TN: 1999 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Auslese

  • 1999 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel - Germany, Nahe (5/25/2017)
    #16-00, 8.5% abv. From half-bottle. Perhaps not the greatest Nahe vintage, but this wine provides incredible pleasure nonetheless. The nose truly demonstrates what Terry Theise has called the ethereal quality of the Doennhoff wines – it is light and airy, but simultaneously packed with ripe yellow fruit and a hint of red as well. The palate is not too rich, but showing lovely balance between the sweetness and acidity. The fruit is ripe, but not overly so, and there is no heaviness here. Some green apples linger on the finish, which is marred by a slight touch of bitterness. (93 pts.)

Great note on a wine I have never tasted. It sounds so Donnhoff.

I’m finally starting to drink my 1999s. It took a long time for them to shed enough fat to be interesting to me.