2004 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  2/25/2024 - Caruso Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Straw with a golden hue. Perfectly stored since release. Multidimensional and complex nose of yellow and tropical fruits, peaches, lime and other citrus fruits, spices, minerality. On the palate showing grip, but without any bitterness, great intensity of scents and flavors. Long fruity finish. Yet light on its feet. It has shed some of its sweetness yet, at least it is not sweet enough as a dessert wine now. In ten or so more years it is going to seem almost dry. 5/13/19/10. -2050

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  2/5/2024 - jlm wrote:

  From 750. Relative to some other vintages of this wine, the 2004 is not quite as aromatically complex, at least at the moment. There is good Nahe character of white cherry, tangerine, and mineral, but it doesn't quite draw one in the way this wine can. It really shines on the palate and finish though. It's closer to a Spätlese in weight than a dessert wine, but has a gentle, relaxed fruit quality that is very appealing, with a bright acidic undercurrent keeping it snappy. And the finish is a vivid three-dimensional unfolding of cherry, red apple, and ripe citrus fruit. Very impressive, and possibly a sign that further ageing will see this enter another plane of development.

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  6/16/2023 - hargy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  surprisingly delicate wine with quite a gentle sweetness - lovely and very easy drinking

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  1/24/2022 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  #17-05, 7.5% abv. From half-bottle. Side-by-side with the 2003 and 2005, the vintage character is again starkly clear. This is a much cooler, more minerally expression of this wine. It's somewhat demure on the nose, with herbal notes and fruit that clearly isn't quite as ripe as the surrounding vintages. That same character persists on the palate, with some malic, green apple flavours here. The texture is nevertheless lovely and rounded all the same. More Mosel-like than the others.

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  4/13/2021 - fisk15 wrote: 94 Points

  This .375 had leaked and the bottle required some cleaning once the foil was peeled back. Fill looked pretty normal so I figured it was slightly overfilled, wasn't worried as I have had sound Donnhoff leakers before. Color was correct, even a bit light for a 17 year old. This one was delicious, lots of energy to the lime, pineapple, green apple profile and energetic without being overly acidic. So easy to drink, and this held up without decline over 24 hours. Wonderful

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