2021 Dönnhoff Dellchen Riesling Großes Gewächs

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 94.8 points

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  4/21/2024 - ylkim30 Likes this wine:

  Ye Olde Riesling Dinner (SDK - Castro): This is electric with racy, (borderline searing) acidity with a complex palate of crushed rocks, herbs, lemons, a touch of smoke, and a interesting reddish fruit note. Where the Hollenpfad feels airier and lighter, this is brooding, almost creamy, and dark-toned in comparison.This was great and it would be interesting to see what will happen with this wine as age helps to uncoil the acidity.

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  4/21/2024 - ohne_musik wrote: 95 Points

  Ye Olde Rieslings: Wow. Unexpectedly open and generous from the get go. Whereas the fruit in the Felsenberg is submerged in the sea of rocky minerality, the fruit and aromatics leap out here like a playful school of dolphins. A complex array of citrus juice and peel (lemon, citron, pomelo?), barely ripe apricot, pastry cream, herbs and and a hint of campfire. There is so much to like in this wine. Glad to have some stashed away to watch evolve over time.

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  3/3/2024 - coremill wrote: 93 Points

  Whew. So much going on here, with Nahe fruit salad and herbs and spices and salty minerals. Medium-bodied but lots of intensity and excellent balance. Still tightly coiled but great potential.

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  7/29/2023 - csimm wrote: 95 Points

  Pretty wild stuff here. Recently on the heels of a Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune, I was instantly reminded of its hyper-vivacious display of limestone, prickly pear margarita, petrol, and Maldon sea salt flake notes jetting out of the glass and completely consuming the palate in similar style to this Donnhoff. The Dellchen is The Muppet Show on fast-forward; it's Animal shredding on a drum solo and Kermit arm-flailing "Yaaaay!" until he slams into a wall kind of experience at the moment, with all of its parts crisscrossing in frenzied fashion. Primary and monosyllabic, and also turbulent and wired. It's chiseled without question, and there are moments of focus and direction, but the shiftiness is high with this one. I feel like any moment it's gonna huck a rock at the side of my head and then bearhug me and tell me we are the bestest friends in the world. In a word: Impulsive.
  
  It's the uncultured Freudian Id of Riesling that wants everything all at once right now. A few years in bottle should be like Demerol for this jumpy monkey. I love the completely raw and unbridled spark here, and I'd hate for that to wane, but the tradeoff will be a more complex and engrossing specimen down the road.
  
  I don't know about going gaga over the 100 point potential here... yet. It's not completely outside the realm of possibility, but I'll stay in the mid-90s for now and see what this truly morphs into once it learns some manners and stops trying to be the wacky uncle everyone wants to be normal for just once in his life and not totally turn Thanksgiving into a circus sideshow by the end of the night.

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  7/17/2023 - Hugo Hilde wrote: 98 Points

  Positively stunning from the get go, so much mineral and white flowers, silky yet energetic palate. The finish is so long with slate, white fruits and crisp yellow apples.
  
  For me, this is ready to drink now, though should cellar with ease as well.
  
  Spectacular stuff
  
  97/98

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