2014 Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Spätlese Alte Reben Versteigerung Hermann Dönnhoff, Nahe (0,75l)

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2014 Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Spätlese Alte Reben Versteigerung, Hermann Dönnhoff

From 100% healthy berries picked in the Grosses Gewächs plot with more than 100° Oechsle, the 2014 Riesling Spätlese Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Alte Reben (Auction) was fermented in a 600-liter Halbstück and intentionally stopped at 8% alcohol. This is a sweet and piquant Riesling from the slate part of the Hermannshöhle. The wine is very juicy, piquant and salty; it shows a nice mineral grip but seems richer, though less frisky, than the regular Spätlese--which I prefer because it seems to be cooler and more aristocratic. The auctioned one is richer and more sensual and very, very juicy. - Stephan Reinhardt, März 2016

Vinous - 2014 Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Spätlese Alte Reben Versteigerung, Hermann Dönnhoff

From an old parcel in the Hermannshöhle whose vines are still single post-trained, this auctioned bottling (representing the contents of a 600-liter Halbstück) delivers a highly aromatic and luscious amalgam of white peach, pink grapefruit and Persian melon not unlike that familiar from its A.P. #12 counterpart. Suggestions of nut pastes complemented by candied citrus rind are also present. But this boasts a yet creamier texture, greater delicacy, and a more complex and mouthwatering mineral savor, allied to raw scallop-like sweetness and salinity. - David Schildknecht, Mai 2016