Oberhäuser Brücke, Riesling, Auslese, Goldkap
    Dönnhoff

    Oberhäuser Brücke, Riesling, Auslese, Goldkap,

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    Dönnhoff, Oberhäuser Brücke, Riesling, Auslese, Goldkap, 2018

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
    Dönnhoff, Oberhäuser Brücke, Riesling, Auslese, Goldkap, 2018
    Maturity:
    Keep/Drink
    ABV:
    7.5%
    93/100
    David Schildknecht, Vinous
    Like its Hermannshöhle counterpart, this Auslese, picked in mid-October, reflects genuinely botrytis-free grapes, related Dönnhoff, but ones that were too numerous and too high in sugar to have used them elsewhere, “and certainly not in the Grosses Gewächs, which would then have ended up with 14% alcohol.” Quince and red raspberry jellies coolingly infused with honeysuckle and green herbs inform the nose and the soothingly, seductively creamy palate. There is a lovely sense of lift throughout, but especially on the finish, whose liqueur-like sense of fruit and herbal essences is reinforced by prominent sweetness. If this fails to exhibit the sense of clarity and animation of the corresponding Hermannshöhle, Dönnhoff suggested that that reflects the absolutely optimum bunches in the Brücke having been left hanging for what became a Beerenauslese.
    Date Reviewed:
    06/2020
    Drinking Window:
    2020 - 2044

    specifications

    country:
    Germany
    region:
    Nahe
    Appellation:
    Nahe
    Producer:
    Dönnhoff
    style:
    Sweet
    Grape Variety:
    Riesling
    Allergen Information:
    This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.

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    Dönnhoff

    The Dönnhoff family bought a modest estate in the Nahe in the 1750s. In 1971 current owner, Helmut Dönnhoff produced his first vintage and has not looked back since. A regular on the shortlist of ‘German Winemaker of the Year’ and actual winner in 1999, Helmut’s work is helping the Nahe to take a share of the plaudits showered on the more internationally renowned German wine regions of the Mosel and the Rheingau. His cool, calm demeanour is a stark contrast to the demonic fervour with which he tends his vineyards. Only the best hand-picked fruit will do, in order to produce wines that are honest refl ections of the Riesling grape and the terroir its planted in whether it be the volcanic soils of the Kupfergrube (copper mine), the deep, cool Brücke, the slate/sandstone Hermanshöhle or the slate of the Leistenberg. Fermentation is in the traditional large old wooden casks and there is a light filtration before bottling. Some of Germany’s most intense, bewitching and mouthwatering wines, that mixes Rheingau body with Mosel minerality.

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