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Donnhoff, Felsenberg, Grosses Gewachs Riesling Trocken 2020
Germany / White

Donnhoff, Felsenberg, Grosses Gewachs Riesling Trocken 2020

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Fruit

Earth

Acid

Body

Minerality

The Dönnhoff family arrived in the Nahe region over 200 years ago, and their modest farm slowly evolved into a wine estate. Helmut Dönnhoff had been making the wine since 1966, and now his son Cornelius is the 4th generation to run this historic winery and their 25ha of Grand Cru vineyards.

A very old and famous site, splendidly located on a steep southern slope. The vines grow under extreme conditions in weathered volcanic porphyry soil. The stony ground heats quickly during the day, and that warmth produces characteristic Rieslings with a racy fruitiness and mineral acidity, internationally recognized for their distinctive flinty aromas. At the heart of this fantastic vineyard stands our Felsentürmchen (“small rock tower”). The mineral-rich Felsenberg grapes undergo an intense selective harvest and their wines bear the symbol of the Felsentürmchen.

A great dry Riesling, very complex, displaying great, smoky crystallized minerality with a flinty character – unmistakably Felsenberg.

Country
Germany
Sub-Region
Felsenberg - Grosses Gewachs
Region
Nahe
Varieties
Riesling
Farming
Sustainable
Soil
Red volcanic igneous rock, a melange of porphyry and melaphyr
Winemaking
Fermented and matured in a mixture of stainless steel vats and neutral 10+-year-old 1200L German stückfass from Hösch.