Winemaker Notes
The best steep parcels around our Felsentürmchen in the midst of the magnificent Schlossböckelheim Felsenberg site. Outstanding Riesling terroir with a soil of red volcanic igneous rock, a melange of porphyry and melaphyr. A great dry Riesling, very complex, displaying great, smoky crystallised minerality with a flinty character.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2002 Riesling Spatlese Schlossbockelheimer Felsenberg explodes from the glass with sweet onion and black raspberry aromas. This decadent wine offers a goose-down duvet texture as well as wide, lush waves of juicy cassis fruit, sea salt, and flint. Powerful, edge-free, pure, and magnificently long, this medium-bodied beauty is a candidate for drinking between 2008 and 2025. All Hail the King of Spatlese! Donnhoff’s line-up of Spatlesen is second to none.
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Wine Spectator
Terrific spätlese. Rich and bursting with apricot, nectarine and mineral aromas and flavors, all supported by a vibrant structure. Really harmonious and elegant.
Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining its identity. A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, this versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Somm Secret—Given how difficult it is to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling from the label, here are some clues to find the dry ones. First, look for the world “trocken.” (“Halbtrocken” or “feinherb” mean off-dry.) Also a higher abv usually indicates a drier Riesling.
BOBOCKELHEIMER_2002 Item# 133553