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Sunday, October 2, 2022 - Cork was very soaked and very soft so I carefully pulled it with a corkscrew with no breakage. Pouring it into the glass revealed the most insane golden color.

Nose felt soft and a bit subdued but that didn't stop the aromas of pineapple, canned peach, apricot, ripe mango, citrus fruits, honey and some wet flint coming through.

The palate was like I expected after having the other 2005's from Dönnhoff; very ripe and bordering Auslese in my opinion. Thick texture full of pineapple, mango, canned peach, apricot, mirabelle and honey really laying the fruity sweetness in there. Then there's a soft wave of white peach, pickled lemon, grapefruit zest and some quince adding a bit of cleansing acidity but at the quite low end. I'm lacking some kind of electricity in the acidity and a bit more "zing" for this to really hit the absolutely perfect balance.

Overall for about €47 this is just a freaking amazing Riesling and it really shows how much bang-for-your-buck there's available in German Riesling...

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