Dönnhoff Höllenpfad im Mühlenberg Riesling Trocken Grosses Gewächs 2023

Dönnhoff Höllenpfad im Mühlenberg Riesling Trocken Grosses Gewächs, Nahe, Germany, 2023

Grape: 100% Riesling, hand harvested, 40hl/ha yield, 8 months lees ageing in large old oak barrels, 3.4g/L residual sugar

Producer Tasting Note:

A wonderful dry Riesling with great depth of taste and at the same time extremely elegant, with the pronounced finely spicy aroma of the Höllenpfad.

This monopoly site has an incredibly attractive bouquet. Aromas of volcanic rock, wet pebbles and apples waft from the glass. On the palate, the Große Gewächs is powerful and particularly concentrated with a silkiness and finesse that characterises the 2023 vintage.

Critics' Tasting Notes:

"The 2023 Riesling Roxheimer Höllenpfad im Mühlberg Grosses Gewächs comes from the core parcel of this red Permian sandstone site, made separately as a GG from 2017 onwards. This was made in old, neutral Doppelstück. Gorgeous savor unites fern, yarrow and tansy, all tingling amidst citrus and a gentle creaminess. Immediate concentration and fluidity characterize the palate, and the citrus impression almost attains a touch of lemon oil, still holding these savory, herbal notions. The 2023 has a sinuous shape, great fluidity, beautiful stoniness and tautness, absolute clarity and direction but with a ton of charm. (Bone-dry)" Drink 2028-2060

(94-96/100) points, Anne Krebiehl, VINOUS, October 2024

"Who can resist this beauty? The explosive nose of yellow peaches and wild blackberries sucks you inexorably into this extremely concentrated, but also incredibly refined and precise dry riesling. A great masterpiece of delicacy and purity, with a finish that doesn’t want to stop pumping out the wet stone minerality. A de facto monopole site for this producer. Drink from release."

99/100 points, James Suckling, 2024

Within the over-arching Roxheimer Höllenpfad, the middle part of the 4.62ha Höllenpfad GG is home to the jewel of this great vineyard, with the oldest vines (planted in the 60s & 70s). Due to the exceptional quality of the vines that grow here, these plots were registered by the legislator under the historical name Höllenpfad im Mühlenberg and classified by the VDP as a Grosses Gewächs (Grand Cru).