2007 Dönnhoff Dellchen Riesling Großes Gewächs - Germany, Nahe (4/6/2023)
Drop…dead…gorgeous. Over the last 30 years that I have been drinking Riesling, there have been a handful of wines that reached a point of convergence where the heart of Riesling lives. This is one of those wines. Molten stone, halved peaches seared on a cherry wood fire, grazed with the smoke of a freshly lit pine bough…it’s all a seance of Riesling, attended by Gods from Alsace, Germany and Austria. It’s one religion, regardless of sect. Please drink a bottle of this now if you happen to have one. It’s a talisman, a token of vinous beauty.