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2017 Keller Sweet Wines a Small Vintage with Unforgettable Wines 2017 Keller Sweet Wines A small vintage with unforgettable wines With the 2015’s, Keller won the best sweet AND best dry riesling of Germany (with 100/100 for each) in the 2017 Gault Millau. Two vintages later, 2017 is possibly even better for the sweet wines! Some of these wines are made in exceptionally tiny quantities, as little as 20 litres! Whilst many batches were only 60 litres in total! SMALLEST VINTAGE IN LIVING MEMORY DUE TO FROST & HAIL - KELLER IS DOWN 50-60%. PUT YOUR WISH-LIST IN NOW FOR BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE OF RECEIVING FULL ORDER. ORDERS WILL NOT BE NOT INVOICED UNTIL STOCK ARRIVES “A small but amazing, perfect vintage...I think that it has the raciness and minerality of 2004 with nobility of 2001 for the dry wines. The sweet wines have the purity and focused perfectly- shrivelled raisin character of 2015. There is more extract than there is in the 2016’s. For the sweet wines there is nearly no botrytis, but what is there is very “pure”, with many perfectly clean, dried raisins making the wines crystal clear, racy and noble. Focused, high acid styles for the long term, but with sexy fruit that also provides immediate pleasure.” - Klaus Peter Keller "Rieslings from the finest producers are stellar, with Keller as usual a standout."- Jancis Robinson, MW, Financial Times 2017 "The Keller’s always go to the limit when it comes to choosing quality over an easy life." - Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, 2017 "Keller is the face of a new Germany. His wines are precise, rousing and blasting conventions." - Antonio Galloni, Forbes Magazine 2017 "The wines of Keller are amongst the most sought after worldwide." - Fine Moselle wines, January 2018 “‘Genius’ of the world, 2017. Keller is the undisputed best supplier for German top-quality wines." - Gault Millau, 2017 "It is hard to believe what Keller creates, in a cellar each vintage." - Fine The Wine Magazine, December 2017 2017 Rieslaner Auslese 375ml From 60 year old vines: “A Keller Rieslaner Auslese 1971 was the wine my mother and father drank at their first date (my mother was also a young wine student) . My mother (who comes from Mosel and only knows Riesling) was so fascinated by the wine that she immediately fell in Love with Klaus (she did not tell him for sure!), and the Rieslaner variety. After their first meeting they went out twice, then my mother started a vintage in South Africa, Klaus flew after her to SA and only 3 weeks later they got married and my grandparents face turned pale when they both came back and Klaus said; “ let me introduce my wife Hedwig to you”. They must have looked very shocked, but this all can happen when you drink Rieslaner! “This 2017 Rieslaner Auslese is from a small vineyard that my father bought my mother as a Christmas gift in 1991. My mother was never been interested in jewels etc .... so her dream was to make a Rieslaner from old vines – and the vines at that time were 35yo already and produced fantastic quality. When in mid 90s our Rieslaner won in a blind tasting against Chateau d´Yquem, there was even a little Rieslaner hype. The fruit is a bit more exotic than Riesling (more mango, passionfruit, pineapple), racy acidity, very fresh, pure and with focused complex flavours.” - K.P. Keller 2017 Rieslaner Trockenbeerenauslese 375ml THE FOLLOWING WINES ARE AVAILABLE APPROX. OCTOBER THIS YEAR 2017 Nierstein Riesling Hipping Kabinett 750ml This steep red slate “Grand Cru” site often makes classic Kabinetts. In fact the 2016 was one of Keller’s “VDP auction wines” and it all sold for AUD $358 per bottle (inc. Au taxes)! Made from non-botrytis grapes, but so minerally, steely and bursting with tropical and citrus fruits. With a little sweetness, crisp finish and beautiful minerality, this is precision balanced perfection. 2017 Westhofen Riesling AbtsE Spatlese 8.5% alc 750ml A classic spätlese from this low yielding limestone rock site. 2017 Westhofen Riesling Auslese 8% alc 375ml This wine is from botrytised grapes grown in Morstein and AbtsE. A very mineral wine, chalky fruit, brilliant acidity, with a lot of beautiful botrytis sweetness with racy acidity and a lot of energy. “Like a butterfly it dances on your tongue and it’s not often we have a pure sweet wine with this level of botrytis and such high quality for this ‘restaurant pouring’ price.” - K.P. Keller 2017 Westhofen Kirchpiel Riesling Auslese 8% alc 750 ml Amazing value for a classic non-botrytis auslese. A great comparison to the wine above, less honey, less glycerol and more cirtrus. The same perfect passionfruit and mineral notes. 2017 Dalsheim Hubacker Riesling Auslese 8% alc 750 ml 2017 Westhofen AbtsE Riesling Auslese 8% alc 750 ml “In Jancis’ tasting of vintage 2017 this was one of her favourite wines. Such pure botrytis in good quantity at this price is not very often in our cellars." - K.P. Keller 2017 Nierstein Hipping Riesling Beerenauslese 7.5% alc 375ml 2017 Dalsheim Hubacker Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese GK 7.5% alc. 375ml 2017 Westhofen AbtsE Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese GK 7% alc. 375ml .
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