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White - Off-dry
2011 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel
Riesling
- Germany
- Nahe
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Community Tasting Notes 32
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melvinyeowq wrote: 92 points
January 2, 2023 - Beat the '89 Angelus: From half. More exotic apricot and pineapple fruit, less acid-driven than the Willi Schaefer from last week. Very pleasurable.
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morv Likes this wine: 92 points
December 24, 2022 - Drank this on Christmas Eve with vanilla ice cream. Not a focused tasting note. Very enjoyable at the moment, but I‘d keep this tucked away for 5+ years as it is in transition. Nose is besutifully saturated with exotic fruit, honeycomb and black tea. Palate is very sweet and Inlike this solo without food.
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weezie Likes this wine: 93 points
December 9, 2022 - Consistent with prior note. So good.
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weezie Likes this wine: 93 points
September 23, 2022 - PNP’d and drank with pork schnitzel, which was absolutely the wrong pairing. While the nose was an encouraging mix of exotic floral and honey notes, this was way sweeter in the palate (particularly the finish) than expected. I attribute this to my inexperience with auslese wines, as I typically drink drier Rieslings. A few days later with relatively mild Thai food, this was better but still to sweet. Then, after over a month with half of the bottle corked in the fridge, I tried it with medium spicy Indian food. Aha! This was the pairing it needed! And I also think the additional time brought this wine into focus. While still sweet, it had a string mineral backbone and the acidicity to hold everything together. This was elegant and balanced, and was truly spectacular with this food pairing. Now I get the previous scores, and the way this held up and improved after opening suggests it’s got serious upside ahead of it. This is a 93+ today, maybe even a 94. Will be my go-to style with Indian food from now on.
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Vas19 wrote: 92 points
June 8, 2021 - I think this is a bit shut down at the moment. Nose is very nice but the palate doesnt have the depth it should. Also finishes very sweet. Still enjoyable but I dont think it's at its peak.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
7/2/2013 (link)(Dönnhoff, Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Nahe White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Joel B. Payne
January/February 2013, IWC Issue #166 (link)(Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule (half bottle)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Michael Schmidt
4/30/2012 (link)(Dönnhoff, Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese Nahe White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2012, Issue #38, The 2011 German Vintage: A Very, Very Fine and Much More Laid Back Vintage Follows on the Heels Of the High Wire Act of the 2010ers(Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Goldkapsel Auslese- Weingut Dönnhoff) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Terry Theise
2012 German Catalog, 6/1/2012 (link)(Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese "Goldkapsel") ($47.00) Similarly numinous and serene, but here the impact is kaleidoscopic, a thousand tiny beads of nuance, a fugue of nuance, leading to a fugue-state – it is all there to be seen, everything you thought you were looking for – and yet you wonder. It’s not what you thought you would find, and now you’re more curious than ever. +++
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2011
- Type White - Off-dry
- Producer Dönnhoff
- Varietal Riesling
- Designation Auslese Goldkapsel
- Vineyard Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle
- Country Germany
- Region Nahe
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation n/a
- UPC Codes 4051402041517, 4260031851590
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 16 (2%)
- In Cellars 780 (80%)
- Consumed 178 (18%)
Food Pairing
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