2021 Weingut Dönnhoff Tonschiefer Trocken

Wijnsoort | Wit |
---|---|
Land | |
Regio | |
Wijnhuis | |
Jaar | 2021 |
Druif | |
Inhoud (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (12%) |
Drink venster | 2023 - 2050 |
Lage voorraad
Nog maar 3 over
Omschrijving
Specificaties
Wijnsoort | Wit |
---|---|
Land | Duitsland |
Regio | Nahe |
Wijnhuis | Weingut Donnhoff |
Druif | Riesling |
Biologisch gecertificeerd | Nee |
Natural wijn | Nee |
Vegan | Nee |
Jaar | 2021 |
Drinken vanaf | 2023 |
Drinken tot | 2050 |
Alcohol % | 12 |
Alcoholvrij/arm | Nee |
Inhoud | 0.75 ltr |
Houtrijping | Ja |
Bubbels | Nee |
Dessert wijn | Nee |
Afsluiting | Schroefdop |
Parker rating | 92 |
James Suckling rating | 93 |
Smaakprofiel | Aromatisch, Bloemig, Fris, Fruitig, Licht, Mineraal, Strak, Wit fruit |
Drink momenten | Borrelen, Met vrienden, Summer party, Terras, Voor alledag |
Professionele Recensies
Parker
Rating
92
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
2024 - 2045
Reviewed by
Stephan Reinhardt
Issue Date
25th Aug 2022
Source
August 2022 Week 4, The Wine Advocate
The 2021 Riesling Tonschiefer is from slate soils in Oberhausen (Leistenberg and Hermnnshöhle) and offers a clear, intense and salted bouquet of crushed rocks and white stone fruits. Supple yet light and fresh on the palate, this is a piquant and finely tannic, stimulatingly salty Riesling with lush fruit on the finish, which is still a bit edgy but only as rugged as the landscape around Oberhausen. 12% stated alcohol. Screw cap. Tasted at the domaine in July 2022.
2021 is, after a long time, once again a classic vintage, something Cornelius Dönnhoff has not had in this century, but for his father Helmut, a harvest in late October and November was still common. The harvest at Dönnhoff was a good two or three weeks later than in recent years, after there had been no hot spells but frequent showers without thunderstorms. Peronospora was the challenge of the vintage. It required meticulous crop protection as well as foliar work to keep the foliage wall airy and healthy. Without such, as well as a late harvest, physiological ripeness would not have been achievable in 2021. The harvest began in the last week of September and lasted until the second week of November, when the nights had long since returned to a sensitive cool. Must weights were low, but the grapes were still ripe, even though acids were very high. Dönnhoff maintains a large team and was able to harvest at the right time in every site. Since there was virtually no botrytis in the middle Nahe, it was not possible to select any Beerenauslesen and Trockenbeerenauslesen here, just Eiswein.
The musts were cool due to the cold nights and could be processed without haste.
That the 2021s also managed without residual sugar to balance the high acidity (10 grams per liter) is something no one would have thought at the beginning of harvest, even at Dönnhoff. But since it was partly precipitated as tartar, the wines are riper and rounder on the palate than was thought in the fall. In order to buffer the acidity naturally (with potassium and calcium), the musts were left on the extract-rich grapes longer than usual. The tartaric acid thus found binding partners and could partially precipitate, if the wine was given enough time.
The results of the vintage are outstanding, especially with Dönnhoff, especially with the Grosses Gewächs and the Auslese category. I caught the GG from the Dellchen at the perfect moment at the end of July, but the wine still tasted great to me four weeks later in Wiesbaden.
"2020 is now the third vintage in a row with an extremely warm and dry summer," Cornelous Dönnhoff sums up his latest vintage, which is his best to date and contains numerous highlights, not least among the Chardonnay/Pinot group, which has never been better and has certainly made the biggest leap forward. While there was no extreme heat in 2020 as there was in 2019, both spring and summer were consistently warm, leading to early budbreak and early flowering.
