Hochheimer Domdechaney Erstes Gewächs Trocken Riesling

Fact sheet

Type

White

Grape

Riesling

Country

Germany

Appellation

Rheingau

Body

full

Acidity

high

Sweetness

dry

Rated vintages

• 201190 pts

  White grapefruit, peach and blossom notes are perfumed and pretty on this dry, full-bodied Riesling. The palate feels weighty and ripe, but bright, with flavors of quince jelly and yellow plum, along with a zesty, focused minerality that carries from start to finish.

• 200886 pts

  Pretty standard stuff, making it something of a disappointment in an Erste Gewächs context. Petrol notes upfront, followed by honey, pear and citrus fruit and a long, mineral-inflected finish. It's good, but this sample didn't sparkle.

• 200691 pts

  Smoke and petrol notes lead off, followed up by hints of dried apricot and fresh peach. This is a thick, viscous dry Riesling, oozing with minerality that persists through the long finish. Although most German producers insist wines like this will age, why wait? Drink it over th…