Description

White Wine: 2001 | Weingut Dnnhoff | Oberhauser Leistenberg Riesling Auslese

The aromatic profile of the 2001 Riesling Auslese Oberhauser Leistenberg is characterized by honey, stone fruits and minerals.

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Producer: Weingut Dnnhoff

Vintage: 2001

Size: 750ml

ABV: 8.5%

Varietal: Riesling

Country/Region: Germany, Nahe

The aromatic profile of the 2001 Riesling Auslese Oberhauser Leistenberg is characterized by honey, stone fruits and minerals. With a medium to full body and expansive breadth, it shows excellent focus and concentration. It has stupendous length and haunts the palate with a creamy vanilla finish.

Producer Information

Weingut Dnnhoff is an estate in the Nahe region of the Rhineland. It is often regarded as one of Germany’s very best producers, famous for the high-quality of its wines which are made predominantly from Riesling. The wine portfolio includes single-vineyard wines and estate wines with approximately 10,000 cases produced each vintage. Dnnhoff is one of only three German estates to receive a 100-point rating from Robert Parker, for the 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2010 vintages of its Riesling Eiswein. The estate is located at Oberhausen in the Riesling heartland of Nahe. There are around 20 hectares (50 acres) of vineyard, with a healthy proportion of Erste Lage sites. Some 80 percent of production is of the Riesling grape, which is planted on rocky, volcanic soils, giving the wines balanced acidity and intense minerality. The remainder of Dnnhoff’s vineyards are devoted to Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris. These are planted on more loamy, less stony soils, which retain more water through the summer. Winemaking is simple at Dnnhoff. Whole-bunch pressing is followed by 10-18 hours of settling, then fermentation in casks or stainless steel tanks. After resting on lees, the wines are filtered in the March after vintage and are bottled a few months later. The Dnnhoff family has been making wine in this region since the 1750s. However, since Helmut Dnnhoff took over in 1971, the estate has been built up step-by-step from 4ha (10 ac) to its current size. Its reputation has increased in similar proportions. Helmut has been described as a “superstar” by Robert Parker and as having a “fanatical commitment to quality, and a remarkable natural talent for winemaking” by British wine writer Hugh Johnson.