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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 135 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by GarretFT on 4/13/2024: Nose: stone and tropical fruits, can smell the botrytis, diesel
Taste: tropical fruits, botrytis, marmalade (but not like Sauternes)
Fresh, acid, long aftertaste (652 views) | | | Tasted by Cwehmeyer76 on 2/10/2024 & rated 98 points: Stunning! Not overly sweet (1292 views) | | | Tasted by Jshaughn on 10/18/2023 & rated 97 points: Wine was in perfect shape... shockingly fresher than most wines 3-5 years old let alone 16. Great fruit concentration and searing acid. Gorgeous wine. (1914 views) | | | Tasted by dbg on 9/22/2023: Ripe peaches, citrus, minerals, nice balance and finish, excellent. (1903 views) | | | Tasted by ArtF on 8/4/2023 & rated 95 points: Lieblich halb.flasche. (2023 views) | | | Tasted by ArtF on 6/15/2023 & rated 93 points: From .375, less acidity and now sweeter than 2 years ago. But still smooth, balanced and elegant. Big step up from the spatlese. (2260 views) | | | Tasted by Peter Spijker on 3/19/2023 & rated 93 points: Open for 24 hours. Very intense stone fruit on the nose, notes of melon, honey, pear, peaches, lemon curd, wet stones incredibly long finish with good tension between mouth watering acidity and fruit. This drinks well now, but should develop even further! (2372 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 3/9/2023: Coravin fun - European Riesling (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Custard apple, stone fruit; apricot, smidge of sulphur. Juicy, fleshy, off dry tends to sweet but acid sufficient to offset, borders on the wrong side of sweetness which lends a very slightly cloying note, soe fruit, custard apple, a little texture, fresh, long, nice (2279 views) | | | Tasted by Hugo Hilde on 2/11/2023: Classics (Tøyen, Oslo): A perfect night cap, such an elegant wine, both on the nose and palate. Long finish with great purity, nothing excessive here, though fine complexity.
Lovely. (2426 views) | | | Tasted by chbeaumont on 1/14/2023 & rated 93 points: Lovely bouquet & palate, integrated & poised. Effortlessly finish. Now & next decade +. (2279 views) | | | Tasted by Lehto on 8/1/2022 & rated 92 points: Coravin at Riesling Haus in Bernkastel.
Weird penicillin smell on the nose that won’t really blow off but a bit of fruit coming through.
Palate is so light and elegant though! Sweet, tropical, ripe stonefruits and not much acidity or citrus. Honey, beeswax and slight petroleum. (3354 views) | | | Tasted by NickA on 7/11/2022 & rated 93 points: A classic of its genre: flowers, smokey slate and mint leaves on the nose, peaches, cream and rosemary on the palate, with whipped cream followed by tart, succulent mango on the finish. Acidity was notably soft, but not lacking. A very pretty wine with a lot going on - impossible not to enjoy. (2940 views) | | | Tasted by Peter Spijker on 6/13/2022: Bruised apple, lemon curd/cream, flowers, long finish, high acidity. (3057 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 5/26/2022 & rated 92 points: Complexe, envoutant et fort satisfaisant.
Miel et fleurs blanches avec de la pomme
verte et de la poire. Belle finale
bien longue et persistante qui
nous laisse le palais bien nette et
une impression de minéraux!
SUPERBE! (3324 views) | | | Tasted by fozzibaer on 4/2/2022 & rated 93 points: So elegant. (3190 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 2/7/2022: Supps with the girls (E & M's in the rocks, Sydney): From Coravin. Served too cold. showed a bit of stone fruit (peach/nectarine) over green apple, slight sulphur, chalky minerality, fresh acidity, there was a little frizzante note, with time and warmth it started to show custard apple (3435 views) | | | Tasted by kostaslonis on 11/17/2021 & rated 92 points: Brought to drink at Oinoscent
The wine shows demiujm intensity in the nose, clear ripe pear, green apple, a few earthy notes, thin oak frame, preserved citrus, lemon, lemon leaves, blossom-like ethereal notes. Its just starting to lose its initial "grapey" coat
In the palate, the wine shows llight body, medium intensity, citrus, lemon pie notes, raw almond, beautiful balance of electrifying acidity and sweetness, with silky-like texture and the long finish that only Riesling can give you.
