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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 68 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Vlamentino on 4/14/2024 & rated 95 points: Pure amazing honeyed petrol Riesling (281 views) | | | Tasted by jlm on 7/14/2023: Light gold, lighter than I would have expected at this age. This was served at fridge temp and didn't seem to open up much. The nose was not as showy as Hermannshöhle can be, leaning towards citrus primarily. The palate was mid- weight, only slightly sweet, and had good acidity for the vintage. This was my first '05, and based on this I feel it's still a bit young. (1405 views) | | | Tasted by decaturwinedude on 5/8/2023: 375...Not sure if I caught a couple bad splits, or Donnhoff '05 just aren't great or variable...but...my wine is nothing like it should be and unlike the previous CT notes. Flaccid, lacklng structure. Like sweet Mott's apple juice. Not unpalatable, but not what this wine should be. (1712 views) | | | Tasted by mrgarreth on 11/13/2022 & rated 90 points: Restrained nose of apple compote, dried apricot, lemon sorbet, grapefruit, and white blossom. Gorgeously balanced sweetness and acidity, with honeyed fruit and loads of floral notes. It’s a bit lacking in concentration but the flavours are lovely. (1892 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 1/23/2022 & rated 93 points: #15-06, 7.5% abv. From half-bottle. Maybe a smidgen more advanced than I remember this wine being, but I think it's also been apparently exactly three years since I had this last and memory is such a fickle thing... I read that I wrote previously that I didn't find any/much botrytis previously, but that certainly doesn't seem to be the case today. There's definitely some of the marmalade/spice notes from botrytis on the nose, as well as some poached pears. There's not much sign of apples (malic acid) though. On the palate, this is sweet and mildly creamy, and while the acidity's there to counterbalance it out, it's not the sort of racy, prominent acidity of Mosel riesling. An archetypal bottle of Dönnhoff. (3072 views) | | | Tasted by Caruso on 10/9/2021 & rated 95 points: Golden. Medium intensity and highly elegant scents and flavors of tropical fruits, peaches. Very long with a creamy finish. 5/12/18/10. This is going to age well for one or two decades if stored under textbook conditions since release. (2431 views) | | | Tasted by 87tellub on 9/17/2021 & rated 92 points: Wished I'd had more than a 375.
Nice medium to deep gold in color. Nose gives away some very light petrol, some grassy hay. Nice palate that is rounded but also with a bit of zip. Tropical fruit, of yellow peach, pineapple. Yellow apple.
Bottle helped me deal with some spicy Malaysian cuisine, cutting through the heat. (2164 views) | | | Tasted by Caruso on 5/13/2021 & rated 96 points: Golden. This is much better than the 2004 or the last bottle of this. This is more nuanced, showing more play and complexity with tropical, yellow and citrus fruits. Long, still quite sweet, so working well with not to sweet e. g. citrus desserts. Bottles like this should age well for another 5-10 years, maybe longer. 5/13/18/10. -2026+ (2642 views) | | | Tasted by Ltim BE on 2/1/2021 & rated 94 points: Irresistibly great. Perfect to drink now. (2907 views) | | | Tasted by Caruso on 9/27/2020 & rated 94 points: Deep golden. The nose is of quite low intensity first, evolving a bit with more air and time. Spicy, quince, citrus, brown sugar, developing cherry notes later. 5/12/18/10. This is showing more intensity than the "Brücke", sweeter, but also with more balancing acidity. Though there are not that much different scents and flavors, it shows more play than the list of aromas might suggest. 5/12/17/10. -2040+ (2628 views) | | | Tasted by Volleyball on 9/12/2020 & rated 93 points: Light to medium body with a fresh, citrus acidity balancing the honey flavor and a fairly persistent length. A perfect option for a lighter bodied but still delicious after dinner wine.
I expect this wine will last a long time in the cellar. (2403 views) | | | Tasted by leonlevitt77 on 5/27/2020 flawed bottle: A (2373 views) | | | Tasted by DK Amateur on 2/1/2020: Spot on immediately after opening, at first full of quince notes, then more rich and spicy, slightly botrytised notes. Not heavy and showing great clarity. Absolutely lovely, seems to show all it has but will keep a decade at least. (2233 views) | | | Tasted by ubercuvee on 8/25/2019: Smooth, balanced, nothing out of place but also missing some distinctiveness. I think I prefer either the Spatlese or the BA (for the botrytis hit) (2421 views) | | | Tasted by Papies on 6/28/2019 & rated 92 points: 2019 Athens Wine Event (Athens): From half bottle. Came at the end of a superb and long wine flight so this wine was at a disadvantage.
But its effortless beauty shown though and the polished core of acidity was right on the money to shine through the behemoths of 2004 Sassicaia, Ornellaia, Masseto & Solaia.
