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The January 2021 Auction: Part 4

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Lot #489. Dönnhoff Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Spätlese #08 2005

Description: Consists of 2 Bottles, 0.75L
Score: 91 JG.
"The Dellchen vineyard seems to be getting stronger and stronger with each passing year in the hands of Herr Dönnhoff, and when I asked him about this, he noted that he had to replant the entire parcel after he bought it, and the vines are now just beginning to reach a good age. His first release from the Dellchen was 1995, and with each subsequent vintage the wine has gotten finer and developed more filigree. The 2005 Dellchen Spätlese is a lovely wine which is cut in a much more delicate style than the two above wines, as it offers up a complex bouquet of apple, peach, a bit of petrol, and gentle soil tones. On the palate the wine is medium-full, discreet and quite elegant, with good mid-palate depth, fine focus, rather understated acidity, and a lovely long finish. This is another fine bottle of wine . . ." John Gilman, View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2006, Issue #4
Provenance: The Chevalier Cellar
Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $70

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