2018 Donnhoff Spatlese Norheimer Kirschheck

Vegan
Producer
Dönnhoff
Origin
Nahe, Germany GERMANY
Colour
white
Wine Style
medium
Dominant Grape
Riesling
Farming Style
sustainable
Closure Style
cork
Maturity
drink or keep
Bottle Size
75cl
Case Quantity
6
Wine Score
17 points, Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com, April 2018 92+ points, John Gilman, issue 75, viewfromthecellar.com, June 2019
92 points, Stephan Reinhardt, robertparker.com, October 2019

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2018 Donnhoff Spatlese Norheimer Kirschheck

Media Reviews

Julia Harding MW

Grapefruit, lemon and mandarin with just a touch of stony spice. Peaches and apricots on the palate, silky and rich pierced by the acidity (just). Intense and generous, caressing. 17 points

John Gilman

The 2018 Kirschheck Spätlese from Weingut Dönnhoff is another excellent example of the vintage. The wine is pure, very floral in personality and quite expressive out of the blocks, offering up scents of white cherries, pears, bee pollen, slate and a topnote of spring flowers. On the palate the wine is pure, fullish, vibrant and beautifully detailed, with racy acids, good mineral undertow and a long, refined and complex finish. Drink 2019-2050+. 92+ points

Stephan Reinhardt

The 2018 Norheimer Kirschheck Riesling Spätlese is clear, fresh and flinty on the deep nose, where ripe stone fruit (vineyard peach), raspberry and crushed stone aromas are displayed. Round and salty-piquant on the palate, this is a racy, terribly fresh and stimulating Spätlese whose acidity is really kicking and racy enough to balance this ripe and almost voluptuous wine with ease and joy. A classic. 92 points

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