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Donnhoff, Riesling Grosses Gewachs Niederhauser Hermannshohle, 2017 (1.5L)

Name: Donnhoff, Riesling Grosses Gewachs Niederhauser Hermannshohle, 2017 (1.5L)
Brand: Donnhoff
SKU: NYC-[PVT]-PVT-CELL020626-020626-DRGGNH201715L-ROW46-BOX 5
Price: 239.0 USD
Availability: InStock

White Wine from Nahe, Germany

by Donnhoff

$239.00

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The same hallowed Hermannshöhle vineyard, but nearly a decade of magnum aging has deepened the story. Riesling in larger format ages with uncommon grace, and the 2017 has moved into a complex, layered phase with mineral depth, autolytic richness, and a crystalline finish that speaks of slate and time. The 2017 vintage brought ideal conditions to the Nahe, and magnum captures all of that potential—aromas of thyme and orange blossom now joined by hints of brioche and wet stone. For patient collectors and special occasions.

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Professional Reviews

Antonio Galloni

AG 95

"Thyme, marjoram, black tea, apple wood and pronounced pit-inflected white peach serve for pungent, smoky intrigue. As the wine takes on air, gentian adds a hauntingly bitter-sweet fragrance. The palate displays an improbably combination of richness, fleshiness and expansiveness with transparency to intricate herbal and diversely mineral impingements as well as conveying something I can only call poise. There is just enough succulence of white peach and brightness of lime to lend luscious appeal and animation while conveying a certain sense of restraint. The prodigious finishing flavors spread like a billowing carpet of herbs and bittersweet-perfume flowers strewn with stony crystals and saliva-inducing grains of mineral salts. This is not a powerful wine; but it is one that makes a powerful and profound statement and lucidly testifies to a great site. Incidentally, there are now typically four Stückfässer of this for a total volume of nearly 5,000 liters, far more than of any other Dönnhoff Grosse Gewächse." -David Schildknecht

Robert Parker

RP 94

"The 2017 Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling trocken –GG– combines ripe and intense fruit with flinty and floral notes as well as crushed slate aromas. Super refined and intense at the same time. Lush and intense on the palate, this is a full-bodied yet elegant, finessed and salty-piquant Hermannshöhle with a long and aristocratic finish. Impressive."

Jancis Robinson

JR 19

"Purity. That's what this is and one could finish there. Or write a eulogy. Orchard, stone fruit, eau de vie, viscosity, vibrancy, vigour, brilliance. Poetry on the palate."

Details

Grape Variety

Riesling
Vintage

2017
Size

1.5L
Farming Practice

Traditional
Sweetness

Dry

German Wines

Is there a better grape than Riesling? Is there a better value? Its fruit purity, its perfume, and its mineral nuance are all unparalleled. And for centuries, the top German Rieslings were priced accordingly: at least as expensive as the top red wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy. But nowadays you could spend a lifetime exploring Germany’s great Riesling-producing regions while staying well within your budget. You might take an occasional break to try Germany’s other white grapes or perhaps a glass of Spätburgunder (the local name for Pinot Noir). It’s time to get started!

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