Nahe

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 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. Alcohol 13%. (Jan 2018) ] 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…

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 95+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): Helmut Dönnhoff noted that the 2017 Brücke Goldkapsel Auslese includes about thirty percent botrytized grapes, with the rest of the bunches comprised of perfectly golden berries. The wine has a must weight of one hundred and ten Oechsle and 10.8 grams per liter of acidity this year. The youthful nose is flat out beautiful, offering up scents of pear, white cherries, a touch of passion fruit, honeycomb, fruit blossoms and a nice touch of salty minerality. On the palate the wine is fullish, pure and vibrant, with a lovely core of fruit, juicy complexity and fine focus and grip on the long, balanced and nicely salty finish. A superb bottle in the making. 2023-2085. (May/Jun 2018) ] 95+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): Helmut Dönnhoff noted that the 2017 Brücke Goldkapsel Auslese includes about thirty percent botrytized grapes, with the rest of the bunches comprised of perfectly golden berries. The wine has a must…

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 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 resist! Good for several decades at least. (11/29/17) ] 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…

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 97 points James Suckling: Unexpectedly charming on the nose for a wine from volcanic soil this has stunning grapefruit and lime character. Then just when you think it s a nice guy the totally radical, smoky and mineral finish comes through to remind you how strong nature can be! Drink now or hold. (11/29/17) ] 97 points James Suckling: Unexpectedly charming on the nose for a wine from volcanic soil this has stunning grapefruit and lime character. Then just when you think it s a nice guy the totally radical, smoky and mineral finish comes through to remind…

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 96 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): Dönnhoff's first dry Riesling from their monopole Brücke (bridge) site in many years with a much more limited production than the other GGs. Tart blackcurrant and grapefruit notes dominate the nose suggesting that this is going to be quite a cool and tart wine, and indeed it is. Enormous drive and depth on the palate lead into a whiplash finish. (9/9/16) ] 96 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): Dönnhoff's first dry Riesling from their monopole Brücke (bridge) site in many years with a much more limited production than the other GGs. Tart blackcurrant and grapefruit notes dominate the nose…

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 94 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): The 2017 Hermannshöhle Spätlese from the Dönnhoffs is also excellent this year, but it was a bit more reserved in personality at the time of my tasting and perhaps does not have quite the same precision as the Brücke this year? The bouquet offers up a superb, youthful mix of apple, a touch of blood orange, salty minerality, bee pollen and a nice touch of wild yeasts up high. On the palate the wine is focused, medium-full and racy, with a fine core, excellent focus and grip and a long, youthful and still quite primary finish. Perhaps this has just started to close down a bit from its recent bottling and will end up every bit as fine as the Brücke Spätlese in the fullness of time, but right now, I have to give a very slight edge to the above wine. That said, this is hardly disappointing, as it has enormous potential! 2022-2060. (May/Jun 2018) ] 94 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): The 2017 Hermannshöhle Spätlese from the Dönnhoffs is also excellent this year, but it was a bit more reserved in personality at the time of my tasting and perhaps does not have quite the same precision…

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 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) ] 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)

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 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, nascently complex and just beautifully balanced, with a fine core, superb focus and grip and a very, very long, classic and refined finish. Just a beautiful wine in the making. 2022-2060. (Mar/Apr 2016) ] 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…

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 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 rock solid core, bright, seamless acids and stunning length and grip on the very, very elegant and perfectly balanced finish... one of the most beautiful dry Rieslings I tasted on this trip. 2020-2050+. (Mar/Apr 2016) ] 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…

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 95+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): The 2017 Brücke Spätlese is an absolute classic in the making and one of the best version of this Prädikat level from the vineyard since the stellar pair from the 2001 and 2002 vintages. The nose wafts from the glass in a complex constellation of apple, tangerine, wild yeasts, a complex base of salty, slate soil tones, white flowers and a nice touch of apple pie spices in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, young and vibrant, with a medium-full format, lovely depth at the core, bright, ripe acids and superb length and grip on the complex, pure and very light on its feet finish. A beautiful wine. 2021-2060. (May/Jun 2018) ] 95+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): The 2017 Brücke Spätlese is an absolute classic in the making and one of the best version of this Prädikat level from the vineyard since the stellar pair from the 2001 and 2002 vintages. The nose wafts…

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 94 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): The 2017 Grosses Gewächs bottling from the Felsenberg is another absolutely superb wine in the making. The bouquet is deep, pure and youthfully complex, delivering a constellation of pink grapefruit, wild yeasts, a superb base of volcanic soil tones, dried flowers and a bit of fleur de sel in the upper register. On the palate the wine is crisp, deep and full, with a rock solid core, a great sense of elegance out of the blocks, ripe, seamless acids and a long, focused and perfectly balanced finish. This will take more time to blossom than either of the GGs above, but it will be well worth the wait! Superb juice. 2027-2075. (May/Jun 2018) ] 94 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): The 2017 Grosses Gewächs bottling from the Felsenberg is another absolutely superb wine in the making. The bouquet is deep, pure and youthfully complex, delivering a constellation of pink grapefruit, wild…

Riesling from Nahe, Germany

[ 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 on the attack, with an excellent core of fruit, exquisite focus and balance and a very, very long, snappy and refined finish. Stellar. 2020-2060. (Mar/Apr 2014) ] 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…