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| Drinking window: Drink between 2021 and 2042 (based on 7 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dionysiaka on 11/10/2023 & rated 94 points: Optik: helles, klares, glänzendes strohgelb mit grünen Reflexen
nase: reife birne, honig, tropische Früchte und petrolik, durchaus mit einer frischen mineralik gepaart
Gaumen : das ist eine großartig frische säure, die wunderbar von der süße eingebunden ist. Überhaupt keine schwere süße wirkt wie ein kabi. Wunderbare Textur. Langer krabbelnder abgang. (447 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 3/19/2022 & rated 92 points: Sichuan and Rieslings (Taste of Sichuan, Beaverton OR): The nose is very giving and spring-like as it fills the glass with White flowers, peaches, green apples, pears, saline, herbs, mint, and crushed rocks. There is good depth to the nose, but it’s in a rather straightforward style. The light bodied feel has a playfulness to it and it lacks a little depth along with tart, high acidity. This has shed some of its baby fat and is moving into something more mature. I’m not sure it’s fully there yet (or will ever get “there”) and this feels like another couple of years will benefit it. (1179 views) | | | Tasted by StewartWent on 8/14/2021 & rated 88 points: Clean, well put together and refreshing. Lighter than expected and a slighty dip mid palate. Apparently storage not great and this may have impacted but hard to point to any specific issue. Peak drinking for mine. (1021 views) | | | Tasted by RGCM Gananda on 7/23/2021 & rated 94 points: White peach, honey and a veritable spring garden of floral notes on the nose. Medium bodied with a mixture of white apple, white peach and yellow apple and yellow peach the currently dominant fruit notes. This wine has more density, more richness and feels slightly more complete than the 2014 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese from the prior night. Excellent citrus notes and vibrant acidity provide the structure and contrast, while giving the fruit a feeling of greater definition. Already shows good balance, but this wine is just getting started. In future years, I'd expect increased integration, more fruit complexity and nuance while retaining depth and acidity. Like the Graacher Himmelreich, I'll plan to the save my next bottle for June/July 2023 to taste them alongside again. (995 views) | | | Tasted by TRough on 12/8/2019 & rated 93 points: From Mag (1768 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 8/19/2018: Showing quite open for a young Prüm Auslese, this wine has a rich, honeyed style that speaks to the vintage in the Mosel. Ripe peach and also tropical fruit (pineapple, mango) are supplemented by fresh lime zest and bright acidity. As is so often the case with Prüm, the wine is lively, and lighter on its feet than expected from the aromatics. Bright future here, despite being so approachable at such a young age. (2348 views) | | | Tasted by Baron Slick on 8/11/2017 & rated 94 points: Honeyed and candied in style this shows floral and gravelly aromas of apricots, limes, slate, and Nasturtium. Full bodied, clean, and complex, it flaunts a glazed texture, intense sweetness, kickass acidity, and a tasty piquancy about it. A lick of salt and minerals lace the long, juicy finish. Excellent now but will age gracefully. Impressive. (2197 views) | | | Tasted by leeroach80 on 1/27/2017 & rated 94 points: A very nice off-dry Mosel. Flavors of tart apple, petrol, and some nice sweetness. Highly recommend this great wine. (2268 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 5/23/2016 & rated 92 points: JJ Prum - 2014 range tasting with Katharina Prum: High toned perfume - white florals, pear, some herbal notes and a line of earthy spice. Bright fruit on the palate, the acidity is nicely cleansing. Feels very stylish, I'm very much looking forward to seeing how this ages. (3003 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 3/29/2016 & rated 90 points: 2014 Joh. Jos. Prüm (Chicago, IL): #20-15, 7% abv. There's something again here that just pokes at your brain and won't let go... it's a bit of an unripe character that you can find in the greenness here. It's not just the green apple green, but there's a slight bit of vegetation that just won't just go away. There's sweet yellow fruit (that's not totally ripe) and great acid. The minerality here seems a bit subdued compared to the more overt GH. Indeed, this is a technically competent and enjoyable bottle of Auslese, but it's just not at the same level as the GH. (3663 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 3/29/2016 & rated 91 points: 2014 JJ Prum Horizontal (Chicago, IL): Nose: There is a succulent quality to the nose with white peaches, pears, white fruits, minerals, and a touch of herbs. This shows off excellent depth with an open-knit quality to the nose too.
Taste: Medium bodied with high acidity. The acidity has some real punch to it with it cutting through the density to the feel. There is excellent depth with white peaches, pears, mineral tones, and some herbal notes.
Overall: This is an excellent Auslese. There is good density to it with an uplifting style. There is a slight green note that poked through that was a little distracting. Still, this is ready to drink now and can be aged over the mid-term. (1588 views) |
| 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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