, 1:46am

Bummed I missed it, but glad it found a loving home, and liver

David_Bu3ker · February 25, 2021, 2:44am

So you made me look. 1993 is the oldest Kabinett I still have.

Dan_Hammer · February 25, 2021, 3:13am

So who has a good selection in the NY metro area? What about an online retailer?

Brian_S_t_o_t_t_e_r · February 25, 2021, 3:18am

Nice vintage to have.

After this bottle my oldest kabinetten are from 2015

Rodrigo_B · February 25, 2021, 5:59am

For aged Kabinett? Your best best is going to be the odd one here and there at auctions, not many come up relative to higher pradikat wines. Otherwise, for current vintages it’s much of the usual suspects: Flatiron, Crush, Chambers, Leon & Son, etc.

Howard_Cooper · February 25, 2021, 2:59pm

A couple of stores with a few older German wines:

https://bassins.com/wine_list.php?&country=Germany&sort_by=vintage&sort_order=asc

Sarah_Kirschbaum · February 25, 2021, 3:20pm

Me, too. Looks like I have a couple of bottles of 1981 Carl Schmitt-Wagner Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett, and two bottles of 1976 Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan Riesling Ruppertsberger Hoheburg Kabinett.

Robert_Dentice · February 25, 2021, 3:22pm

Whoa! Rieslingstudy will be announced shortly and the focus will be on aged Kabinetts! Hope open you can come. Current plan to is to do it for a Saturday launch at Aska! Staytuned!!!

Howard_Cooper · February 25, 2021, 3:24pm

My oldest Kabinetts are 1998 and 2001 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr and 2005 Zilliken Saarburger Rausch.

Rodrigo_B · February 25, 2021, 3:30pm

My oldest kabinett is a 1990 Christoffel-Berres Ürziger Würzgarten that I still a 2 more bottles of. Pity that after those the oldest is 2015

Brian_S_t_o_t_t_e_r · February 25, 2021, 3:43pm

I’ve bought from both MacArthur and Crush before. Most places I buy German riesling have kabinett that only go back about 5 vintages.

Sarah_Kirschbaum · February 25, 2021, 3:48pm

We’re there!

K_N_Haque · February 26, 2021, 12:47am

The plural is Kabinette. (And I am jealous. My oldest are 3 bottles of 2008 Prüm WS).

Brian_S_t_o_t_t_e_r · February 26, 2021, 1:02am

Es tut mer leid. Someone should tell John Gilman to correct his newsletter as well