The rapid development was then slowed by persistent drought and heat during the summer. "Soil-water balance was certainly an issue, but we already had practice through 2019 and 2018," Dönnhoff says. Canopy management was therefore of critical importance. In addition, "vast amounts of straw and compost" were spread to help retain water through the summer.
"Those who were able to get their vineyards through this period well should have a bombshell vintage in the bottle as well as in the cellar," says Dönnhoff.
Only young vines under five years old had problems with drought stress. Overall, however, Dönnhoff was amazed to see that the vineyards were still green when the trees were already getting brown leaves.
To be better prepared for such conditions in the future, Dönnhoff installed irrigation systems in many locations last year. In plots with old and older vines, however, they were not used. Only the young vines received water between the end of June and the beginning of August to get them through the drought in good health. So far, the water has come from various wells, but it is tedious or "a logistical challenge" to get it in place with a tanker truck and hose. "The future certainly has to be different." Rain storage tanks up in the mountains, for instance, could be a solution. Plans for that already exist, Dönnhoff says. "Young fields in particular are highly vulnerable to prolonged drought. Today, these need much more time than in the past to bear stably. Instead of three years, it's better to be patient for five years today—at least."
Another challenge of the 2020 vintage was another early harvest, as the days in September are still very warm. This requires them to start picking just after sunrise, as well as speedy processing of the crop. A powerful team in the vineyard and cellar for rapid processing was certainly one of the basic requirements for a high-class vintage. Above all, it was important to ensure that the must weights did not "go through the roof," especially with the Pinot varieties. For this reason, Dönnhoff visited his vineyards almost daily in the fall to collect samples and determine the physiological ripeness and must weight. The harvest then began on September 15 with the Pinot varieties, but the grapes for sparkling wine were harvested as early as September 4 (Pinot Noir in the Roxheimer Höllenpfad). The Riesling harvest began on September 17, and the end of the harvest was celebrated on October 19 in the Brücke, with the grapes for Auslese wines. Ice wine was then harvested on November 30.
The Grosses Gewächs Rieslings (GG) were harvested early because the grapes in the best sites simply ripen earlier. The Hermannshöhle excels as always, but the Brücke is of exceptional quality also, as is the Dellchen. A highlight of the collection is the 2020 Spätlese from the Hermannshöhle, which has a fantastic price-pleasure ratio.
The Beerenauslese from the Hermannshöhle, which I didn't taste, is to be released next year.
All in all, another terrific vintage for Helmut and Cornelius Dönnhoff.
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Wijnhuis
Weingut Dönnhoff is een wijnhuis gelegen in de Nahe, Duitsland. Het landgoed staat bekend om het produceren van hoogwaardige Rieslings, die worden beschouwd als een van de beste in de wereld. Het wijnhuis heeft een lange geschiedenis van wijnmaken en wordt alom gerespecteerd vanwege zijn toewijding aan het produceren van uitzonderlijke wijnen met een gevoel voor plaats en terroir.
Geschiedenis van Weingut Dönnhoff
De familie Dönnhoff is al generaties lang betrokken in de wijnwereld en de geschiedenis van het landgoed gaat terug tot het midden van de 18e eeuw. Helmut Dönnhoff, die het landgoed in de jaren tachtig overnam, heeft een belangrijke rol gespeeld bij het verbeteren van de productie. Onder zijn leiding zag Weingut Dönnhoff een aanzienlijke transformatie en kreeg hij erkenning als een van de beste wijnhuizen in Duitsland. De benadering van Helmut Dönnhoff bij het maken van wijn is geworteld in een toewijding aan kwaliteit en terroir-expressie. Hij implementeerde nauwgezet wijngaardbeheer en wijnbereidingstechnieken om wijnen te produceren die de unieke kenmerken van de Nahe weerspiegelen. De focus van het landgoed op Riesling is een bepalend kenmerk van zijn geschiedenis geweest.
