2019 Dönnhoff Hermannshöhle Riesling Großes Gewächs

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 93.9 points

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  4/21/2024 - NickA Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A stony nose, with a suggestion of honeysuckle and a touch of yuzu. Steely and insistent on the palate, fairly saline towards the finish and with fruit that's so magificently austere it's even more bitter than grapefruit. Really quite herbal too. And so fucking dry. Wow. Worked well with pork shoulder and apple in a cider cream sauce.

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  2/7/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Blind....light yellow in the glass. Wonderful petrol nose early on which gives the wine away. Note, this leaves within 30 minutes open to air.
  
  This wine is very balanced on all fronts and very enjoyable. Right up there at 94-95 as my WOTN.

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  12/20/2023 - Dale M wrote: 94 Points

  Decanted 6hrs. Quite the Enchantress on the nose, lots of yellow plums, Mirabelle, Yuzu – whatever take yer pick as it was seductive as all get out. Donnhoff was my gate way to German GG’s starting with the 2006-07 vintages, and I have purchased sporadically throughout the years, all enjoyable, all very good to great. Certainly a top shelf specimen, and much more forgiving at this early look vs. that of say a Schonleber or Schafer Frolich GG. Brimming at the seams with complexities soon to unfurl, this gem had a very relaxed and caressing character. Great length, with a suggestion of a bitter finish with a lightly tannic bite on the tongue, but pivots to a clean, sweet swallow. Love this and in 4 to 8 years should be epic.

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  9/30/2023 - vespa110 wrote: 92 Points

  Giallo paglierino scarico, naso fiori bianchi frutta bianca e sensazioni minerali, leggermente idrocarburico, bocca fresca, materica, leggera carbonica, finale frutto salino.
  Resta compresso nel bicchiere. Bisogno di tempo.

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  2/12/2023 - Eros Coniglio wrote: 95 Points

  Lemon oil and saline. Young but nose is fantastic.

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