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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by acyso on 4/1/2024 & rated 90 points: #02-93, 9.5% abv. From half-bottle. Brown in colour, but not dark. Not too much weight here, overall this feels like a rustic version edition of this wine, and lacks the typical depth and complexity that this bottling usually has. The vintage is probably the culprit here -- a bit of brown sugar, orange peel, and other botrytis notes. More interesting than good. (411 views) | | | Tasted by drmarclevine on 6/22/2020 & rated 91 points: From a 375. Honey color. Nose of caramel, orange blossom honey, and winterbloom. Golden delicious apple, tangerine, and Meyer Lemon in the mouth. Thick but not cloying. Long balanced finish. Fading but still plenty pleasurable. (408 views) | | | Tasted by cortoncharlie on 6/25/2016: really nice with lovely acidity to balance the sugar (1478 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 1/7/2012 & rated 93 points: First impressions aren't particularly exciting as it seems a little monotonic and heavy, showing ripe stone fruits seasoned with botrytis and maturing burnished and smoky flavours. With some air though it transforms; the fruit flavours freshen up and turn more red fruited, while orange blossom and other floral elements emerge aromatically. There's excellent balance here, and after some air it's an outstanding drink with all the complexity and elegance I'd expect from Dönnhoff. Lovely, thanks Paul. (2908 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 1/7/2012 & rated 93 points: Chards, Rieslings and a Pinot with Salil and Friends (Brad's Place): This 375ml was quite a treat. A rather rare old Donnhoff Auslese, it was drinking beautifully. Right from the first pour, it had an absolutely beautiful nose that unfolded in a panoply of orange blossoms and lemon rind, honey and caramel, candied apples and some pineapples, along with a bit of savoury dried fruit peel and a touch of earth bringing up the rear. Glorious stuff. The palate was rather slower off the bat. It was wonderfully balanced, this much was clear, but it was a bit unyielding and rather simple at first. It was only after some time in the glass that it unfurled into a gem of a wine. While always a bit on the light side, especially towards the finish, it had an effortless charm and complexity to it, showing in a lovely silken glide of orange blossoms, tangerines, lemons and a crunch of red apples. These flavours were laced by a nice touch of earthy mineral and spice on the midpalate and into a wonderfully balanced and elegant finish. No great power here, but it was certainly not short, lingering away as it did in a little patina of sweet spice and gentle honeyed nuances. There was still plenty of mouthwatering acidity at the back-end too, serving both to lift the wine beautifully as well as to lend it a lovely sense of detail and precision. Yum. (3436 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 8/15/2011 & rated 93 points: A few wines with an out of towner (Cafe Bernard, Chicago IL): nose: deep, layered, and rich nose with great balance and lush tones of warm honey, nectarines, creamed peaches, and all sorts of caramel apple tones as well
taste: medium/full bodied and medium acidity sets the base for the wine with rich and deep tones of honey, nectarines, caramel apples, pears and a good amount of creamed peaches
overall: This had been a bit of a leaker but the fill level was perfect. This was from a half bottle and was utterly delicious. I didn't know what to expect, but this was extremely good. With it only being a half bottle and there being 4 of us I wasn't able to fully follow it for a long time. But, what I had was very beautiful (2859 views) |
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As a help to those who purchase and cellar these wines, let it be noted that the 'Goldkapsule' does not ofen designate a higher quality bottling from the producer Dönnhoff. Herr Dönnhoff uses gold capsules on about 99 percent of the l bottlings of certain richer wines from the vineyards Oberhauser Brücke and Niederhauser Hermannshöhle and perhaps some others. Therefore it is usually unneccessary and misleading to use the term 'Goldkapsule' with Dönnhoff wines, currently. Although, just to be confusing, David Bueker mentions that there may be one or two exceptions, especially in 2001 and 2003 vintages, where Donnhoff produced "white capsule" auslesen from the Leistenberg and Dellchen vineyards (later Dellchen auslesen have gone to the gold capsules - e.g. 2006). To have to list my notes on a Cellartracker page that has a non-necessary and meaningless 'gold capsule' designation is highly irritating for me, as I feel that if I list it correctly it won't even be picked up by a search.
Another example of the confusion above is with the frequent multiple bottlings of Eisweine from the Brücke vineyard. There were at least three bottlings in 1998 and three in 2002. They occur when prolonged cold snaps allow harvesting on successive days. Usually one of these is designated the 'regular' Eiswein and the best one is sent to the Auction. Each typically has a different style. They are informally referred to by the day of the week on which they were harvested. Thus in 1998 there was a 'Samstag' Eiswein, and one for 'Sonntag' and also 'Montag'. The last named is extremely powerful, and extremely expensive; it is the Auction lot.
