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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by DBdeParis on 5/5/2023: Perhaps a little late getting to this bottle as it's a Trocken? Dominated by a hard mineral edge, but otherwise delicious with notes of lime. Overall a great pairing with a mild Thai chicken curry. Will hold remaining bottle for a couple more years to see what happens. (226 views) | | | Tasted by fc1910 on 12/25/2018 & rated 88 points: Very yummy and something unusual appearance for a Dönnhoff, very dense, both bottles on the fullbodied tasty fruit side, ripe peach, just right now to open, the warm year comes through, I do prefer the razor blade sharp mineralic Dönnhoff bottlings, ***, 88- 89+ (1124 views) | | | Tasted by Paui on 6/9/2017 & rated 91 points: no need to decant this anymore, enjoyable, typical 2011 vintage wine. Vibrant, thanks to the vintage rather a medium+ body, however in the very end a quite dry finish. (1634 views) | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 2/28/2017 & rated 89 points: The wine was medium lemon in colour and offered peach, lemon, a hint of honey and mineral notes on the nose and palate, with a touch of residual sugar, good acidity, a soapy mouthfeel and good length. The medium-bodied Riesling had good concentration. Good value. (1690 views) | | | Tasted by RayOB on 10/18/2016 & rated 91 points: German Masterclass Tasting (67 Pall Mall): Light nose of beeswax, lemons and peaches. Dry palate. (1921 views) | | | Tasted by Paui on 2/7/2015 & rated 90 points: decanted for four hours then back in the bottle, but still a bit closed. Better on day 2, kept bottle open in the fridge overnight. Wonderful balance with great fruit opening up. quality for relatively small money, a wine to look out for, in a vintage where Riesling can show its best. 90+p. (2084 views) | | | Tasted by fc1910 on 7/30/2014 & rated 89 points: fine yellow fruit nose, mineralic and still acidic on the palate, very spicy, some petrol, the fruit appearance is rather sweet, although this is a bonedry wine, but well structured and the wine from the kahlenberg is more fruitfocused than a lot of other Dönnhoffs, animating and still young, fresh, midweight body, long, can be kept for a lot more years, **(*- +), 87- 90- ? (2000 views) | | | Tasted by MayValley on 1/31/2014 & rated 90 points: Granny Smith apples, lime peel, cress, minerals and just a hint of more yellow tones like Honey and exotic fruit.
Medium bodied, the wine is crisp, mineral driven and with green and fresh fruit. Just a Little bit one dimensional though! (1596 views) | | | Tasted by ant-1 on 9/28/2013 & rated 92 points: Nez avec très peu de vaseline, citron, fleurs blanches. En bouche c'est droit, vif, légèrement effervescent (!), très long. Ça se boit comme du lait au sein. Superbe ! (1689 views) | | | Tasted by Exered68 on 8/2/2013 & rated 88 points: Struggling to recall whole experience so prevailing was the sugar issue.
Bright and clean on first bite with sliced peaches and passion fruit to the fore but then the sugar shadow descended. Cue double gulps and acidic overcoat on teeth.
Thought 'trocken' was supposed to be nearer the thin edge of the wedge though ignorance of German wine techniques is almost total. (1460 views) | | | Tasted by dzitt on 6/18/2013 & rated 90 points: Vignoble planté sur un sol argileux. Le vin est très pâle. Au nez comme en bouche, citron vert, un peu de vaseline et de minéralité. Par contre en bouche, le vin est assez droit avec une certaine poigne, une acidité vive et une légère impression de sécheresse en bouche. Excellent. (1352 views) | | | Tasted by Gargantua on 6/20/2012: Visit to Dönnhoff: 13% Loam. Calmer sugar level on nose, fat texture, clean finish. Fruit vs spice. (1539 views) | | | Tasted by mwanasheria on 5/18/2012 & rated 88 points: Nice fruit of peach and passion, brilliant acidity, good minerality. It may need more time, because I expected even better. (1313 views) |
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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)Trocken Wikipedia about Trocken (German)Kreuznacher Kahlenberg outline at weinlagen.infoGermany Wines of Germany | The Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) | How to read a German wine label | Geographical Information Down to Single Vineyards
#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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