2011 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  1/2/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 92 Points

  Beat the '89 Angelus: From half. More exotic apricot and pineapple fruit, less acid-driven than the Willi Schaefer from last week. Very pleasurable.

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  12/24/2022 - morv Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drank this on Christmas Eve with vanilla ice cream. Not a focused tasting note. Very enjoyable at the moment, but I‘d keep this tucked away for 5+ years as it is in transition. Nose is besutifully saturated with exotic fruit, honeycomb and black tea. Palate is very sweet and Inlike this solo without food.

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  12/9/2022 - weezie Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Consistent with prior note. So good.

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  9/23/2022 - weezie Likes this wine: 93 Points

  PNP’d and drank with pork schnitzel, which was absolutely the wrong pairing. While the nose was an encouraging mix of exotic floral and honey notes, this was way sweeter in the palate (particularly the finish) than expected. I attribute this to my inexperience with auslese wines, as I typically drink drier Rieslings. A few days later with relatively mild Thai food, this was better but still to sweet. Then, after over a month with half of the bottle corked in the fridge, I tried it with medium spicy Indian food. Aha! This was the pairing it needed! And I also think the additional time brought this wine into focus. While still sweet, it had a string mineral backbone and the acidicity to hold everything together. This was elegant and balanced, and was truly spectacular with this food pairing. Now I get the previous scores, and the way this held up and improved after opening suggests it’s got serious upside ahead of it. This is a 93+ today, maybe even a 94. Will be my go-to style with Indian food from now on.

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  6/8/2021 - Vas19 wrote: 92 Points

  I think this is a bit shut down at the moment. Nose is very nice but the palate doesnt have the depth it should. Also finishes very sweet. Still enjoyable but I dont think it's at its peak.

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