Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Gorgeous mature Marbach, showing a much more severe, mineral side than it does in youth. Sweet lime zest, pulverized rock dust, rock candy, wet moss, wild mint and a little porcini, with just a hint of secondary development beginning to creep in. Bone dry, dense, steely and incredibly mineral on the palate, with crazy 2016 acidity and a finish that feels like licking a rock. The confectionary Marbach character is still there in the inner-mouth aromas, but this is doing almost Domberg things now. Geeky, structured, terroir-driven Riesling. Could get to 9.6 with more air. — 8 days ago

George Hesse

9.5

Trader Joe’s. Would definitely recommend. — a month ago

Barny

9.2

Germany vs. Côte d’Ivoire; the wine is beautifully aged, just like the game 😉 Pleasing 8.5 Alc. — 4 months ago

Barny

9.1

A lovely, Mineral-driven Kabinett, great fruit with low alcohol (8.5), a real pleasure to drink — 5 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Delicious Kabinett Riesling — 8 months ago

Marc S

9.8

Fabulously! — 10 months ago

Lindsey Davis

9.0

Clean and easy, tasty — 2 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

Excellent. Sip on its own. Or pair with asian food. Can’t really go wrong with Dönnhof. And at this level and with srewcap this over delivers - the typical tropical flavors - very well balanced with just the right amount of acidity. Obviously sweet at just 8.5%. — 24 days ago

Brandon Thiessen

9.0

Super concentrated and complex; lovely, drier than my preference — a month ago

Bruce Dunbar

9.0

Six bottles drink between 2008 and 2026 with early notes showing a beautiful balance of sweet fruit, acidity and slate minerality. Sadly, bottles opened ‘24 and ‘26 had bad corks and slight oxidation. Rating for early bottles if you’re lucky enough to have some and the corks are intact. — 3 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

Always a special wine — 5 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose : etherial. White flowers. Finely powdered minerals. Mineral fruit explosion. Sexy mineral fruit DNA bonding. Awesome.

Palate: perfect. Minerals. Acid. Elegant stone fruits.

Fass selections — 7 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

See previous note from February 2024. Peachy and mineral. Absolute purity on the palate with profound intensity and medium minus acidity. At 10 years still with a future but hard to beat right now. Jancis Robinson’s German expert, Michael Schmidt, scored this 19/20. Seriously a world class dry Riesling (13% ABV). Some tasters are getting petrol/kerosene aromas but I’m not getting that. — a year ago

John Willison

9.0

Lime, limestone, ripping acidity. — 2 days ago

Katie Lo Duca Bower

9.7

Nice mild Riesling from FLX — 8 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.4

This was excellent — 2 months ago

Chris Albin

Winemaker, Azari Vineyards Winemaker, Corskcrew Wines

9.0

Bright, fresh, electric. Solid — 4 months ago

Erik Longabardi

9.6

Classic hit — 9 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

Dependably versatile, easy and delicious — 9 months ago

with Sarah

Doug Powers

9.3

Lovely dried apricot aromas and flavors, moderately rich, lovely acid, long, lingering finish, great Donnhoff Spatlese! — a year ago

with Monique and Jim