Caractéristiques
- Pays:
- Allemagne
- Appellation précise:
- Nahe
- Millésime:
- 2021
- Couleur:
- Blanc
- Type de vin:
- Sec
- Format:
- Bouteille de 75cl
- Type de culture:
- Biologique
- Cépage(s):
- 100% Riesling
- Terroir:
- Petits coteaux escarpés aux sols calcaires composés de roches magmatiques (porphyre) et d'ardoises altérées
- Âge des vignes:
- De 15 à 45 ans
- Vendanges:
- Manuelles
- Rendements:
- Environ 40 hl/ha
- Vinification:
- Fermentation en grands fûts de chêne et cuves inox
- Elevage:
- En cuves inox et grands fûts de chêne
- Degré:
- 13%
- Particularité:
- Grosses Gewächs (Grand Cru)
Dégustation et Garde
- Boire à partir de :
- 2022
- Apogée :
- 2025-2039
- Boire avant :
- 2043+
- Conseil de service :
- Ouvrir à l'avance
- Servir à :
- 11-12°
Description
Lové entre les villages deNiederhausen et Norheim, le Grand Cru “Dellchen" est perché sur des falaises abruptes dans des terrasses de sols volcaniques, d’ardoises et de pierres. Exposé plein Sud, le Domaine Dönnhoff vendange les rieslings à une maturité optimale et à un faible rendement.
Le Grand Cru “Dellchen" exprime un nez très profond sur les agrumes confits, la mandarine fraîche et la nectarine. Ce 2021 est marqué par un développement particulièrement complexe avec un pétrolé très subtile et un exotique délicat. La bouche offre une structure aussi longue que large dans un demi-corps sapide et élancé. Longueur incroyable et potentiel de garde immense.
Suggestion gourmande
Pastilla de poularde de Bresse aux pistaches.
Avis des Experts
James Suckling
"What a ravishing nose of yellow peaches and flowers! Breathtakingly racy and vibrant with wet-stone minerality that leaves you speechless. Dry white cannot taste more crystalline than this, the citrusy freshness at the finish almost off the scale. Still quite radical, but this is so young and has so much energy. Filigree finish. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold."
The Wine Advocate
"From slate and volcanic soils, the 2021 Dellchen GG opens with a radiant, bright, pure and flinty bouquet with fascinating, refined and subtle, highly elegant yet delicate mirabelle and Amalfi lemon fruit intertwined with slatey notes. The bouquet is heavenly to me (and will be, believe me, for all true Riesling lovers). Mahler's 8th symphony, Fausten's Ascension—it's all here. Subtle intensity, a sense of wonder, perfectly interwoven, natural beauty. This nose already tells everything, and I couldn't go on to the next wine for more than half an hour. On the palate, this is a subtle and delicate, highly filigreed yet also incredibly intense, lush and slatey, long, stimulatingly saline and always uplifted Riesling with perfectly ripe and lush fruit with fine tannins. It is a juicy, ripe wine with crystalline acidity and endless salinity that carries everything. This Dellchen is intense yet never gets heavy, but it becomes even more intense. This is immaculate, highly emotional Riesling. It's not just the most beautiful Dellchen I have ever tasted but certainly also the most fascinating dry Riesling I have ever had. This is pure art. An adorable wine and with so much soul. It can't be expensive enough. When Helmut Dönnhoff was speaking about the feminine, charming and tender character of the cru, it is all here. 13% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in July 2022."
Un monument !