Dönnhoff Riesling Eiswein Oberhäuser Brücke #31 Auction 2010

100 points David Schildknecht (Wine Advocate): “…this wine is practically other-worldly. Cherry, peach, apricot, and strawberry preserves all seem mingled with kirsch distillate, caramel, nut pastes, radish, and fresh lemon, while wreathed in spirituous essence of an entire garden of herbs and flowers. The result is mesmerizingly kaleidoscopic in scent alone, not to mention the reprise on a palate that is both soothingly creamy and invigoratingly, nay, dead-quickeningly bright. Somehow this steers clear of dissonance, presumably on account of sheer abundance of extract and diversity of flavor, a diversity that doesn’t seem excessive while you are under this constantly shifting elixir’s spell, but only seems so once you try to express what you just experienced. It hardly matters to the finish of this wine whether you spit or swallow, or even how long a break you take to recover your composure. ‘At the highest echelons of Eiswein I want something puristic and clear,’ comments Donnhoff. I could assent to those adjectives, too. But essentially this is Eiswein taken as close as is possible to the level of great art… (Dec 2011)”

100 points CellarTracker.com community score.