2022 Weingut Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs 1.5L Magnum, Nahe, Germany
2022 Weingut Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs 1.5L Magnum, Nahe, Germany

2022 Weingut Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs 1.5L Magnum, Nahe, Germany

$190.00

Region: Nahe
Grape: Riesling
Vineyard: Schloßböckelheim Felsenberg
Soil:red volcanic igneous rock, a melange of porphyry and melaphyr
Wine-making: Fermented and matured in a mixture of stainless steel vats and neutral 10+-year-old 1200L German stückfass from Hösch.
Slope: 50-60%
Aspect: South, Southwest
Age of Vines: Approx. 25-35 years
Classi­fied VDP. GROSSE LAGE

Felsenberg

A very old and famous site, splendidly located on a steep southern slope. The vines grow under extreme conditions in weathered volcanic porphyry soil. The stony ground heats quickly during the day, and that warmth produces characteristic Rieslings with a racy fruitiness and mineral acidity, internationally recognized for their distinctive flinty aromas. At the heart of this fantastic vineyard stands our Felsentürmchen (“small rock tower”). The mineral-rich Felsenberg grapes undergo an intense selective harvest and their wines bear the symbol of the Felsentürmchen.

A great dry Riesling, very complex, displaying great, smoky crystallized minerality with a flinty character – unmistakably Felsenberg.

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