2015 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 98.5 points

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  2/18/2017 - ews3 wrote: 99 Points

  Rieslingfeier 2017; 2/17/2017-2/18/2017 (NYC): Drank at Rieslingfeier dinner - from 375 - brought by Cornelius Donnhoff. 92 bottles made, will go to the auction "in about a decade" -- so this was a truly special thing for the Donnhoff family to share with us. apricot juice, green pepper, rose. really complex. each sip goes a long way as the finish does not end. a great triumph.

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  2/14/2017 - acyso wrote: 98 Points

  A Rieslingfeier of our Own; 2/13/2017-2/18/2017 (Traben-Trarbach, Germany): #25-16, 7% abv, 400 g/L residual sugar, 15 g/L acid. I'm told there were two iterations of the 2015 NH TBA this year, a Donnerstag and Freitag; we tasted the Freitag version from a half bottle that had been open for 10 days. Interestingly enough, in comparison to the monumental 2010, this wine actually showed far more acidic cut than the fruit monster that was 2010. Of course that is not to say at all that there wasn't fruit here -- the crystalline clarity and kaleidoscopic quality of the top-Prädikat Dönnhoff wines was on full display here. There's no way words can do this masterpiece justice, so I won't attempt it. This wine is simply stunning. Helmut seemed to favour this wine over the 2010, but through the lens of my immaturity, I don't quite see it; this wine certainly needs the benefit of a few more years for a just comparison.

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