Which Nahe producer is renowned for wines from the Oberhauser Brücke site?

• A. Diel
• B. Emrich-Schönleber
• C. Dönnhoff
• D. Wegeler

Answer: (C)

Oberhäuser Brücke is a premier Riesling site in the Nahe, known for slate-rich soils that give wines a precise mineral character and good aging potential. The producer most closely associated with expressing that site’s character is Dönnhoff, whose Niederhausen–Oberhausen wines from Brücke have long defined the site’s reputation. Their style emphasizes bright acidity, clean fruit, and a transparent, steely minerality that directly mirrors Brücke’s terroir, producing some of the region’s most celebrated single-site Rieslings. While other Nahe producers are highly regarded, their strengths lie with different sites, so the strongest match for Oberhäuser Brücke’s expression is Dönnhoff.