Outstanding (3135 views) | | | Tasted by ArtF on 7/12/2021 & rated 92 points: From 375, light to medium gold, sweeter than 2 years ago with less minerals but same elegance. Will try to hold another year or two before drinking next half. (3551 views) | | | Tasted by dal1951 on 1/31/2021 & rated 96 points: Prum keeps doing it. Beautiful notes of appricot, pear and pineapple. Drinks of white peach and pineapple but very soft and delicate. Vicosity is spot on. Just a beautiful wine. Drink with spicy asian or mediterranean food. (4252 views) | | | Tasted by chbeaumont on 11/3/2020 & rated 93 points: Mid-gold, star-bright; delicate bouquet, an intermingling of muted floral/white fruits, spearmint; shows more on the palate, refreshing acidity, expansive; classic dry edge to stiff finish. Another 5 years before peaking.
48 hours later: ginger root, sappy. Clearly will benefit from more time. (4284 views) | | | Tasted by jnewman77 on 11/1/2020: Noted this had seeped a little bit as I was doing some cellar organizing; opened it and it was still quite delicious. The nose had hints of petrol, honeyed apple, pear tart, floral notes, some piney hints, and just a hint of crushed stone. The palate is decadent and yet vibrant with great energy. Really super tasty. (4002 views) | | | Tasted by NostraBacchus on 10/31/2020 & rated 95 points: Wow this is superbly classic Mosel Auslese from a great producer and a very good vintage. It‘s open, mature and very giving right now. Notes of peach, honey, citrus preserve, quince, some ripe pear, but there is also notes of spices, mint, and a lot of minerality like wet stone, etc. There are tertiary notes showing up too, with notes of petroleum, also some lactic notes, But it‘s still very lively. It has medium+ body, with medium-high aciditiy and overall very good length and complexity. A great Auslese that is providing peak-drinking now and over the next 5-10 years. (4188 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 9/23/2020 & rated 93 points: Flannery Night (Jordan's, Northbrook IL): Nose: The nose is perfumed, deep, and filled with nectarines, green and red apples, peaches, white flowers, honey, melon tones, apricots, and some mineral tones.
Taste: The feel is Medium/light bodied with crisp, high acidity. The acidity nicely cuts through while there is excellent texture and depth with nectarines, green and red apples, peaches, white flowers, melon tones, apricots, and some mineral tones.
Overall: This is a beautiful Auslese. There is great texture and depth with the tones starting to show something approaching maturity. (3819 views) | | | Tasted by M.Batard on 5/22/2020 & rated 92 points: First taste of this wine. Lovely yellow peach nectar and maybe ripe melon (but could be honey—I’m resisting that, though). Not hugely sweet, but light and balanced. Paired against sautéed fore gras: magnificent. Later, after dinner on it’s own, continued same, but more complexity. Wishing I had a creme brûlée... (3936 views) | | | Tasted by EricLi on 5/10/2020 & rated 89 points: Good to complement lemon cake. (3676 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Jean Fisch and David Rayer
Mosel Fine Wines, Maturing Mosel: 10 years after retrospective of 2007, Issue #34 (4/1/2017)
(Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jean Fisch and David Rayer
Mosel Fine Wines, Vintage Report 2015, Mature wines commercially available, Issue #32 (10/1/2016)
(Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
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(J J Prüm, Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Mosel White) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, May/Jun 2015, Issue #57, Weingut Johann Joseph Prüm One Of the Wine World’s Greatest Estates
(Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese- Weingut Joh. Jos. Prüm) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (9/17/2014)
(J J Prüm, Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Mosel White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (6/10/2009)
(J J Prüm, Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Mosel White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jon Rimmerman
Garagiste (9/23/2008)
(AUSLESE JJ Prum W-S) 2007 JJ Prum Dear Friends, I'd like to go into more detail here but I've been unable to acquire a significant enough parcel to make a louder splash. This wine is so limited in 2007 it's almost silly - most state allocations are in bottles, not cases. Somehow Prum has harnessed the splendor of the 2007 vintage with an Auslese that will bowl you over. This portfolio continues to dominate in 2007 and I can't even imagine what the GK wines are like. This is actually a bargain Riesling that is worth the money and it's going to be a rarity after the first wave of allocations dissipates. EXTREMELY LIMITED ONE SHIPMENT ONLY directly from the winery cellar - we cannot get a second shipment 2007 JJ Prum Wehlener-Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA germ3741 |