Nahe
De regio Nahe ligt tussen de Pfalz in het zuiden en de wijnstreek Moezel in het noorden. De rivier de Nahe stroomt door de regio en geeft het zijn naam. De gevarieerde topografie van de regio omvat valleien, heuvels en terrasvormige wijngaarden. Een van de meest onderscheidende kenmerken van de Nahe is het gevarieerde terroir. De grondsoorten variëren hier van vulkanisch, leisteen en zandsteen tot klei en kalksteen. Deze diversiteit maakt de teelt van een breed scala aan druivensoorten en wijnstijlen mogelijk.
De regio Nahe staat bekend om de productie van hoogwaardige Rieslings. Riesling doet het goed in deze diverse bodem- en microklimaatomstandigheden van de regio. Naast Riesling worden er ook andere witte druivensoorten zoals Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner en Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) verbouwd, en zijn er enkele rode variëteiten zoals Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder) te vinden. De Nahe profiteert van een verscheidenheid aan microklimaten, beïnvloed door de topografie en de nabijheid van de Rijn. De regio heeft warmere en drogere gebieden in de valleien, maar ook koelere, hoger gelegen locaties, die de productie van verschillende wijnstijlen mogelijk maken, van droog tot zoet. De Nahe staat bekend om het produceren van een breed scala aan wijnstijlen, van kurkdroge en knapperige Rieslings tot heerlijk zoete en botrytiseerde dessertwijnen (edelrot). De regio staat ook bekend om zijn mousserende wijnen en roséwijnen.
Productie van Weingut Dönnhoff
Weingut Dönnhoff wordt vooral geprezen voor zijn Rieslings, die bekend staan om hun elegantie, precisie en terroir-expressie. Ze produceren een verscheidenheid aan Riesling stijlen, van droog tot zoet, evenals edele zoete wijnen van druiven met botryt. Het landgoed zet zich in voor duurzame wijnbouw en hanteert milieuvriendelijke landbouwmethoden. Ze streven ernaar hun impact op het milieu te minimaliseren en tegelijkertijd druiven van hoge kwaliteit te produceren. De wijnen van Weingut Dönnhoff hebben brede erkenning en talloze onderscheidingen gekregen van wijncritici en organisaties. Ze zijn zeer gewild bij verzamelaars en wijnliefhebbers over de hele wereld. Naast Riesling produceert Weingut Dönnhoff ook andere witte druivensoorten, waaronder Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) en Silvaner.
Wijnsoort | Wit |
---|---|
Land | Duitsland |
Regio | Nahe |
Wijnhuis | Weingut Donnhoff |
Druif | Riesling |
Biologisch gecertificeerd | Nee |
Natural wijn | Nee |
Vegan | Nee |
Jaar | 2021 |
Drinken vanaf | 2023 |
Drinken tot | 2050 |
Alcohol % | 12 |
Alcoholvrij/arm | Nee |
Inhoud | 0.75 ltr |
Houtrijping | Ja |
Bubbels | Nee |
Dessert wijn | Nee |
Afsluiting | Schroefdop |
Parker rating | 92 |
James Suckling rating | 93 |
Smaakprofiel | Aromatisch, Bloemig, Fris, Fruitig, Licht, Mineraal, Strak, Wit fruit |
Drink momenten | Borrelen, Met vrienden, Summer party, Terras, Voor alledag |
Parker
Rating
92
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
2024 - 2045
Reviewed by
Stephan Reinhardt
Issue Date
25th Aug 2022
Source
August 2022 Week 4, The Wine Advocate
The 2021 Riesling Tonschiefer is from slate soils in Oberhausen (Leistenberg and Hermnnshöhle) and offers a clear, intense and salted bouquet of crushed rocks and white stone fruits. Supple yet light and fresh on the palate, this is a piquant and finely tannic, stimulatingly salty Riesling with lush fruit on the finish, which is still a bit edgy but only as rugged as the landscape around Oberhausen. 12% stated alcohol. Screw cap. Tasted at the domaine in July 2022.
