Hermannshöhle, Riesling, Grosses Gewächs, 2023

Name: Hermannshöhle, Riesling, Grosses Gewächs
Brand: Dönnhoff
Price: 385 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2016 2018 2022 2023

justerini & brooks tasting note

Super complex and aristocratic, the Hermannshohle GG is awash with sparkling, jewel-like fruits with a composed, powdery chalky grip, fastened by a fine linear acidity. Lighter in body and more balletic than it sometimes is, the 2023 has a neat, very persistent, focused feel. A truly great vineyard that very seldom lets you down.

critic reviews

96+/100Stephan Reinhardt,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2023 Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling trocken GG opens deep, pure, intense and stony on the nose that is, to be honest, much more sophisticated than the Brucke GG. The wine is finely juicy as well as savory on the palate, probably not bone dry in terms of analysis but always in tension and never settling on the palate, as if it was just an idea of Riesling and not its materialization. This Hermannshohle is not a cave (which it is only named after) but a bright Riesling ray to the heavens, a lasting flash of lightning from a thunderstorm that cannot be disliked or remain undrunk, even today. If you need a salty and spicy yet always seductively round palate-tickler now, please go ahead. But those who like to let the wine mature will not lose out. 13% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in August and October 2024.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2055

date of review 10/2024

96-98/100Anne Krebiehl,Vinous

The 2023 Riesling Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Grosses Gewächs, from a south-facing shale site with just a few calcareous veins, is golden in color. The vines were planted in 1949, and they now bring just small yields of tiny berries with a different pulp/skin ratio. A gorgeous lift tells of citrus zest, with an ethereal touch of crushed citrus leaf and spicier herb. The palate is crystalline. It's a clear-cut, taut, pure vision of stone and citrus. This is a pure, poised, precise and concentrated wine. Time and again, it is astonishing that so much flavor, stone and energy can be captured in a wine of such taut proportions at 12.5% alcohol. What an experience! There is no reliance on power, volume or fat, just slenderness, elegance and essence. (Bone-dry)

DRINKING WINDOW 2034 - 2070

date of review 09/2024