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| Joh. Jos. Prüm Producer website | Importer website | More information on Prüm Goldkapsel wines
Manfred Prüm runs one of the Mosel’s, if not the whole of Germany’s, most revered and respected Estates. It is also amongst the most enigmatic as no-one has yet made it down to his mysterious cellars. Manfred is certainly one of the world’s more eccentric wine producers and a tasting in his drawing room with him is always enjoyable and entertaining. In the Sonnenuhr of Wehlen he owns a portion of one of the Mittel Mosel’s top vineyards. Its steep south-facing dark slate slopes tend to result in deeply flavoured, mineral yet rich and smoky wines. In addition, he manipulates some plots in the next door Himmelreich of Graach which produces engaging wines with fresh acidities that are slightly softer and earlier maturing. These are unashamedly classic, exciting and long-lived wines produced predominantly in stainless tanks to avoid the addition of too much sulphur, though a small proportion of wooden casks are retained, however, depending on the vintage. They are bottled later than most Mosel and often take a few years in bottle before showing the true character, but patience will be rewarded!
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It may be of help to users of this site if the AP number is recorded with every tasting note. The producer makes several essentially identical AP number bottlings separately registered, however. Thus, the standard bottlings need not be identified in the head of the article but any differences between AP numbers can thus be noted in the tasting write-ups.
This is one of the houses where, except for very tiny extra-late or auction bottlings, the AP numbers have little meaning, so there is no reason to have many different identities to several of what are the same wine--just makes the information harder to access. This is one of the very few houses that I'd argue this way. jhtRiesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)Auslese Wikipedia article on Auslese.Wehlener SonnenuhrLagenbeschreibung:
Sonnenuhr errichtet 1842 durch Jodocus Prüm; Lage trägt Namen seit Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Optimale Süd-Süd-West-Exposition, Steilheit bis zu 60%, gute Wasserversorgung. Faktoren bieten beste Reifebedingungen, sind Grundlage für Erzeugung von Weinen von besonderer Eleganz, Feinheit & Ausdruck.
Boden:
Devonschiefer-Verwitterungsboden; in other words, a light friable (easily breakable) greyish-blue slate with some ferric muddiness between layers. Source--personal observation of site. jh
Layer description:
Sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm; Lage has had names since the beginning of the 20th century. Optimal south-southwest exposure, steepness up to 60%, good water supply. Factors offer the best ripening conditions, are the basis for the production of wines of particular elegance, delicacy and expression.
Exact position on weinlagen.infoGermany Wines of Germany | The Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) | How to read a German wine label | Geographical Information Down to Single Vineyards
#2014 Vintage Notes:
2014 Vintage Report by Terry Theise
2014 Vintage Report by Wine Spectator
"My gut still tells me the Saar (and to some extent) the Ruwer are better overall in 2014 than the more storied areas of the Mosel proper, but those that spent the requisite time living in their middle-Mosel vineyards made some of the most electric and "feathery" Riesling in a long time (maybe the finest in 20 years - yes, it's true!)" - Jon Rimmerman (Of course only a very short historical memory would call the Saar and Ruwer less 'storied' than the middle Mosel - jht)Mosel Saar RuwerStarting in 2007 the German wine authorities have changed labeling laws to rename all of the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer wines to just "Mosel." This puts this and other database driven sites in a difficult spot, as millions of old wine label reflect the former labeling. As described here, CellarTracker has elected to remain with the old labeling for a number of years to avoid confusion. At some point we will switch over to just "Mosel" but not for a few years at least.
Mosel WeinKulturland (Moselwein e.V.)
