2011 Dessert Wine

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...

Wine Spectator, 99 points: Incredibly rich, with pineapple, persimmon, heather honey, creamed Jonagold apple and quince flavors. The lines are clearly drawn, with seamless acidity lending support and letting the finish both zip and drape at the...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 91 points: Medium-dark yellow-gold. Rather subdued aromas of peach pear marzipan and vanillin oak. Suave smooth and focused on entry then turns a bit austere in the middle displaying lovely purity of apple guava and pear flavors...

Wine Spectator, 99 points: A lovely, creamy, tropical style, with mango, papaya and guava notes lending a caressing feel, while singed almond and warm piecrust accents blossom through the lush finish. Just when you think that's all there is...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 97 points: Bright golden yellow. Intense deep aromas of ripe citrus kiwi and guava are complicated by marmaladey smoky botrytis and a touch of honeyed mango decadent notes that are rare in 2011 Sauternes. Very rich in the mouth...

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...

Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: (WE95-97 points) A gorgeous wine that offers a firm botrytis character with aromas of spice apple and orange zest. It's powerful and meant for long aging. - R.V.

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...

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: (JS96-97 points) This shows incredible freshness and power, with dried pineapples, mangoes and papayas. Full body, medium-sweet with electrifying acidity. Vibrates your palate. Barrel sample still.

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: Wow. This Sauternes shows an amazing intensity of dried pineapple, mango and spicy botrytis. It really shakes you. Full body and very sweet, but with an intense, wild finish of everything. Speechless. Best ever from here...

Wine Spectator, 98 points: Shows fantastic range, featuring creamed Jonagold apple, papaya, toasted coconut, brioche and pineapple notes, laced with macadamia nut and heather honey details. The long, sweetened butter–filled finish shows citrus oil...