2005 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel

Community Tasting Notes (55) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  4/14/2024 - Vlamentino Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Pure amazing honeyed petrol Riesling

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  7/14/2023 - jlm wrote:

  Light gold, lighter than I would have expected at this age. This was served at fridge temp and didn't seem to open up much. The nose was not as showy as Hermannshöhle can be, leaning towards citrus primarily. The palate was mid- weight, only slightly sweet, and had good acidity for the vintage. This was my first '05, and based on this I feel it's still a bit young.

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  5/8/2023 - decaturwinedude Does not like this wine:

  375...Not sure if I caught a couple bad splits, or Donnhoff '05 just aren't great or variable...but...my wine is nothing like it should be and unlike the previous CT notes. Flaccid, lacklng structure. Like sweet Mott's apple juice. Not unpalatable, but not what this wine should be.

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  11/13/2022 - mrgarreth Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Restrained nose of apple compote, dried apricot, lemon sorbet, grapefruit, and white blossom. Gorgeously balanced sweetness and acidity, with honeyed fruit and loads of floral notes. It’s a bit lacking in concentration but the flavours are lovely.

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  1/23/2022 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  #15-06, 7.5% abv. From half-bottle. Maybe a smidgen more advanced than I remember this wine being, but I think it's also been apparently exactly three years since I had this last and memory is such a fickle thing... I read that I wrote previously that I didn't find any/much botrytis previously, but that certainly doesn't seem to be the case today. There's definitely some of the marmalade/spice notes from botrytis on the nose, as well as some poached pears. There's not much sign of apples (malic acid) though. On the palate, this is sweet and mildly creamy, and while the acidity's there to counterbalance it out, it's not the sort of racy, prominent acidity of Mosel riesling. An archetypal bottle of Dönnhoff.

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