2001 Dönnhoff Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel - Germany, Nahe (6/18/2020)
First thing...thank God this came in a 750 ml bottle. I opened it just before dinner, and almost blew through it before the meal. It's another luscious 2001 Auslese, that is just starting to enter a semi-mature phase. There's still plenty of ripe peach fruit, but also copious baking spices, honeycomb, waxy orange peel and toasted wheat bread around the edges. It's about as easy to fall into the glass while trying to capture all the aromatic nuances as it is to actually drink it. The palate is full sweet, but carries a finishing kick of acidity that leaves a clean, rather than cloying last impression. It's not a wine that comes up every year, so I treasure each time I get to drink this rare gem. One more of the 2001 left in the cellar, but no rush to drink it.