Donnhoff Felsenberg Felsenturmchen Riesling GG 2022

Dönnhoff Felsenberg "Felsentürmchen" Riesling GG, Nahe, Germany, 2022

Grape: 100% Riesling, single vineyard "Grosses Gewachs" site (V.D.P "Grand Cru"), unoaked

Great dry Riesling, very complex, with deep, smoky, crystalline minerality characterized by flint - unmistakably Felsenberg. The best steep plots around the famous rock tower in the middle of the magnificent Schloßböckelheimer Felsenberg. Excellent Riesling terroir with a soil made of red volcanic rock.

Critic's Tasting Notes:

"Tangerine and blood orange on the nose, some bergamot, fragrant, halfway to development. On the palate with a carried, silky base, a lot of mineral extract, which is quite finely resolved and seamlessly merged with acidic nerve and (medium) body."

95+/100 points, Ulrich Sautter, FALSTAFF, November 2023

Weingut Donnhoff is an estate based in Oberhausen in the Nahe region of the Rhineland and it's considered to be one of Germany's greatest producers of Riesling. The family have been making wine in the area since the 1750s and Helmut Donnhoff (who took over in 1971) increased the property's vineyard holdings from 4ha to around 20ha, today. His son, Cornelius, has been running the estate since 2007 and continues to make superb wines from world class sites.