Dönnhoff buying advice needed

So I might be able to pick up a couple of bottles of Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Großes Gewächs, both 03 and 04 available.

Thoughts, ideas and TNs are most welcome.

[David M. Bueker]

So I might be able to pick up a couple of bottles of Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Großes Gewächs, both 03 and 04 available.

Thoughts, ideas and TNs are most welcome.

Helmut Donnhoff himself said wait 5-7 years on the 2003 to me in June.

These are trockens, right?

[David M. Bueker]

These are trockens, right?

Yes

I haven't tasted either of them for a while now, but the 03 is a big wine, as to be expected from the 03 vintage, without going overboard in size, while the 04 is a lot sleeker and more subtle. In a direct comparison, the 03 surely would win in most blind tastings, but some might prefer the more delicate refinement of the 04.
My personal fave so far has been the 05, yet the 06 was just named dry riesling of the year in the Gault Millau. Hard to go wrong with any of these, really.

Peter

Thank you Peter, that was just what I was looking for.