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97 WA.
'Pear drops, white peach, distilled herbal essences, and honeysuckle are the leading aromas of the 2004 Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Spatlese A.P. #11, which goes on to offer ravishing, positively heady inner-mouth aromas of a similar sort. Possessed of the sort of elegant wafting delicacy as well as multi-layered depth of its Kirschheck counterpart, this offers a bath-like (or is it atmospheric?) finish of crystalline clarity and subtle floral, herbal, nut oil and orchard fruit complexity. The experience of drinking this is how I imagine weightlessness. Astonishingly, given how little better any Riesling Spatlese could get than this, those from more notorious sites – including the two that have made Donnhoff’s reputation (and vice versa) – are yet to come! He has certainly achieved his goal of offering a gustatory tour-in-the-glass of the middle Nahe that reveals regrettably little known sites of greatness." Wine Advocate #161, Oct 2005 |