Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 2011 Simple Series III: Dinner with Mark Robertson of Goedhuis (Jade Palace, Forum Galleria): This bottle was just not showing well. Still a good Riesling, but it lacked the magic I come to expect from a Donnhoff from this plot and the balance I have enjoyed in so many of the top 2009 Spatlesen - this drank more like a 2007, or 2006, with sweetness somewhat approaching Auslesen levels, and not quite enough acidity to give it cut and elegance. Bottle shock maybe I hope the next two bottles in the cellar will show better. I must say that this had a beautiful nose, with nectar, white plums and some rich stone fruit in there somwhere. It was on the palate where the wine came apart slightly. It had a rich opulence to it, and a creamy, almost oily texture. I got a sense of rich fruit on the attack, with nice flavours of nectarines, orange peel, candied tangerines and sweet lemons all demonstrating lots of ripe weight and decent balance. Unfortunately, moving into the mid-palate, it came out a little on the flabby side, with a sweet sugary aftertaste on the finish. Still solid, with plenty of dry extract, but it lacked a bit of the tingly liveliness that Donnhoff achieves with the NH on almost every other vintage I have tried, including the very big 2007. Let's see how the other two bottles show. This was good, but a bit awkward and disappointing given our sky-high expectations.

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