2016 Dönnhoff Dellchen Riesling Großes Gewächs

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 91.9 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View paintinginacave's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/27/2024 - paintinginacave Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Opened an hour in advance. A deep gold to the eye and showing far, far more evolution than when I last enjoyed this just over a year ago. The same is true aromatically with notes of honey joining petroleum, peach, nectarine, a hint of honeysuckle, and some citrus blossom. The palate is savoury with soft green herbs and a touch of phenolic bitterness reminiscent of grapefruit pith. This is textured and oily with the oily quality persisting on the finish. Superb as Donnhoff always is.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Eriklainen's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/10/2023 - Eriklainen wrote:

  Just starting to hit the drinking window. So well put together. Slate, petroleum, some apples. Good stuff

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View HTVinmann's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/3/2023 - HTVinmann Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Kjølig sitruspreget nese, plenty med kalkmineralitet. Sitrende munnfølelse med kjølig sitronfrukt, mineralitet og hvite blomster. Fortsatt i sin ungdom.
  Merker at konsentrasjonen er et hakk eller to under Felsenberg og Hermannshöhle.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View paintinginacave's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/26/2022 - paintinginacave Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drank over four days. Pours a brilliant pale gold. Explosive aromas of lime blossom, peach, apricot, a hint of petroleum, and a touch of ground white pepper upon opening. The nose became a little more subdued with each passing day - developing a delightful lemon curd characteristic I often associate with white Burgundy - yet the palate provided real power throughout coupled with a pure fruit profile of peach and nectarine. It’s ever so slightly oily, there’s impressive density and concentration, bright, racy acidity, and the nerve, tension, and energy I associate with this house.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View morv's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/25/2022 - morv Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dönnhoff Dellchen Vertical Tasting (Frankfurt): Brief note. Smokey, vulcanic nose. Palate a bit lactic, acidity is demanding. Rather cool vintage.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 29 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.