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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by eudora on 10/3/2013 & rated 94 points: crystalline purity, precise green apple and pear flavors, ideal acidity for spicy Thai food. A piece of art. (2849 views) | | Tasted by cct on 12/13/2010 & rated 90 points: Stony, spicy and rich. excellent balance, freshness, excellent acidity, and an almost aggressive acid- minerality. A punchy wine, with a GG level of attack, but without the body and structure, but in spite of that there is good focus. Very well done. Mouthwatering. At peak and will hold for a while. 90 pts (4751 views) | | Tasted by hld1970 on 11/12/2010 & rated 91 points: Served with shrimp scampi over pasta. Great balance between minerality and sweetness. (4948 views) | | Tasted by rexmerlot on 12/13/2009 & rated 89 points: Light straw colour. Mineral and Grapefruit on nose. Minerality and lemon on initial taste. Some peppery notes on mid palate. Not sure if I am a huge fan of the trochen wines when drinking on own, and not with food. Will try next time with food. (5447 views) | | Tasted by Ali on 8/18/2009 & rated 92 points: another beautifully balanced wine by Donnhoff (5678 views) | | Tasted by rexmerlot on 5/4/2009 & rated 88 points: Light color. Floral and peach to the nose. Lemon and mineral on the palate. Nice long finish. A nice dry wine. (3696 views) | | Tasted by rmodak on 1/18/2008 & rated 92 points: The first impression on the nose was honeysuckle and lilacs. This leads into a focused beam of peach and slate with lemony acidity on the finish. Throughout the laser sharp mouthfeel was an underlying limestone. This is an extremely dry young wine, but really showing off its balance of fruit, mineral and acid. (3291 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)Großes Gewächs German wine classification All about Grosses Gewächs (German)Germany Wines of Germany | The Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) | How to read a German wine label | Geographical Information Down to Single Vineyards
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