2021 is, after a long time, once again a classic vintage, something Cornelius Dönnhoff has not had in this century, but for his father Helmut, a harvest in late October and November was still common. The harvest at Dönnhoff was a good two or three weeks later than in recent years, after there had been no hot spells but frequent showers without thunderstorms. Peronospora was the challenge of the vintage. It required meticulous crop protection as well as foliar work to keep the foliage wall airy and healthy. Without such, as well as a late harvest, physiological ripeness would not have been achievable in 2021. The harvest began in the last week of September and lasted until the second week of November, when the nights had long since returned to a sensitive cool. Must weights were low, but the grapes were still ripe, even though acids were very high. Dönnhoff maintains a large team and was able to harvest at the right time in every site. Since there was virtually no botrytis in the middle Nahe, it was not possible to select any Beerenauslesen and Trockenbeerenauslesen here, just Eiswein.
The musts were cool due to the cold nights and could be processed without haste.
That the 2021s also managed without residual sugar to balance the high acidity (10 grams per liter) is something no one would have thought at the beginning of harvest, even at Dönnhoff. But since it was partly precipitated as tartar, the wines are riper and rounder on the palate than was thought in the fall. In order to buffer the acidity naturally (with potassium and calcium), the musts were left on the extract-rich grapes longer than usual. The tartaric acid thus found binding partners and could partially precipitate, if the wine was given enough time.
The results of the vintage are outstanding, especially with Dönnhoff, especially with the Grosses Gewächs and the Auslese category. I caught the GG from the Dellchen at the perfect moment at the end of July, but the wine still tasted great to me four weeks later in Wiesbaden.
"2020 is now the third vintage in a row with an extremely warm and dry summer," Cornelous Dönnhoff sums up his latest vintage, which is his best to date and contains numerous highlights, not least among the Chardonnay/Pinot group, which has never been better and has certainly made the biggest leap forward. While there was no extreme heat in 2020 as there was in 2019, both spring and summer were consistently warm, leading to early budbreak and early flowering.
The rapid development was then slowed by persistent drought and heat during the summer. "Soil-water balance was certainly an issue, but we already had practice through 2019 and 2018," Dönnhoff says. Canopy management was therefore of critical importance. In addition, "vast amounts of straw and compost" were spread to help retain water through the summer.
"Those who were able to get their vineyards through this period well should have a bombshell vintage in the bottle as well as in the cellar," says Dönnhoff.
Only young vines under five years old had problems with drought stress. Overall, however, Dönnhoff was amazed to see that the vineyards were still green when the trees were already getting brown leaves.
To be better prepared for such conditions in the future, Dönnhoff installed irrigation systems in many locations last year. In plots with old and older vines, however, they were not used. Only the young vines received water between the end of June and the beginning of August to get them through the drought in good health. So far, the water has come from various wells, but it is tedious or "a logistical challenge" to get it in place with a tanker truck and hose. "The future certainly has to be different." Rain storage tanks up in the mountains, for instance, could be a solution. Plans for that already exist, Dönnhoff says. "Young fields in particular are highly vulnerable to prolonged drought. Today, these need much more time than in the past to bear stably. Instead of three years, it's better to be patient for five years today—at least."
Another challenge of the 2020 vintage was another early harvest, as the days in September are still very warm. This requires them to start picking just after sunrise, as well as speedy processing of the crop. A powerful team in the vineyard and cellar for rapid processing was certainly one of the basic requirements for a high-class vintage. Above all, it was important to ensure that the must weights did not "go through the roof," especially with the Pinot varieties. For this reason, Dönnhoff visited his vineyards almost daily in the fall to collect samples and determine the physiological ripeness and must weight. The harvest then began on September 15 with the Pinot varieties, but the grapes for sparkling wine were harvested as early as September 4 (Pinot Noir in the Roxheimer Höllenpfad). The Riesling harvest began on September 17, and the end of the harvest was celebrated on October 19 in the Brücke, with the grapes for Auslese wines. Ice wine was then harvested on November 30.
The Grosses Gewächs Rieslings (GG) were harvested early because the grapes in the best sites simply ripen earlier. The Hermannshöhle excels as always, but the Brücke is of exceptional quality also, as is the Dellchen. A highlight of the collection is the 2020 Spätlese from the Hermannshöhle, which has a fantastic price-pleasure ratio.
