Dönnhoff Kreuznacher Krötenpfuhl Riesling Kabinett

Score

91

"From very pebbly loess soils, the 2019 Riesling Kabinett Kreuznacher Krötenpfuhl is bright and sulfured on the precise, elegant and refined nose. Round and elegant on the refined palate, this is a very accessible Kabinett with flesh and texture and almost a Spätlese character. Pleasantly salty on the intense and persistent finish. Tasted as a sample in Bremen, April 2020. Drink 2024-2040."

Score

93

"Prototypical Kabinett with a light body, effusive red apples, then a long, mineral finish. Did somebody say this was an off-dry wine? Yes, but the balance make it extremely food-friendly. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink now. Screw cap."

Score

87+

"The 2018 Kreuznacher Krötenpfuhl Riesling Kabinett is precise and aromatic on the nose, where ripe stone fruit (peach) aromas are displayed. Lush and round on the palate, this is a piquant and aromatic, very attractive and rather early-drinking Spätlese with remarkably fresh acidity. Stimulating. Tasted in July 2018. Drink 2024-2033."

Score

92

"Fresh pear and apple are tinged with ginger and sea breeze on the nose, then succulently deployed on a buoyant, polished palate. The mouthwateringly salt-tinged finish is transparent to shimmering stony notes and a mysterious ore-like earthiness surprisingly reminiscent of Hermannshöhle. “The grapes were almost too ripe for Kabinett,” remarked Dönnhoff of this bottling, “but you still have that citric sense of acidity.” Had he succumbed to his inclination to start picking a week later than the estate in fact did, we would not have a Krötenpfuhl Kabinett – an observation that Dönnhoff, with a smile, declines to contradict. The wine weighs in at 9.5% alcohol, and I don’t think it would have benefited from one gram less residual sugar than whatever it has."