A bowl of tropical fruits on the nose. Definitely a big rich spatlese. But there is balancing acid there, especially when it's on the cooler side. Think this will improve with age.
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PnP. Pineapple, peach, guava, passion fruit core with balanced acid. '19s are not as open as they were a couple of years ago, but still enjoyable to drink, fairly simple with great balance and energy.
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Wonderful aromatically and not solely as primary as one would expect given how young this is. On the nose: petrol and a minerally scent with some grasses. Florals eventually begin to peek out. Palate highlights the fruit, which was overshadowed on the nose: lychee, peaches and a sliver of apple. Balanced mouthfeel with a hint of effervescence. Medium finish with considerable lingering of a faint, fruity sweetness.
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I opened a young Prüm--which is not something I'm generally prone to do--to check in given all the rave reviews of this over the last year. I don't know that I found this quite as expressive as some other notes suggest, but it is nonetheless a real treat to drink at this age. The nose, while initially quite reticent, ultimately opens to show jasmine, pear, and almond. The palate is light but intense, sweet but brisk, a dancing pleasure, with flavors of marzipan leading into a exquisite and long finish with layers of vanilla and tangerine pith. It's certainly worth opening one of these for immediate pleasure, but it also shows so much potential, and it's worth it from that perspective as well. I didn't buy enough of this.
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The nose is a little muted, but otherwise this is lovely. Palate leads with zippy acidity, followed by ripe fruits--white peach and melon--a bit of a lifted floral note, and a touch of petrol. Persistent finish. Will be fun to follow these over the next few decades. 93-94+
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Popped and slow ox'd for around 2 hours. Pale golden color. Pronounced nose of ripe peach, honeysuckle, tropical fruit, petrol. Similar flavors on the palate with ripe stone and tropical fruit flavors with some underlying smoky petrol and mineral notes but definitely more fruit forward at the moment. High acidity but weighed down with just a ton of sweet fruit at the moment. Long finish. Very tasty now but I think that can shed a little fat and show better in another couple of years.
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Outstanding. Wonderfully balanced, starting to show a bit of kerosene refinement, but not overpoweringly so. A bit more orange peel or maybe candied lemon peel. The acid and minerality cut the sweetness. Decent body - this holds up well. Such a classic.
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Less sweet style of Spätlese. White fruit - more pear than apple - and herbal notes on the nose. Beautifully fresh. Mid weight and texture, nice balance, med+ length, honey pear apple on the palate. I really like this style of Spätlese. Had with spicy curry and balanced those spicy flavors nicely.
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Decanted 6hrs. Yet another 19 German Riesling that not only meets the hype, but likely exceeds it. I served this to my parents, and while I have fed them enough Prums for them to know its a quality producer they enjoy, I didn’t let on that it was super hyped vintage and bottling. Oooh’s and Ahhhh’s omitted round the table and I was all in on this chorus, this was simply spectacular. I didn’t detect any sulfur / reduction. Clean as rainwater, sporting a crystal clear presentation of green orchard fruit and layers of perfectly woven honey and pulsating acidity. The back end felt gravelly, almost like a volcanic rock or perhaps bitter citrus skins, either way, this was clicking on all cylinders last night.
Method: blind against 9 other 2019 Spatlese; ice bucket cold (colder than I prefer); opened a few hours in advance
Nose: peach, ginger, guava, mineral; nice nose
Palate: huge minerality, parsley, lime pith; medium finish of bitter herbs; low+ sweetness; medium body; spritz; medium+ acidity
Overall: I really enjoyed the nose and this has nice enough acidity, especially relative to the lower sweetness, but the notes on the palate are not what I'm looking for. I want riper fruit to balance out the minerality and/or herbal notes, but instead I got lime pith, bitter herbs, etc. This ranked in last place at #10 for me in the tasting and was the group's consensus #9. Very good wine in general, but currently disappointing relative to its peers.
Update: I tried this again on day 4 and some ripe fruit was showing through (even something tropical, like guava or even banana), so it might have been around a 90 - 91 at that point.
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Medium-sweet and medium-ripe with flavors of lime and peach nectar. There is the classic mouth-watering acidity of a young Prum and it's rather open and concentrated with complex notes of smoky minerals on the long, delicious finish. I expected a lot given the vintage and how much I enjoy this bottling and I'm a bit disappointed as it seems a little overly sweet and a bit heavy in the context of past vintages. Global warming perhaps? I just had a bottle of the '01 which was fantastic and still laser-like. 90?
