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Yellow plum, white peach, lemon, high-toned herbal essences, and nut oils scent Donnhoff's off-dry 2009 Riesling (which, as usual, originates in the Oberhauser Felsenberg), then migrate to a palate that exhibits an alluring counterpoint of creaminess and brightness that parallels its contrast of nut oils and citrus. Subtle suggestions of fruit pit are deftly integrated into a finish of lip-smacking persistence and near-dryness. This - like its 2008 predecessor - is among the most expressive and irresistible off-dry generic Rieslings I can recall at Weingut Donnhoff. It ought to prove deliciously versatile for at least the next ten or a dozen years. -90pts WA (DS)