Continuing exploration of Oberhauser Brucke, wtn

After last weeks 2002 Donnhoff spatlese bottling, tonight I tried the 2000 spatlese bottling. A lovely wine, peaches and stones on the nose, deep yellow fruit flavors with good acidity. One of those wines I just want more of. It is a bit softer than usual from this vineyard and winemaker, but that is a function of this vintage. It is squeaky clean though, and delicious. The sugar is blending in, and I would guess it at its peak about now. No danger of decline though. An excellent bottle for the vintage, or any vintage. This wine is so prototypically Donnhoff to me - extremely well balanced, delicious, elegant, rich. While the current vintages are getting out of my price range, I may just have to stretch to include them. Great stuff, 90 pts for those who keep score, and AP# 0701. Enjoying the exploration, Jim

[David M. Bueker]

Donnhoff is one of the few who made truly great wines in 2000. I'm also a huge Brucke fan (and am finally finding the current prices to be a stretch), but you can do very well with some of the less expensive wines in the Donnhoff portfolio. The Norheimer Kirschheck especially is a great "bargain" in terms of Donnhoff.