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Minerality and salinity come across much more here than on the Kabinett. The sweetness is mild and it is followed by plenty of acidity. I actually think this might be closed down a little as the fruit is hard to decipher. Hold.
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The old rule of young Prum being too sulfury to drink doesn't seem to apply anymore. That's going to make it hard to give this wine the cellar time it usually deserves because it is so mind-bogglingly good right now, an absolute thrill ride and ecstasy high and it's very difficult to imagine how age could make it any better, just different. Somehow it combines the best features of dry riesling and sweet riesling without either one negating the other. It opens with the cut and clarity of a yellow diamond with gothic detail and sharp, acute angles; then the sumptuous fruitiness kicks in without compromising any of its solidity or crunch. It gives the fruit a honeyed aspect but not like a treacle of honey, more like opening wide & biting down right into that finely pixelated honeycomb and sucking the honeyed liquid out of its veins. Then sometimes it's more like a preserved candied meyer lemon, the fruit luminously bright but with the intensity of a reduction, its texture flecked with crunchy sugar crystals.
This had been opened and decanted hours before tasting. Pear and citrus notes. This shows fantastic balance between the fruit, acidity and sweetness. Complex and long. Excellent.
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Decanted at 9AM, returned to bottle at 11 and sealed, reopened 5-9PM
pale lemon color, on opening a tight nose and palate of grapefruit, white cherry and passionfruit, an hour later the nose begins to open- pear, beeswax, a halo of blueberry, slightly honeyed on the palate, fine long finish with floral fragrance, 9 hours later- blazing pear notes on the nose, on the palate deliciously undulate, pear, citrus, apple blossoms, and underlying it all a steely resolve, fine long penetrating finish, about as feisty as Prum can be- but at all points this maintained a certain ethereal grace, a vintage where this is worth tasting one at release while it is so unusually decadent and bordering on the unruly- but a grand and refined soul rests hidden in the core of this beauty and even by Prum standards this is going to be very special in time.
(*****), 2029-2045
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Tighter than the Kabinett, with a bare trace of Tahitian lime and custard apple. The palate is silky and full, with great depth and superb balance. Flavours build and it has terrific length with plenty of slatey minerality.
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JJ Prum - 2019 range tasting "every year is a new adventure" (ChinChin Sydney): The nose is open and shows plenty of smoke, earthy spice, peach, lemon and pears. The palate is delightful, with the interplay of the fruit, acid and sugar hitting the sweet spot. Has a lot going on across its long length, but retains focus and composure throughout. The best of the three Spatlese today, and certainly has the potential to retain that position going forward.
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AP 13 20. Holy hell this is wonderful. Wonderfully fruity and ripe but in a stunning tension with acid and minerality. Has the fruit of 2017 with the flint and spark of 2012 Prüm. A bit closer to the Auslese realm than 2015 was while young but in many ways it needs that ripeness to balance out to sharp salinity underneath.
Genuinely spectacular and I cannot wait to drink this both young and down the road!
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In a much better spot than the Badstube kab. Riper but doesn't taste any sweeter. Darker fruit than that one with less green herbs. Like the Badstube however this has less young Prum sulfur/reduction than expected.
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Wow. I sometimes find JJP wines hard to drink young due to the sulfur. Not this one. This is one of the more balanced, complex young Rieslings in memory. There's a ton going on here: the perfectly ripe fruit is enhanced by floral elements, prickly minerals, and a subtle salinity. And all for $38? Silly. Load up.
10/28/2023 - Vas19 wrote: 92 Points
A bowl of tropical fruits on the nose. Definitely a big rich spatlese. But there is balancing acid there, especially when it's on the cooler side. Think this will improve with age.
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8/1/2023 - lyndamt Likes this wine: 94 Points
Notes of pear and apple on the tongue, honeysuckle and petrol on the nose. Minor effervescence. Very enjoyable, excited to see how it ages
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6/17/2023 - shifter Likes this wine:
PnP. Pineapple, peach, guava, passion fruit core with balanced acid. '19s are not as open as they were a couple of years ago, but still enjoyable to drink, fairly simple with great balance and energy.
