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| Drinking window: Drink between 2020 and 2025 (based on 26 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.1 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 19 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Madera16 on 4/20/2024: Really enjoyed this. (25 views) | | | Tasted by Mark van Delft on 4/27/2021 & rated 90 points: Fresh and crisp Weisburgunder: tropical fruit, white peach, minerals, stone, soft toast, excellent starter on a sunny day like today. RJ and family over (524 views) | | | Tasted by oldwines on 2/14/2021 & rated 90 points: This was a little better than my last taste about 20 months ago. It has a bit more depth and layers of flavor. Lime and lemon, guava, lychee, stone fruit and some new rubber are among the scents and flavors. Bright and slightly saline. Mineral laden finish. Weightier texture as well. Finish also has a creaminess not present on the nose or the attack. This was an excellent accompaniment to my lobster and fennel risotto. (898 views) | | | Tasted by Jeroen Simons on 2/8/2021 & rated 78 points: A bit thight and nervy. Def. reductive modern wine style making. stainless steel.
Lime, physalis berry, underripe necatrine, appple.
young, quite subtle, chalky fresh
typical pinot blanc! very recognisable even blind (655 views) | | | Tasted by winepog on 12/13/2020 & rated 91 points: Lovely, with interesting herbal notes throughout. Definitely a wine you can allow to warm slightly after you pull from fridge. Nice wine. (454 views) | | | Tasted by Barolo Raymond on 5/13/2020 & rated 89 points: Pale golden, closed nose, crystalline. Dry, medium acidity, medium @12.5% abv., medium(+) body. Lemon, peach and quince and mineral notes. Creamy, slightly astringent mouthfeel. Purity and focus, good length finish. (737 views) | | | Tasted by jkscully on 5/7/2020: Attractive flavors of peach, green apple, lychee golden fig, banana, and pineapple with meyer lemon, yeast, and minerals on the finish. Beautiful wine, but not profound. Delong’s chart says, “Chardonnay-like but not as complex” and this description seems about right. Good match with smoked rice. Fermented in large used barrels and four months of agiing in large barrels made of local oak. Soil is volcanic and loess loam. Has plenty of life left. (454 views) | | | Tasted by ludwigbpm on 3/8/2020 & rated 90 points: Notes de fruits en can, banane (!), ce n’est pas négatif mais assez inusité et en mode subtil. Bouche franche, tranchante, de grande intensité pour ce vin frais frais et précis. (754 views) | | | Tasted by efeldhake@yahoo.com on 9/5/2019 & rated 88 points: Pale straw in color with glint of gold. Nose of bananas, peach, and hints of mineral. Tastes of tropical fruit, peaches, and an interesting underlying creaminess. Not as structured as the S, but drinking well now. (541 views) | | | Tasted by JFW on 7/30/2019 & rated 89 points: Excellent value. Dry and tart. (490 views) | | | Tasted by skurtz on 6/28/2019 & rated 87 points: At the winery. Lots of austere citrus and salinity. Not as juicy or tasty at '17. (490 views) | | | Tasted by oldwines on 6/18/2019 & rated 89 points: Tasted at a trade tasting in NYC. Stony minerals, creamy texture and crisp white peach flavors with medium+ acidity. Nice but not terribly remarkable. (539 views) | | | Tasted by fc1910 on 6/13/2019: NAHE Open 2019; 6/13/2019-6/16/2019 (Bad Kreuznach, Oberhausen, Niederhausen, Windesheim, Bockenau, Bad Sobernheim, Burg-Layen): One glass, brief note: 12,5% ABV, creamy, tasty yellow fruit, fresh, top entry level white burgundy, *(*+) (1085 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 5/24/2019 & rated 88 points: Creamy, mineral, notes of yellow fruit, white fruit, minerality. Bright on the palate with good concentration, clean, quite generous and linear. Decent length. 87-89 (628 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. JHTWeissburgunder Wikipedia about Weissburgunder(German)Trocken Wikipedia about Trocken (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
#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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