98-99 points Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "Aged on the full lees until June this year and to be bottled the day after I tasted it, the 2021 Hermannshöhle GG offers a clear, deep, intense and complex bouquet of iodine slate aromas intertwined with lemon oil notes and those of crushed stones. Darker toned and more remote or aristocratic yet also intense and concentrated, it has a sur lie character and concentrated fruit. Full-bodied, dense, yet crystalline and saline on the palate, this is a powerful, rich and persistent Hermannshöhle with a long, complex and aromatic finish with fine tannins and stimulating lemon bitters. Still with rougher grip, this is an intense and lush, still dismissive Hermannshöhle. 13% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in July 2022. (Aug 2022)"
98 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "Power, complexity and brilliance make this a truly remarkable dry riesling, the touch of creaminess from long sur-lie maturation giving this exactly the soft touch it needs to balance the steely minerality that powers it at the imposing yet totally vibrant finish. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold. (8/8/22)"
98 points Peter Moser (Falstaff Guide) (12/2/22).
97 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2021 Hermannshöhle Riesling GG from the Dönnhoff family is utterly brilliant. The wine is so magnificently complex already, with the bouquet jumping from the glass in a refined blend of pink grapefruit, tart orange, a magnificent base of flinty, slate minerality, fleur de sel, elder flowers, lemongrass and a topnote of wild yeasts. On the palate the wine is pure, precise and full-bodied, with great depth at the core, stunning mineral undertow, a fine spine of acidity, seamless balance and a very long, nascently complex and electric finish. This has to be one of the most elegant young vintages of 2021 Hermannshöhle Grosses Gewächs ever made by the Dönnhoff family! A simply stunning wine. 2033-2085+. (Mar/Apr 2023)"
98 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "Power, complexity and brilliance make this a truly remarkable dry riesling, the touch of creaminess from long sur-lie maturation giving this exactly the soft touch it needs to balance the steely minerality that powers it at the imposing yet totally vibrant finish. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold. (8/8/22)"
98 points Peter Moser (Falstaff Guide) (12/2/22).
97 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2021 Hermannshöhle Riesling GG from the Dönnhoff family is utterly brilliant. The wine is so magnificently complex already, with the bouquet jumping from the glass in a refined blend of pink grapefruit, tart orange, a magnificent base of flinty, slate minerality, fleur de sel, elder flowers, lemongrass and a topnote of wild yeasts. On the palate the wine is pure, precise and full-bodied, with great depth at the core, stunning mineral undertow, a fine spine of acidity, seamless balance and a very long, nascently complex and electric finish. This has to be one of the most elegant young vintages of 2021 Hermannshöhle Grosses Gewächs ever made by the Dönnhoff family! A simply stunning wine. 2033-2085+. (Mar/Apr 2023)"
| Product SKU | 344473 |
| Producer | Dönnhoff |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Nahe |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Designation | Grosses Gewachs|Trocken / Dry |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | White |
| ABV | 13.0% |
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