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1/9/2023 - RPHC Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wonderful aromatically and not solely as primary as one would expect given how young this is. On the nose: petrol and a minerally scent with some grasses. Florals eventually begin to peek out. Palate highlights the fruit, which was overshadowed on the nose: lychee, peaches and a sliver of apple. Balanced mouthfeel with a hint of effervescence. Medium finish with considerable lingering of a faint, fruity sweetness.
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8/7/2022 - jlm wrote:
I opened a young Prüm--which is not something I'm generally prone to do--to check in given all the rave reviews of this over the last year. I don't know that I found this quite as expressive as some other notes suggest, but it is nonetheless a real treat to drink at this age. The nose, while initially quite reticent, ultimately opens to show jasmine, pear, and almond. The palate is light but intense, sweet but brisk, a dancing pleasure, with flavors of marzipan leading into a exquisite and long finish with layers of vanilla and tangerine pith. It's certainly worth opening one of these for immediate pleasure, but it also shows so much potential, and it's worth it from that perspective as well. I didn't buy enough of this.
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6/11/2022 - mcktuck wrote: 93 Points
The nose is a little muted, but otherwise this is lovely. Palate leads with zippy acidity, followed by ripe fruits--white peach and melon--a bit of a lifted floral note, and a touch of petrol. Persistent finish. Will be fun to follow these over the next few decades. 93-94+
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5/13/2022 - Rich S Likes this wine: 92 Points
Popped and slow ox'd for around 2 hours. Pale golden color. Pronounced nose of ripe peach, honeysuckle, tropical fruit, petrol. Similar flavors on the palate with ripe stone and tropical fruit flavors with some underlying smoky petrol and mineral notes but definitely more fruit forward at the moment. High acidity but weighed down with just a ton of sweet fruit at the moment. Long finish. Very tasty now but I think that can shed a little fat and show better in another couple of years.
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3/10/2022 - WineTimeFineTime Likes this wine: 94 Points
Outstanding. Wonderfully balanced, starting to show a bit of kerosene refinement, but not overpoweringly so. A bit more orange peel or maybe candied lemon peel. The acid and minerality cut the sweetness. Decent body - this holds up well. Such a classic.
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12/14/2021 - Richard P Howden wrote: 91 Points
Less sweet style of Spätlese. White fruit - more pear than apple - and herbal notes on the nose. Beautifully fresh. Mid weight and texture, nice balance, med+ length, honey pear apple on the palate. I really like this style of Spätlese. Had with spicy curry and balanced those spicy flavors nicely.
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11/21/2021 - Dale M wrote: 95 Points
Decanted 6hrs. Yet another 19 German Riesling that not only meets the hype, but likely exceeds it. I served this to my parents, and while I have fed them enough Prums for them to know its a quality producer they enjoy, I didn’t let on that it was super hyped vintage and bottling. Oooh’s and Ahhhh’s omitted round the table and I was all in on this chorus, this was simply spectacular. I didn’t detect any sulfur / reduction. Clean as rainwater, sporting a crystal clear presentation of green orchard fruit and layers of perfectly woven honey and pulsating acidity. The back end felt gravelly, almost like a volcanic rock or perhaps bitter citrus skins, either way, this was clicking on all cylinders last night.
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11/7/2021 - JRockEsq Likes this wine: 89 Points
Method: blind against 9 other 2019 Spatlese; ice bucket cold (colder than I prefer); opened a few hours in advance
Nose: peach, ginger, guava, mineral; nice nose
Palate: huge minerality, parsley, lime pith; medium finish of bitter herbs; low+ sweetness; medium body; spritz; medium+ acidity
Overall: I really enjoyed the nose and this has nice enough acidity, especially relative to the lower sweetness, but the notes on the palate are not what I'm looking for. I want riper fruit to balance out the minerality and/or herbal notes, but instead I got lime pith, bitter herbs, etc. This ranked in last place at #10 for me in the tasting and was the group's consensus #9. Very good wine in general, but currently disappointing relative to its peers.
Update: I tried this again on day 4 and some ripe fruit was showing through (even something tropical, like guava or even banana), so it might have been around a 90 - 91 at that point.
