2004 Dönnhoff Norheimer Kirschheck Riesling Spätlese

Community Tasting Notes (111) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  4/22/2024 - kenv Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Pop and pour. A little sweet for a Spätlese, but still has enough acidity. Great match with homemade gefilte fish, matzo ball soup, and chicken with olives and prunes. No reason to hold further.

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  4/7/2024 - VlgJeff Likes this wine: 93 Points

  The cork broke upon removal, so I had to push the remainder into the bottle then decant the wine through a filter. Apparently, no harm was done as the wine was wonderfully enjoyable, and the wine, in fact, opened a bit while in the decanter. Chilled.
  The color was a clear medium yellow. Notes of orange, citrus and minerality on the nose. The medium to plus bodied palate yielded all of the above with the orange, some peach and lime citrus leading the way. As sweet as expected for a Spatlese with good acidity to keep everything in balance. Not sure it's going to get any better but should continue to hold.

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  1/6/2024 - Ingmars wrote:

  Bulging capsule, the inside of which reveals an old, minor leak. Level 1.6cm below cork. Bright, full yellow colour.
  
  Quince and a little cream on the nose, a touch of dried apricot, with some waxy lanolin an hour later, as the wine warms. At two hours, I am detecting some brown, quasi-nutty notes, similar to the producer's Schloßböckelheimer Felsenberg Spätlese from the same vintage. While not distinctly hazelnut cream as per the Felsenberg, there is a similarity.
  
  The yellow peach and quince flavours are very concentrated, becoming slightly creamy towards the end. The dried apricot acidity is there from the middle to the finish, which is now on the dry side, thanks to the alteration of the sugars. Fine and layered stuff, despite the issues with the capsule, and holding well.

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  9/15/2023 - kenv Likes this wine: 92 Points

  [This bottle did have some leakage, but seemed ok. Pop and pour.] A little syrupy for a Spatlese, but it has good acidity. Lots of juicy macintosh apples.

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  2/11/2023 - Ingmars wrote:

  Old leak, bulging capsule, level around 3cm below cork, which was fully soaked and broke upon removal. Full yellow, but no trace of gold. Quince nose. After an hour adds waxy notes. Custard follows. Mouth is full and generous, with a slightly creamy texture and flavour, a bit of very faint spritzig and a very long lemony- slightly creamy finish with lemon in the aftertaste.
  
  Day 2 with about a glass and a half left in the bottle on the table overnight: no degradation in colour, nose or palate. It's quite amazing how bottled riesling handles rough treatment.
  
  Day 3, from a half (refrigerated on the 1st day, if you are wondering): this is still a beautiful bright and full yellow, which is enough of itself to cheer one up on a gloomy winter's day! Pineapple and quince, a little subdued compared to the 1st day. But the mouth is all of a river of ripe quince and acidity which seems to caress everything part of the mouth it comes into contact with and flowing for a very long time. Fine and with 25 year potential, surely. And day 4, with about 50ml left in the half-bottle, refrigerated, confirms it.

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