Dönnhoff Riesling Norheimer Dellchen Grosses Gewächs 2011

96 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2011 Dellchen Grosses Gewächs is simply the greatest young dry wine I have ever tasted from this vineyard! The inherent elegance of the vintage has really worked its magic with this great Dellchen and this wine will be a must addition to any Dönnhoff lovers’ cellar! The utterly refined and brilliant nose offers up an intense blend of grapefruit, tart orange, petrol, a touch of lilacs, wild yeasts, crystalline slate tones and citrus peel. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and extremely elegant and racy for a young Dellchen, with a rock solid core of fruit, bright acids and stunning lift on the laser-like, endless and very snappy finish. A hauntingly beautiful wine in 2011! 2018-2045. (Mar/Apr 2012)"

94+ points Fine Wine Review: "The Dellchen GG is from vines that are about 25 years old. The nose is very mineral with a bit of stone showing. The mouth has great clarity in its apple fruit. The wine is very direct and has a fair amount of power to go with its elegance. The palate is long and smooth but with very good firmness. Slate and volcanic soils here. (Issue #138; 2013)"

93 points David Schildknecht (Wine Advocate): "Juicy white peach and its kernel, crabapple and its pit, tartly and piquantly mark the Donnhoff 2011 Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs, which displays a shimmering sense of transparency to vibrant crystalline and stony (as well as the aforementioned piquant) nuances. Saliva-inducing saline savor and an invigorating sense of piquancy and tactile mineral impingement render the finish here profound and provocative (above all, of the next sip!). I would look for at least a decade of stimulation. (2/27/13)"