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10/11/2021 - dream Likes this wine: 90 Points
Medium-sweet and medium-ripe with flavors of lime and peach nectar. There is the classic mouth-watering acidity of a young Prum and it's rather open and concentrated with complex notes of smoky minerals on the long, delicious finish. I expected a lot given the vintage and how much I enjoy this bottling and I'm a bit disappointed as it seems a little overly sweet and a bit heavy in the context of past vintages. Global warming perhaps? I just had a bottle of the '01 which was fantastic and still laser-like. 90?
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9/1/2021 - prof b wrote:
Minerality and salinity come across much more here than on the Kabinett. The sweetness is mild and it is followed by plenty of acidity. I actually think this might be closed down a little as the fruit is hard to decipher. Hold.
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7/26/2021 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 99 Points
The old rule of young Prum being too sulfury to drink doesn't seem to apply anymore. That's going to make it hard to give this wine the cellar time it usually deserves because it is so mind-bogglingly good right now, an absolute thrill ride and ecstasy high and it's very difficult to imagine how age could make it any better, just different. Somehow it combines the best features of dry riesling and sweet riesling without either one negating the other. It opens with the cut and clarity of a yellow diamond with gothic detail and sharp, acute angles; then the sumptuous fruitiness kicks in without compromising any of its solidity or crunch. It gives the fruit a honeyed aspect but not like a treacle of honey, more like opening wide & biting down right into that finely pixelated honeycomb and sucking the honeyed liquid out of its veins. Then sometimes it's more like a preserved candied meyer lemon, the fruit luminously bright but with the intensity of a reduction, its texture flecked with crunchy sugar crystals.
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7/10/2021 - B Paul wrote:
This had been opened and decanted hours before tasting. Pear and citrus notes. This shows fantastic balance between the fruit, acidity and sweetness. Complex and long. Excellent.
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7/9/2021 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
Decanted at 9AM, returned to bottle at 11 and sealed, reopened 5-9PM
pale lemon color, on opening a tight nose and palate of grapefruit, white cherry and passionfruit, an hour later the nose begins to open- pear, beeswax, a halo of blueberry, slightly honeyed on the palate, fine long finish with floral fragrance, 9 hours later- blazing pear notes on the nose, on the palate deliciously undulate, pear, citrus, apple blossoms, and underlying it all a steely resolve, fine long penetrating finish, about as feisty as Prum can be- but at all points this maintained a certain ethereal grace, a vintage where this is worth tasting one at release while it is so unusually decadent and bordering on the unruly- but a grand and refined soul rests hidden in the core of this beauty and even by Prum standards this is going to be very special in time.
(*****), 2029-2045
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5/21/2021 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Tighter than the Kabinett, with a bare trace of Tahitian lime and custard apple. The palate is silky and full, with great depth and superb balance. Flavours build and it has terrific length with plenty of slatey minerality.
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5/18/2021 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
JJ Prum - 2019 range tasting "every year is a new adventure" (ChinChin Sydney): The nose is open and shows plenty of smoke, earthy spice, peach, lemon and pears. The palate is delightful, with the interplay of the fruit, acid and sugar hitting the sweet spot. Has a lot going on across its long length, but retains focus and composure throughout. The best of the three Spatlese today, and certainly has the potential to retain that position going forward.
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4/18/2021 - Stevelayden Likes this wine: 95 Points
AP 13 20. Holy hell this is wonderful. Wonderfully fruity and ripe but in a stunning tension with acid and minerality. Has the fruit of 2017 with the flint and spark of 2012 Prüm. A bit closer to the Auslese realm than 2015 was while young but in many ways it needs that ripeness to balance out to sharp salinity underneath.
Genuinely spectacular and I cannot wait to drink this both young and down the road!
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3/28/2021 - Tubulus wrote:
In a much better spot than the Badstube kab. Riper but doesn't taste any sweeter. Darker fruit than that one with less green herbs. Like the Badstube however this has less young Prum sulfur/reduction than expected.
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1/22/2021 - rc@ughey wrote: 94 Points
Wow. I sometimes find JJP wines hard to drink young due to the sulfur. Not this one. This is one of the more balanced, complex young Rieslings in memory. There's a ton going on here: the perfectly ripe fruit is enhanced by floral elements, prickly minerals, and a subtle salinity. And all for $38? Silly. Load up.
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