2016 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  4/20/2024 - thebonnydooner wrote: 91 Points

  Pale yellow gold. Lovely ripe apple fruit on the nose with lots of tropical notes - melon, guava, passion fruit. Palate is light in body with some sweetness, ripe apple and pear and melon, juicy acidity and a long lime and apple finish, hints of orange marmalade . Very good without getting to great.

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  2/17/2024 - Brian Glas Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Tasted after 30 minutes of air. Nice honey and lychee fruit. Zippy acidity provides excellent balance. Went great with a hot bowl of spicy pho.

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  12/24/2023 - ziavino wrote: 91 Points

  Notes of Mandarin orange and stonefruit lead the way on the nose and palate, with hints of diesel weaving in. Leaner and softer than I'd expected and sporting medium acidity for freshness.

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  12/17/2023 - vintage_whine wrote:

  A little fatter and less acid than I would have hoped

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  8/15/2023 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:

  pale yellow color, sweet peaches and blood orange on the nose, dazzling, on the palate bursting with sweet fruit, peach, succulent pears, a hint of green apple, soft honeyed mineral notes, this has all the mid-weight opulence and joy of the vintage with a fine structure well buried to keep it all in rein, coming around nicely and almost there- a wine to enjoy while we wait for the 2015s and 2017s to come around.
  
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