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94 points and '100 Most Exciting Wines of 2017 (#19),' Decanter: A harmonious and delightful Riesling with a fruit salad of peach and apricot with lemony intensity. It is slightly sappy with a good dose of minerality and pristine, zesty acidity. A pretty and elegant example. Drink: 2018-2026.… ...

95 points John Gilman: ...The bouquet... is stunning, soaring from the glass in a fine blend of pink grapefruit, a hint of gooseberry, plenty of smokiness, gorgeous minerality, wild yeasts, a hint of mossiness and a topnote of lime peel... pure, full-bodied and beautifully light on its feet, with a… ...

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): The 2013 Türmchen Grosses Gewächs... is really lovely this year, offering up a superb nose of spring flowers, apples, white cherries, complex minerality, gentle smokiness, wild yeasts, lilacs and a bit of fleur de sel up high. On the palate the wine is… ...

94 points James Suckling: A Spätlese with a stack of fruit (peach, apricot and all manner of citrus), but also considerable elegance. Then the minerals cascade over your palate at the long, super-clean finish. Could easily hold for many years -- that's if you can resist it now. Screw cap. (11/29/17) ...

WHWC Staff Notes: This overachieving Pinot Blanc (Weissburgunder) is a multi-dimensional chameleon of a wine. The aromatic profile is endowed with unctuous tropical fruits and white flowers, with slight nuances of white pepper. It proves to be incredibly lively and nearly weightless on both the… ...

96+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): The 2013 Dönnhoff Brücke Spätlese is pure magic in the making. The brilliantly complex nose soars from the glass in a blaze of pears, white cherries, pink grapefruit, clementines, stunningly complex minerality, perhaps a whisper of petrol, bee pollen… ...

97 points James Suckling: The 2016 Hermannshöhle GG from Dönnhoff is once again one of the top dry rieslings of the vintage in Germany thanks to its stunning combination of concentration and finesse. The super-mineral finish tugs at your lapels trying to pull you with it into the distance. Don't… ...

94+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): ...wafting from the glass in a deep, complex and very classy aromatic mix of apple, grapefruit, iris blossoms, wild yeasts, a beautiful base of slate, incipient notes of petrol and citrus peel. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and very suave… ...

96 points James Suckling: Another 2016 Spätlese from Dönnhoff that's still a bit shy on the nose, but on the palate it s like a huge glittering diamond with more facets flashing many colors. An extremely long super-mineral finish that is impeccably clean in spite of the generous grape sweetness in… ...

94+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): ...The wine comes in at around 12.5% alcohol and offers up a refined and very classy bouquet of grapefruit, white cherries, wild yeasts, dried flowers, a lovely base of minerality, petrol and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied,… ...

95 points James Suckling: Super-cool and super-racy, this Spätlese has electric freshness and dangerously intense minerality, the complex aromas ranging from lemon zest to pineapple just beginning to open up. Better from 2018 and decades of ageing potential here. Made from organic grapes and Fair'n… ...

91 points James Suckling: The hint of funk and the spirtz add excitement to this light and succulent riesling that's brimming with lemony freshness. Drink now or hold. Screw cap. (11/29/17) ...