97+ points Stephen Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "The 2018 Doosberg Riesling Trocken GG is enormously fine and precise and even coolish on the deep and complex nose, given this spectacularly warm and dry year. The deep, clayey soils of the Doosberg, however, didn't cause any stress. On the palate, this is an intense, finely juicy, seamlessly textured, sublime, highly elegant and complex Doosberg with remarkable purity and finesse and a salty finish with a fine grip and lemon flavors. This is an extraordinary Doosberg. Drink: 2026-2050. (Aug 2020)"
95 points Mosel Fine Wines: "AP: 08 20. The 2018er Doosberg Riesling Trocken, as it is referred to on the consumer label, offers a delicately flowery and spicy nose of almond cream, yellow peach, melon, candied lime, guava, and praline. The wine starts off on the creamy, slightly honeyed and yellow fruit side on the palate and develops great depth, intensity, and presence as it unfolds. A touch of phenolic presence adds presence to the magnificently long, herbal, and dynamic finish. The after-taste is all about lime and other zesty fruits. This great expression of dry Riesling only needs a couple of years to fully shine. 2025-2038. (Oct 2020)"
94 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "This has a whiff of funk from long sur-lie maturation, but also a very fine, apricot note and on the palate it combines the generosity of this vintage with serious tannins and acidity. Best of all at the moment is the long, subtle mineral finish, but this will blossom with more bottle age. From biodynamically grown grapes. Better after 2021. (3/9/21)"
18.5/20 points Michael Schmidt (JancisRobinson.com): "An intense smell of stone fruit and minerality commands almost all the attention of the nose, but at the tail end of the fragrance a suspicion of wood cannot be ignored. On the palate the Doosberg is packed with fruit and rocky minerality before an almost Viognier-like composition of vanilla, mandarin and almond bring a little bit of relaxation to the taste buds. Personally, I’m not sure it needs the wood, but I cannot deny that it is well pitched. Drinking Window: 2022-2030. (8/25/20)"
95 points Mosel Fine Wines: "AP: 08 20. The 2018er Doosberg Riesling Trocken, as it is referred to on the consumer label, offers a delicately flowery and spicy nose of almond cream, yellow peach, melon, candied lime, guava, and praline. The wine starts off on the creamy, slightly honeyed and yellow fruit side on the palate and develops great depth, intensity, and presence as it unfolds. A touch of phenolic presence adds presence to the magnificently long, herbal, and dynamic finish. The after-taste is all about lime and other zesty fruits. This great expression of dry Riesling only needs a couple of years to fully shine. 2025-2038. (Oct 2020)"
94 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "This has a whiff of funk from long sur-lie maturation, but also a very fine, apricot note and on the palate it combines the generosity of this vintage with serious tannins and acidity. Best of all at the moment is the long, subtle mineral finish, but this will blossom with more bottle age. From biodynamically grown grapes. Better after 2021. (3/9/21)"
18.5/20 points Michael Schmidt (JancisRobinson.com): "An intense smell of stone fruit and minerality commands almost all the attention of the nose, but at the tail end of the fragrance a suspicion of wood cannot be ignored. On the palate the Doosberg is packed with fruit and rocky minerality before an almost Viognier-like composition of vanilla, mandarin and almond bring a little bit of relaxation to the taste buds. Personally, I’m not sure it needs the wood, but I cannot deny that it is well pitched. Drinking Window: 2022-2030. (8/25/20)"
| Product SKU | 338549 |
| Producer | Kühn/Peter Jakob |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Rheingau |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Designation | Grosses Gewachs|Trocken / Dry |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | White |
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