2011 Dessert Wine

View From The Cellar, 98 points: After the brilliance of the 2011 Brücke Spätlese and Auslese, I was beginning to wonder how the sweet wines from the Hermannshöhle were going to stack up this year. Never mind! The 2011 Hermannshöhle Auslese is a legend...

Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: This is a rich, complex wine, full of dry botrytis that is surrounded by ripe honey. Spice, white peach and green plum jelly give complexity and variety. The acidity at the end is beautiful. The wine is already enticing...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: Richter's amber/orange colored 2011 Graacher Dompropst Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese, picked at 260° Oechsle and bottled with 5.5% alcohol plus 340 grams of unfermented sugar and 12.5 grams of total acidity, needs some...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: ”‘You with your (expletive) Eiswein!’ Gabi told me when we left these grapes hanging,” relates Donnhoff, and in fact his 2011 Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Eiswein was another of those that threatened to disrupt the...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: A savory and delicate style, with well-integrated passion fruit, apple compote and Key lime pie flavors. Zesty acidity and notes of chive and green herbs give this plenty of snap. Candied mango notes linger on the plush...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: Bottled in late 2016 with 5.5% alcohol plus 360 grams of unfermented sugar, the dark orange/amber colored 2011 Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese is clear and aromatic on the spicy nose where ripe...