I wrote that Carl von Schubert kept cows to make fertilizers for his vineyards in the blog about BS. This is one of his wines. The Maximin Grunhaus estate (wholly owned by von Schubert) used to be part of a monastery, and the vineyards are named for the monastic hierarchy. This bottle is from the best part of the vineyard, which is on blue slate and whose wines are reserved for the abbot, hence Abtsberg. The next level down is Herrenberg on red slate, with wines for the monks. The rest of the vineyard is Bruderberg, for the brothers.
Maximin Grunhaus is one of the oldest vineyard in the region, being first mentioned in 966AD. It is also special in that it is in an independent part of a village (Ortsteil) and so the village name does not appear on the label. The vineyard is in the Ruwer village of Mertesdorf.
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