2024 Donnhoff Schlossbockelheimer Dry

The 2024 Riesling Schlossbockelheimer is from all of the Grosse Gewachs sites, representing the volcanic soils of the Nahe. It is a village wine made to stand against the village wine from Burklin Wolf in Wachenheim and Westhofen. All three village wines were hand harvested, crushed slightly, pressed at low pressure within two hours, sedimented overnight and fermented in Doppelstuck. A pure, bright note of lemon is foremost on the nose, signalling purity. This is followed by a reductive flintiness while the body is a streak of lemon zest. It is linear, slender, stony and sylph-like, yet so long. This is absolutely svelte, light and vivid. (Bone-dry) 92 points

The 2024 Schlossbockelheimer Riesling trocken VDP.Ortswein already combines intensity and complexity with purity, elegance, finesse and salinity on the nose that is almost floral, fragrant as it is. Very refined and very elegant on the pristine palate, this is an intense, long and complex yet soaring Riesling from the Felsenberg grand cru. The finish is long, intense and reminiscent of melting (porphyry) rocks, saline and crystalline as it is. The 2024 is powerful in terms of intensity and complexity but also elegant, finessed and pure, provided with a seamless texture and a long, aromatic finish. It`s a classic to be enjoyed after a while in bottle. 12% stated alcohol. 93 points