Oberhäuser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett, Dönnhoff

Oberhäuser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett, Dönnhoff - 2022

Item # 42052 750mL

This Riesling is grown and sand and slate soils called Tholeyer. Full of aromas of jasmine tea, honey, and apricots. Full of exquisite, crystalline fruit and minerals.

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About the Producer

Oberhausen an der Nahe Nahe, Germany “The quest for balance is the essence of the entire enterprise,” is the ambitious moniker of Nahe’s most prestigious estate. The Dönnhoff family first came to the Nahe region over 200 years ago, and after establishing a modest farm slowly evolved into a full-fledged wine estate. Helmut Dönnhoff has been making the wine since 1971, and now his son Cornelius...

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Germany

German wines are some of the most jubilantly fruity bottles in the world. The country's Rieslings have been prized worldwide for centuries, yet they have never quite caught on in the U.S.: this no doubt due to Germany’s arcane system of wine classification. The most useful words to know on German wine labels are “Kabinett,” which indicates an outstanding everyday wine, and “trocken,” which means “dry.” As far as dessert wines go, a half-bottle of German Eiswein is so potent that you'll be able...

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Riesling

Though the trend is now in the other direction, for many years Riesling was known for producing wines with little alcohol and some residual sugar - too sweet for many modern wine drinkers. Though it's now cultivated worldwide, Riesling is nearly synonymous with German wine, and that country's winemakers have lately begun to produce some very exciting dry versions. They are careful to retain the delightful honeyed, flinty flavors that the best sweet Rieslings have always displayed. Alsace, of...

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