Bright and energetic, soft petrolly side, soft honey touches. Solid 92 (2627 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 6/9/2019: It's kinda orgasmic. Still really fresh. (2366 views) | | | Tasted by Ms. Bubblehead on 2/22/2019: Peach, white flowers, raw apricot, Canadian honey on the nose, on the palate, white peachy fruits along with some green apple and lychee, the acidity was very lingering and not overwhelming, modest touch of creaminess on the finish. Very enjoyable and I prefer this over 2011 vintage (2715 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 1/23/2019 & rated 93 points: Eclectica at Table, Donkey and Stick (Chicago, IL): #15-06, 7.5% abv. From half-bottle. Touch of herbal elements here balance out some really soft fruit elements. There's plenty of acidity but none of it is racy. This isn't a very loud or piercing riesling, it's more of a gentle, wafting sort of wine. Seems to have very little botrytis influence, if any. (3216 views) | | | Tasted by fisk15 on 12/30/2018 & rated 94 points: Class, drinking very well now and will continue to for the foreseeable future. Early maturity now, lithe and balanced. (2133 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 7/27/2018 & rated 94 points: Ten years since I had this, and it's still absolutely brilliant. Hasn't budged a whole lot, really. Still quite primary with lots of clear, fresh orchard fruit, minerality, and a very gentle sheen of botrytis, all coming together seamlessly and perfectly balanced by its acidity. (2814 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 7/27/2018 & rated 93 points: Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Spätlese mini vertical (Chicago, IL): #15-06, 7.5% abv. From half-bottle. A brilliant auslese that doesn't suffer from any prädikat creep at all. It's clearly a step above in ripeness and sweetness in comparison to the spätlese, but it doesn't feel like a heavier wine at all. In fact, this has the very same Theise "ethereality" that the spätlese has. It's gentle, but light-handed, perfumed, and delicate. Quite clean, too -- there seems to be little, if any botrytis here. (3198 views) | | | Tasted by kevin h on 4/22/2018 & rated 92 points: First half from a pack of 12. This is still so primary. Peaches and cream, light citrus, nice acidity. Medium sweetness, classic Auslese and clear GK quality. This is lovely but very unevolved. Leave 3-5 years before trying again. This will evolve for 50 years. (2622 views) | | | Tasted by rlove on 4/18/2018 & rated 92 points: Peach, honeysuckle, and crushed stone on the nose. Viscous, plush, round. This isnt overly sweet and would pair well with many savory dishes but it is a tad short of acidity, rendering the wine slightly unbalanced. Still, delicious. (2537 views) | | | Tasted by fisk15 on 4/21/2017 & rated 88 points: Too sweet, needed more acidity to balance it out. (3477 views) | | | Tasted by shedcellar on 4/7/2017: Delicious and well balanced. Very much ready to drink but the only real sign of evolution is a hint of caramelised fruit on the finish. (2793 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Mosel Fine Wines, Maturing Mosel: 10 years after retrospective of 2005, Issue #27 (3/1/2015)
(Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Joel B. Payne
Vinous, January/February 2007, IWC Issue #130
(Hermann Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Auslese) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (7/24/2006)
(Dönnhoff, Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Nahe White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (7/20/2006)
(Dönnhoff, Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese Nahe White) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2006, Issue #4, The Beautiful Wines of Hermann Dönnhoff
(Hermann Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Mar/Apr 2006, Issue #2, First Look at the 2005 Vintage in Germany: Six Benchmark Properties
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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)Auslese Goldkapsel"Goldkapsel" is a gold cap. It is SOMETIMES used as an unofficial, internal quality level mainly for Auslese. There are many exceptions to this rule, and if you want to look foolish exclaim 'ah, a goldkap' wine for an example for which such makes absolutely no difference, as all Ausleses from that estate and vineyard have gold tops. A good example is Dönnhoff.
Auslese Goldkapsel for an estate using this designation is usually richer, sweeter, and more expensive than the ordinary version. Often it is more botrytis-affected too. The term is never mentioned on the label, but the Goldkapsule bottlings are identified by the gold cap only.
Some producers use the gold capsule as a signal of a bottle of superior quality, some not. A gold cap can mean a sweeter or a botrytis affected 'dessert' style wine here, without any claim of superior quality. Good example is Molitor (Mosel), although with recent developments there this may no longer be true.
As a refinement on the above, for some estates there are more than one gold capsule wine in a category, such as Auslese or Eiswein or even Spätlese. When this occurs the only sure means of identification is the AP number appearing on each bottle of quality wine (Qualitätswein) since 1971. Sometimes there are long gold capsule wines (LGK for short), too, which may be difficult to distinguish except if one happens to have a sample of each type of bottle to do a direct comparison. Here too the AP number can help if you have a list of what was put out under what number.
All this happens frequently enough to make it desirable to have a list of every AP number used by every bottler in every vintage year, but as far as I know this is not available, nor is it likely to be anytime soon. Sometimes the producer website can help, and another help is often David Schildknecht when he was reviewing for the Wine Advocate, who tried to list all AP numbers where there is likely to be a need for them. I see that he has continued that policy at Vinous. jhtNiederhäuser HermannshöhleDie Lage Hermannshöhle gilt heute als die höchstbewertete der ganzen Nahe und kann sich mit ihren Erzeugnissen mit allen Spitzenerzeugnissen anderer Weinbaugebiete messen. Die Lava-Basalt-Böden ergeben Weine mit viel Nachhall, die außerdem sehr haltbar sind.
In dieser Weinbergslage haben schon die Römer vor 2000 Jahren Weinbau betrieben. Sie benannten die Lage nach dem griechischen Götterboten Hermes. Man hat später geglaubt, den Namen "Hermes-Höhle" eindeutschen zu müssen und so ist der Name "Hermannshöhle" entstanden.
Geo-Data:http://www.weinlagen-info.de/?lage_id=705Germany 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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