1997 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 93 points

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  5/8/2023 - stanqwash Does not like this wine:

  Lighter than the 96 but still mostly dill notes.

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  11/2/2022 - winot Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Given its age and how long we've had it, it is tough to be objective, but I'll try. Medium deep yellow, which, considering it is 25 years old, is quite youthful looking. The nose is a soft lemon cream, with an accent of herbs and something like mint. Entry is intensely fruity, light to mid weight, and morphs into a more dried-fruit expression, with a soft backing of wet gravel notes and some subtle grapefruit rind. Really quite lovely, but I can't escape the thought that this was just starting to evolve, as in some ways it was quite juicy and youthfully expressive, and the complexities are secondary at best, tertiaries haven't kicked in yet. Nose more interesting than the palate right now. I think that well made wines of this type are almost bullet-proof, capable of decades of evolution.

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  7/14/2021 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  Two years on from my last bottle, this remains on a plateau of maturity, and will likely remain there longer than the actuaries believe I have left. Orange creamsicle, lemon tart, key lime pie, really all the citrus desserts play a role, riding along a saline river. There’s a little of the petrol thing going on, but it’s a nuance, and mostly in the mid-palate. The finish is all citrus sorbet. Back when it was released 1997 was thought of as a lower acid year, and at the time, sandwiched between 1996 and 1998 it was, but now it’s more classical, even a harbinger of the new normal. The big thing is the drinkability. It’s so easy to power through a glass, reveling in the flavors, and just going immediately back for more. Before you know it, 3/4 of the bottle is gone, and it’s like “whoa, I have barely tasted it, but it’s so good.” Hard to slow down. Should have bought magnums.

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  7/5/2019 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  Elegant, pure, drinkable, refreshing, and more, the ‘97 Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese was at a perfect maturity point. Still showing fresh fruit, but also aged elements both aromatically and texturally, it had shed baby fat, and revealed its stone cut body, only accented by sweetness, making it a perfect dinner wine.

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  8/7/2016 - telkmann Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Korken schon halb zerbröselt.
  Mittelgelb, kräftige Farbe.
  Duft von Pfirsich.
  
  Der erste Schluck etwas sherryartig, aber mit etwas Luft deutlich besser. Grossartiger reifer Pfirsich später Apfel. Perfekte Balance von Säure und Restzucker.
  Langer langer langer Nachgeschmack.
  Ein toller Wein, passte gut zu gebratener Scholle

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