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Default Donnhoff Spatlese buying advice

Salil wrote:
> I recently had my first experience with one of Donnhoff's wines - a
> 2000 Hermannshohle Auslese that showed few signs of being from a
> relatively poor vintage (aside from slightly low acidity, compared to
> most other German Rieslings I've had) and blew me away with each sip.
> Since then I've kept my eye out for more, particularly his Spatlesen
> which I've heard a lot about.
>
> A local retailer has stock of a handful from 03 and 04 at quite
> reasonable prices. Wines a
> 2003 Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese
> 2004 Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese
> 2004 Schlossbockelheim Felsenberg Riesling Spatlese
> 2004 Schlossbockelheim Kupfergrube Riesling Spatlese


Salil,
You can't go wrong with any of the '04s. '03 was such an atypical
year that I'd not start with it. However, all those wines will need
lots of time to come into their own. Can you lay them down for 5-10 years?

Mark Lipton
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