It is STRONGLY URGED then that when referring to Dönnhoff wines one refers to the AP number If this terminology is not used, identity can be impossible to determine. JHTRiesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)Auslese Goldkapsel"Goldkapsel" is a gold cap. It is SOMETIMES used as an unofficial, internal quality level mainly for Auslese. There are many exceptions to this rule, and if you want to look foolish exclaim 'ah, a goldkap' wine for an example for which such makes absolutely no difference, as all Ausleses from that estate and vineyard have gold tops. A good example is Dönnhoff.
Auslese Goldkapsel for an estate using this designation is usually richer, sweeter, and more expensive than the ordinary version. Often it is more botrytis-affected too. The term is never mentioned on the label, but the Goldkapsule bottlings are identified by the gold cap only.
Some producers use the gold capsule as a signal of a bottle of superior quality, some not. A gold cap can mean a sweeter or a botrytis affected 'dessert' style wine here, without any claim of superior quality. Good example is Molitor (Mosel), although with recent developments there this may no longer be true.
As a refinement on the above, for some estates there are more than one gold capsule wine in a category, such as Auslese or Eiswein or even Spätlese. When this occurs the only sure means of identification is the AP number appearing on each bottle of quality wine (Qualitätswein) since 1971. Sometimes there are long gold capsule wines (LGK for short), too, which may be difficult to distinguish except if one happens to have a sample of each type of bottle to do a direct comparison. Here too the AP number can help if you have a list of what was put out under what number.
All this happens frequently enough to make it desirable to have a list of every AP number used by every bottler in every vintage year, but as far as I know this is not available, nor is it likely to be anytime soon. Sometimes the producer website can help, and another help is often David Schildknecht when he was reviewing for the Wine Advocate, who tried to list all AP numbers where there is likely to be a need for them. I see that he has continued that policy at Vinous. jhtNiederhäuser HermannshöhleDie Lage Hermannshöhle gilt heute als die höchstbewertete der ganzen Nahe und kann sich mit ihren Erzeugnissen mit allen Spitzenerzeugnissen anderer Weinbaugebiete messen. Die Lava-Basalt-Böden ergeben Weine mit viel Nachhall, die außerdem sehr haltbar sind.
In dieser Weinbergslage haben schon die Römer vor 2000 Jahren Weinbau betrieben. Sie benannten die Lage nach dem griechischen Götterboten Hermes. Man hat später geglaubt, den Namen "Hermes-Höhle" eindeutschen zu müssen und so ist der Name "Hermannshöhle" entstanden.
Geo-Data:http://www.weinlagen-info.de/?lage_id=705Germany Wines of Germany | The Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) | How to read a German wine label | Geographical Information Down to Single Vineyards
#2014 Vintage Notes:
2014 Vintage Report by Terry Theise
2014 Vintage Report by Wine Spectator
"My gut still tells me the Saar (and to some extent) the Ruwer are better overall in 2014 than the more storied areas of the Mosel proper, but those that spent the requisite time living in their middle-Mosel vineyards made some of the most electric and "feathery" Riesling in a long time (maybe the finest in 20 years - yes, it's true!)" - Jon Rimmerman (Of course only a very short historical memory would call the Saar and Ruwer less 'storied' than the middle Mosel - jht)NaheAn der Nahe erwarten den Besucher sanftes Grün, romantische Flusstäler und dramatische Felsformationen. Dazu gastfreundliche Winzer und ihre vielfältigen Weine.
2.000 Jahre Weinbautradition hat das Anbaugebiet an der Nahe und den Nebenflüssen Glan und Alsenz. Vor kalten Winden durch den hohen Hunsrück geschützt, schaffen milde Temperaturen und viel Sonnenschein ein hervorragendes Klima für den Weinbau in dem regenarmen und sonnigen Tal. Hier wachsen auf rund 4.000 Hektar Rebsorten wie Riesling, Rivaner, und Silvaner. Auch die Spielarten des Burgunders sowie Kerner, Scheurebe, Portugieser und Dornfelder sind hier zu Hause. Lieblingskind der Winzer ist der an Finessen reiche Riesling, ein Viertel der Rebfläche ist damit bestockt.
Eine bewegte Erdgeschichte hat der Nahe-Region eine große Bodenvielfalt beschert. Die Reben wachsen auf Schiefergestein, vulkanischen Porphyr- oder Löss- und Lehmböden. Das ermöglicht eine Vielfalt an Rebsorten und Weinstilen.
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