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| Drinking window: Drink between 2009 and 2025 (based on 371 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.7 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Zweder on 5/19/2017 & rated 93 points: Occasional dinner group: Riesling GG and Top Pomerol (@ Zarzo): Mature wine with tropical yellow and white fruits. Good acidity and length. Beautifully ripe fruits. (1837 views) | | | Tasted by octopussy on 4/10/2013 & rated 92 points: 2003 Dry Riesling - Ten years after: Light to medium yellow. In the nose, this is at first quite restrained, but then has lots of melon, some freshly polished silverware, a hint of banana and - I have to repeat myself - looots of melon. On the palate, this is fresh, has fresh acidity, seems a tad like lemonade, but is very fine-grained and precise. There's - again - lots of melon in the finish. In total, this seems a bit "made", but it's "made" with style. I really like this wine. (2854 views) | | | Tasted by magnox1 on 11/21/2012: Added in error (2356 views) | | | Tasted by Keith Cooper on 10/3/2008: Shared with fifteen wine drinking friends at a tasting, so we could all have a try. This was excellent, just off-dry, with a lovely bouquet and rich, smooth taste. Typical riesling showing through. We all thought this was much better than we had expected. (2200 views) | | | Tasted by Aloysius16 on 8/27/2008 & rated 91 points: Lovely again. (2108 views) | | | Tasted by schwartzman on 6/27/2008 & rated 92 points: excellent. Honeydew and lemon. (2013 views) | | | Tasted by Aloysius16 on 5/28/2008 & rated 91 points: Powerful bouquet - some lime flower and sherbert. Not as dry on the palate as the bouquet would indicate. Attractive pure fruit but relatively low 2003 acidity. Very good with salmon. (2006 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 3/14/2007 & rated 92 points: 10-course Midweek Blowout Wine Dinner (Z-H, Dönnhoff, Deiss, more) (Bodega Bistro, San Francisco, CA): Light petrol nose; spicy, tangy entry, spicy palate; medium finish (1195 views) | | | Tasted by wineismylife on 10/8/2005 & rated 91 points: WIML91,NOWA,WS93
Tasted October 8, 2005 at an offline. Opened and served immediately in Spiegelau Weiss Wein glasses. Light yellow color in the glass, clear hue throughout. A little fodel on the nose followed by some orange rind and peaches. Flavors of orange crème and peaches. Nice wine. Can be drank now or held for years to come. Recommended. (2532 views) |
| By David Schildknecht
Vinous, January/Feburary 2005, IWC Issue #118
(Hermann Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Spatlese Trocken) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (6/23/2004)
(Dönnhoff, Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling trocken Nahe White) Subscribe to see review text. |
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As a help to those who purchase and cellar these wines, let it be noted that the 'Goldkapsule' does not ofen designate a higher quality bottling from the producer Dönnhoff. Herr Dönnhoff uses gold capsules on about 99 percent of the l bottlings of certain richer wines from the vineyards Oberhauser Brücke and Niederhauser Hermannshöhle and perhaps some others. Therefore it is usually unneccessary and misleading to use the term 'Goldkapsule' with Dönnhoff wines, currently. Although, just to be confusing, David Bueker mentions that there may be one or two exceptions, especially in 2001 and 2003 vintages, where Donnhoff produced "white capsule" auslesen from the Leistenberg and Dellchen vineyards (later Dellchen auslesen have gone to the gold capsules - e.g. 2006). To have to list my notes on a Cellartracker page that has a non-necessary and meaningless 'gold capsule' designation is highly irritating for me, as I feel that if I list it correctly it won't even be picked up by a search.
Another example of the confusion above is with the frequent multiple bottlings of Eisweine from the Brücke vineyard. There were at least three bottlings in 1998 and three in 2002. They occur when prolonged cold snaps allow harvesting on successive days. Usually one of these is designated the 'regular' Eiswein and the best one is sent to the Auction. Each typically has a different style. They are informally referred to by the day of the week on which they were harvested. Thus in 1998 there was a 'Samstag' Eiswein, and one for 'Sonntag' and also 'Montag'. The last named is extremely powerful, and extremely expensive; it is the Auction lot.
It is STRONGLY URGED then that when referring to Dönnhoff wines one refers to the AP number If this terminology is not used, identity can be impossible to determine. JHTRiesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)Großes Gewächs German wine classification
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#2014 Vintage Notes:
2014 Vintage Report by Terry Theise
2014 Vintage Report by Wine Spectator
"My gut still tells me the Saar (and to some extent) the Ruwer are better overall in 2014 than the more storied areas of the Mosel proper, but those that spent the requisite time living in their middle-Mosel vineyards made some of the most electric and "feathery" Riesling in a long time (maybe the finest in 20 years - yes, it's true!)" - Jon Rimmerman (Of course only a very short historical memory would call the Saar and Ruwer less 'storied' than the middle Mosel - jht)NaheAn der Nahe erwarten den Besucher sanftes Grün, romantische Flusstäler und dramatische Felsformationen. Dazu gastfreundliche Winzer und ihre vielfältigen Weine.
2.000 Jahre Weinbautradition hat das Anbaugebiet an der Nahe und den Nebenflüssen Glan und Alsenz. Vor kalten Winden durch den hohen Hunsrück geschützt, schaffen milde Temperaturen und viel Sonnenschein ein hervorragendes Klima für den Weinbau in dem regenarmen und sonnigen Tal. Hier wachsen auf rund 4.000 Hektar Rebsorten wie Riesling, Rivaner, und Silvaner. Auch die Spielarten des Burgunders sowie Kerner, Scheurebe, Portugieser und Dornfelder sind hier zu Hause. Lieblingskind der Winzer ist der an Finessen reiche Riesling, ein Viertel der Rebfläche ist damit bestockt.
Eine bewegte Erdgeschichte hat der Nahe-Region eine große Bodenvielfalt beschert. Die Reben wachsen auf Schiefergestein, vulkanischen Porphyr- oder Löss- und Lehmböden. Das ermöglicht eine Vielfalt an Rebsorten und Weinstilen.
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