The Beerenauslese from the Hermannshöhle, which I didn't taste, is to be released next year.
All in all, another terrific vintage for Helmut and Cornelius Dönnhoff.
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Weingut Dönnhoff is een wijnhuis gelegen in de Nahe, Duitsland. Het landgoed staat bekend om het produceren van hoogwaardige Rieslings, die worden beschouwd als een van de beste in de wereld. Het wijnhuis heeft een lange geschiedenis van wijnmaken en wordt alom gerespecteerd vanwege zijn toewijding aan het produceren van uitzonderlijke wijnen met een gevoel voor plaats en terroir.
Geschiedenis van Weingut Dönnhoff
De familie Dönnhoff is al generaties lang betrokken in de wijnwereld en de geschiedenis van het landgoed gaat terug tot het midden van de 18e eeuw. Helmut Dönnhoff, die het landgoed in de jaren tachtig overnam, heeft een belangrijke rol gespeeld bij het verbeteren van de productie. Onder zijn leiding zag Weingut Dönnhoff een aanzienlijke transformatie en kreeg hij erkenning als een van de beste wijnhuizen in Duitsland. De benadering van Helmut Dönnhoff bij het maken van wijn is geworteld in een toewijding aan kwaliteit en terroir-expressie. Hij implementeerde nauwgezet wijngaardbeheer en wijnbereidingstechnieken om wijnen te produceren die de unieke kenmerken van de Nahe weerspiegelen. De focus van het landgoed op Riesling is een bepalend kenmerk van zijn geschiedenis geweest.
Nahe
De regio Nahe ligt tussen de Pfalz in het zuiden en de wijnstreek Moezel in het noorden. De rivier de Nahe stroomt door de regio en geeft het zijn naam. De gevarieerde topografie van de regio omvat valleien, heuvels en terrasvormige wijngaarden. Een van de meest onderscheidende kenmerken van de Nahe is het gevarieerde terroir. De grondsoorten variëren hier van vulkanisch, leisteen en zandsteen tot klei en kalksteen. Deze diversiteit maakt de teelt van een breed scala aan druivensoorten en wijnstijlen mogelijk.
De regio Nahe staat bekend om de productie van hoogwaardige Rieslings. Riesling doet het goed in deze diverse bodem- en microklimaatomstandigheden van de regio. Naast Riesling worden er ook andere witte druivensoorten zoals Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner en Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) verbouwd, en zijn er enkele rode variëteiten zoals Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder) te vinden. De Nahe profiteert van een verscheidenheid aan microklimaten, beïnvloed door de topografie en de nabijheid van de Rijn. De regio heeft warmere en drogere gebieden in de valleien, maar ook koelere, hoger gelegen locaties, die de productie van verschillende wijnstijlen mogelijk maken, van droog tot zoet. De Nahe staat bekend om het produceren van een breed scala aan wijnstijlen, van kurkdroge en knapperige Rieslings tot heerlijk zoete en botrytiseerde dessertwijnen (edelrot). De regio staat ook bekend om zijn mousserende wijnen en roséwijnen.
Productie van Weingut Dönnhoff
Weingut Dönnhoff wordt vooral geprezen voor zijn Rieslings, die bekend staan om hun elegantie, precisie en terroir-expressie. Ze produceren een verscheidenheid aan Riesling stijlen, van droog tot zoet, evenals edele zoete wijnen van druiven met botryt. Het landgoed zet zich in voor duurzame wijnbouw en hanteert milieuvriendelijke landbouwmethoden. Ze streven ernaar hun impact op het milieu te minimaliseren en tegelijkertijd druiven van hoge kwaliteit te produceren. De wijnen van Weingut Dönnhoff hebben brede erkenning en talloze onderscheidingen gekregen van wijncritici en organisaties. Ze zijn zeer gewild bij verzamelaars en wijnliefhebbers over de hele wereld. Naast Riesling produceert Weingut Dönnhoff ook andere witte druivensoorten, waaronder Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) en Silvaner.