Donnhoff, Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Auslese

Donnhoff, Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling AuslesePicked a few days before the GG, the 2021 Niederhuser Hermannshhle Riesling Auslese is based on highly ripe Riesling berries and opens with a clear, lemony, pure, fresh and finely concentrated bouquet with grapefruit, lime and slate aromas. Basket pressed, this is a lush and generous, pure, saline and piquant Auslese with a long, intense and highly stimulating finish with very fine bitters. The Hermannshhle was picked with the highest must weight and

A more deeply pitched nose offers up layered aromas of poached plum

The 2004 Cotes du Rhone reveals a character similar to the 2005

with hints of herbal tea

The palate mixes that chalky minerality with the juiciness of the Garnacha

refined and understated

offering deeply concentrated cherry pastry and blackberry flavors that become more energetic as the wine stretches out

(from La Platière

lime blossom and grilled nut

honeyed and white raisin-studded palate – layering grilled pineapple

Fresh and pliant

the same approach the estate used for its early wines

There is little doubt the 2001 is shaping up to be one of the most elegant Sorì San Lorenzos ever made