July 9, 2023 - Fresh as a daisy and flawless. Pale yellow in the glass—looks like a brand new wine—with expressive aromatics, this is light and delicate on the palate with only subtle sweetness and intense minerals. Perfectly balanced and just approaching its peak. Not a blockbuster like the 01 but dare I say this might be just as good for what it is.
March 12, 2023 - Prüm's 2002 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese is just starting to open up and is very enjoyable today with an hour or two of air. Very fresh and fruit forward with an abundance of white peach, raspberry candy, roses, lime, roasted thyme, whipped cream and green apple. Pure and delicate, exceptional balance. Now - 2035
February 10, 2023 - Cork pushed in, bad fill level. Way advanced and completely dead and undrinkable.
December 12, 2022 - Very nice integration of sweetness for this Riesling - full golden colored. Nice ripe tropical fruits, with still elegant acidity that frames this wine all the way through. I liked this a lot
November 5, 2022 - Thai and Riesling Night: [Thai and Riesling Night - Nine Rieslings]
Much more oxidative and advanced than the 2005 Prum. Also more advanced than my first bottle. Matches my old notes to a degree, but this died after a hour of opening. Chalking it up to bottle variation here.
October 2, 2022 - [First of 12 bottles, bottle with past seepage]
An aged JJ Prum is one of the most magical wines you can have! While young, JJ Prum can often come off as too sweet, too simple (fruity), and sometimes too predictable. With age, the integration of the sweetness and the fruit really transforms the wine into something absolutely heavenly.
On the nose, toasted coconut, coconut water, honey sweetened herbal tea, ripe peaches and almost fermenting pineapple. Pronounced intensity, ripe stone fruit and peaches slathered in light honey, light caramel, ripe apricot with the assumed racy acidity, dried tropical fruit, dried pineapples, floral notes, blossom, elderflower. Med+/high acid, medium dry (aftertaste of sweetness, but not overly so), med/med+ body, long long finish, up to 20-30 seconds with some sips.
I feel blessed to have 11 more bottles left of this, and even then I still wish I had more. The acidity is still readily apparent, bringing in freshness to the aged tertiary notes. I drank this over 5 days with it being preserved in my fridge, and it was still beautiful by the 5th day. The fruit transforms into a more honey-laden flavors as time progressed, from tropical fruit to ripe apricot. I can see this easily holding for another 5-10 years, but this is the prime time to drink this. This is peak JJ Prum and there is no time to waste!
I drank this along with the 2002 JJ Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese and I think I liked this Wehlener just a touch more. It was close, but the Wehlener tasted slightly fresher and had my preferred fruit notes, whereas the Graacher had more of the beeswax and slight woodiness to its tertiary complexity. Both were excellent and a dream to have, but I favored the Wehlener was favored in this first matchup. 94-95pts (Wehlener) vs 93 pts (Graacher).
June 21, 2022 - ABV 8.5; very gunky top of the cork as per others, but it came out easily with an ah so
lovely gold color
plenty of passion fruit, pineapple, and other tropicals; lovely mouth feel
enough acidity, though i would have liked a bit more
June 5, 2022 - Upon removal of the foil, the cork stemmed to be in a poor state. Thankfully it was just the top, and the wine was in great condition.
Papaya, mango, wet slate and moderate petro on the nose. 20 years of age and yet so vibrant with fruit. Well balanced and nice Wehlener Sonnenuhr. Would not keep remaining bottles longer. Would have hoped for a longer finish.
January 16, 2022 - The cork was in poor shape with leakage into the capsule. But the wine was delicious. Given the age and state of the cork, my recommendation is to drink soon.
February 2, 2021 - Drinking beautifully with a spicy curry dish. Green apple, medium bodied with hint of sweetness.