Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle, Riesling, Spätlese, 2013
Such a special vineyard. This is complete, salty, composed, with fabulously pure mouth-watering fruit, brimming with energy as the racy cool but utterly charming flavours coat your mouth. There is typical Hermannshohle power here, but the cloak of 2016 makes it very lovable immediately. There's a touch more stone fruit than in the Brucke, and a finish that is definitely more to the salty saline end of the spectrum.
critic reviews
Intense floral aromas, paired with pineapple, wild herbs and lemon oil. A delicate interplay of ripe citrus fruits and salty minerality sets a distinguished tone. Refined, expressive and elegant on the finish, this is a textbook Spätlese that I would enjoy having in my own cellar.
The 2013 Riesling Spatlese Niederhauser Hermannshohle is clear, pure and mineral on the nose, displaying lemon juice and crushed slate rocks, really refreshing. Sweet, rich and piquant on the palate, this is a vibrant and salty wine full of intensity, finesse and purity, quite young and firmly structured, very expressive and long. So salty!