Nahe Riesling Qba Trocken 2019 - Dönnhoff

Characteristic Riesling from the steeply sloping vineyards of the central Nahe region. The vines grow in stony and weathered volcanic soils of porphyry and melaphyr, with certain amounts of slate and quartzite. A dry Riesling, very typical of our winery. Wonderfully fresh and well-defined, elegant with a sparkling minerality. A delicious everyday wine with moderate alcohol and very relaxing acidity. On the palate, this is a tense, lovely, juicy and intense Riesling with great elegance, lightness and finesse.

Donhoff

Oberhausen an der Nahe is an enchanted village. And yet it is precisely here that Dönnhoff, the leading company of modern German viticulture, is located. In his vineyard, Helmut Dönnhoff moves like a sovereign, aware of his value but without presumption. And he measures himself with complex business strategies for the next half century: since he envisages a lifespan of about forty years for his vines, Dönnhoff renews 1/40 of the total vineyard area every year. Thus a vineyard is made up of a third of very old vines (up to 55 years), a third newly planted, and a third of different ages. As for the taste of his wines – in addition to Riesling, he also produces Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris, Dönnhoff is convinced that “sweetness needs acidity to balance fruitiness and aroma well”. The geological variety of the soils also comes out well in Dönnhoff wines: the slate soils produce aristocratic, delicate and slender whites, while the wines grown on volcanic soil are more aromatic, full-bodied, opulent and drinkable earlier than the others.