Detailed geographical information at weinlagen.info
#2018 Vintage Notes:
"Acid levels are relatively low throughout Riesling-growing Europe (acidification will once again be permitted in Germany – no surprise, as that’s been the case in eight of the last 10 vintages); but because malic acid was baked off or degraded by relentlessly balmy weather means, what acid remains is overwhelmingly of the efficacious tartaric sort. Extract levels are low, as one would anticipate from a growing season during which relatively little moisture was coursing through the vine’s roots and shoots. [...] Everyone is astonished how there could have been so much juice despite the drought." - David Schildknecht
"2018 is a homogenous vintage with a very high general level, below which it seldom falls [...] It leads with blossom. It is perhaps 80% delicious and 20% fascinating." - Terry Theise
#2017 Vintage Notes:
"not so friendly towards light wines" - Milkmansteve
#2016 Vintage Notes: "Overall, 2016 is a charmer of a vintage with much immediate ripe and fruity appeal, not unlike 2011 (in fresher) or 2007 (in lighter). However, 2016 is far from being homogeneous, in fact it is composed of a mosaic of vintages, a result of the freakish growing conditions. Hidden inside the vintage, there are true gems with the balance of 1997, one of the best vintages ever, 2002 or even 2008. The bulk of the harvest was brought in with refreshingly moderate sugar levels. Overall, the Saar and Ruwer produced slightly fresher wines than the Middle Mosel but there are great differences between Estates. The good harvest conditions allowed for some Auslese, little BA and even TBA wines, but some remarkably pure and fruity Eiswein.
In general, 2016 offers the opportunity to acquire Riesling with great immediate ripe appeal: The vintage is a true charmer. At the top, 2016 is one of the most exciting and elegantly balanced vintage since the 1990s and well-worth stocking up for cellaring! In particular, we urge our readers to literally plunge onto the finest Kabinett and Spätlese: These are some of the most exciting and classic we have ever tasted. 2016 looks also set to become a major vintage for dry Riesling, provided the aromatics are not overripe. Lovers of dessert wines will find much to love in 2016 as the Auslese are pure and the Eiswein are gorgeously fruity. They should however also keep an eye open for the remaining stunning noble-sweet wines from 2015 which are still available here and there." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 36, July 2017
#2014 Vintage Notes:
"The heterogeneity of the 2014 vintage carries over onto the aging process. The top wines start to close down, as one would expect from these wines which are a remake of those from the 1990s. The wines affected by gin, saffron and mushroom flavors are still comparatively open and offer a not unattractive Scheurebe styled fruit opulence. We would opt to drink up these lesser wines except for the odd bottle and bury the little treasures of the vintage deep into the cellar." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 30, March 2016
#2013 Vintage Notes:
"The fruity-styled 2013 wines have firmed up significantly since last year and start to show signs of closing down, making the underlying acidity seemingly sharp and out of balance. The better dry wines have come out of their early armor of smoke and tannin but the acidity may prove quite challenging. Quite frankly, except for some smaller bottlings, this is a vintage to lay down and wait." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2012 Vintage Notes:
"The 2012 wines have put on some flesh and go through a 'fattier' phase which is not unlike what the 2007 went through at the same period. However, the zestier acidity cuts through this 'weight' and makes the wines thoroughly enjoyable at this early stage. In particular the fruity Kabinett and Spatlese as well as the off-dry and dry wines offer much pleasure. We expect these wines to close down over the coming year or two. Enjoy while it lasts!" - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2011 Vintage Notes:
"A bit to our surprise, the 2011 wines have shut down and go through a quite difficult and muted phase now. Their low acidity combined with their maturity makes them feel rich, opulent and often bulky, and thus not really enjoyable. We expect that these will need at least a decade to integrate their sweetness and gain in harmony. The only exception is the dry wines, whose low acidity makes for great food companionship." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2010 Vintage Notes:
"After a mellower period in 2012, many 2010 wines have firmed up and developed a stronger smoky side. However, most continue to shine through their fruit opulence, structure and deliciously zesty but ripe acidity. This suits in particular the off-dry bottlings, which have more charm than the legally dry wines. Will these wines close down? Actually, the softening acidity makes us wonder now but it also provides further evidence that these wines will turn out harmonious after all." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2009 Vintage Notes:
"Most 2009 wines have closed down, which accentuates their round and soft side forward. Many can still be quite enjoyable but the times of primary fruit with its attractive aromatic expression and a generous acidic kick are now over. Except for the dry wines, we would definitely recommend keeping your hands off any bottle in your cellar and possibly buying more wines from this vintage on the market as these are true gems in the making." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015 |
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