Weingut Dönnhoff : Riesling Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Grosses Gewächs Trocken 2024

Tasting characteristics and advice for Weingut Dönnhoff’s 2024 Riesling Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Grosses Gewächs Trocken

Tasting

Nose
This wine reveals a powerfully spicy, elegant bouquet with compelling depth and the concentrated fruit typical of Riesling.

Palate
Crystal-clear and refined, the palate is at once intense and delicate, with a saline note characteristic of slate.

A German white wine that marries aromatic richness with concentration

The estate

For over 250 years, Weingut Dönnhoff has nurtured a unique terroir of precipitous slopes along the Nahe’s banks. Vintage after vintage, Helmut Dönnhoff crafts great German wines from a mosaic of sites, conveying the complexity, purity and myriad nuances of Riesling, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris. Acclaimed across borders as among the world’s greatest white wines, Weingut Dönnhoff’s cuvées captivate with their elegance, aromatic richness, freshness and an exceptional minerality that blossoms after many decades of aging.

The vineyard

Spanning 25 hectares, Weingut Dönnhoff’s holdings are distinguished by a diversity of soils and exposures, offering ideal conditions for the grapes to reach optimal ripeness. Farmed with meticulous care, vines between 20 and 70 years old yield superb German wines in low quantities but of very high quality.

The wine

Classified VDP Grosse Lage, this Riesling Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Grosses Gewächs Trocken from Weingut Dönnhoff is a Nahe wine from a steep, south-facing vineyard long recognized as the finest terroir in the entire Nahe region. The vines, which can reach 75 years of age, sink their roots into extremely mineral-rich soils of dark gray slate with volcanic components.

Winemaking and aging

100% manual, selective harvesting. Fermentation and maturation in stainless steel tanks and traditional oak casks.

Grape variety

100% Riesling.