2022 Donnhoff Hollenpfad Riesling im Muhlenberg Grosses Gewachs [JS97][V93-95]

Producer: Donnhoff  
Region: Nahe, Germany  
Varietal: Riesling  
Year: 2022 

James Suckling, 97 Points 

"What a dramatic wine this is, at once ripe and austere, super-stony and super-herbal with a touch of peppermint. Compact core in spite of the sleek and very focused body. Electric freshness at the vibrant finish although the acidity is anything but dominant. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold" 

Vinous, 93-95 Points 

"The 2022 Riesling Roxheimer Höllenpfad im Mühlberg Grosses Gewächs is from a special, old parcel of 40-year-old Riesling within the stoniest, rockiest parts of the Permian sandstone of the Höllenpfad. A touch of yeast still plays with the ripe apricot fruit that shimmers shyly on the nose. A touch of white pepper later appears. The palate is stony yet rounded, structured by rockiness, with vivid glimmers of lemon oil, concentrated and increasingly zesty. It's pure yet has an increasingly insistent intensity, spraying with ripe lemon zestiness, white pepper and iron oxide. In the end, buffered lemon zest fills the mouth and mind. The 2022 is long, pure, zesty and insistent. (Bone-dry)" 

Mosel Fine Wines, 92 Points 

"AP: 23 23. The 2022er Höllenpfad im Mühlenberg Riesling -GG-, as it is referred to on the front label, greets one with a fully aromatic and attractive nose of Conference pear, plum, mirabelle, a hint of apricot, cinnamon, and candied grapefruit. The wine coats the palate with some rich flavors of almond cream, smoke, and minty herbs. The finish is comparatively broad and intense, and almost powerful, but has huge length. This is an impressive dry Riesling in the making. 2027-2037" 

Alcohol: 12.5% 

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