2023 Dönnhoff Hermannshöhle Riesling Grosses Gewächs

Score 99pts - Date 2023-11-08 James Suckling

"#25 Top 100 Wines of 2023: The restrained beauty of the peachiness in the nose is hard to describe, but easy to be overwhelmed by! On the compact palate this has staggering concentration yet still manages to be very light on its feet. The finish is blade-runner sharp, but the blade also flashes in the sun. Breathtaking drive and energy for the very warm and dry vintage. Then comes the remarkable wet-stone minerality and you can,t wait for the next sip. "

The Dönnhoff family first came to the Nahe region over 200 years ago, and after

establishing a modest farm slowly evolved into a full-fledged wine estate.

Helmut Dönnhoff has been making the wine since 1971, and now his son Cornelius

works alongside in the winery and in their 25 hectares of Erste Lage, or grand

cru vineyards. Their holdings represent some of the best in the Nahe and all of

Germany.