March 11, 2023 - Candie's Big 4-0 (Spoon & Stable, Mpls, MN): Lovely medium gold color. Drank a glass over an hour. Looking back my last note on this was from 1/2/11. Now 12 years later, the wine is like it was sealed in a time capsule and never changed. My notes are very similar. Ripe, with almost a sense of tingling effervescence, tropical, ripe peach, golden apple, pineapple, still taught with great acidity and freshness, slate minerality, very tangy, mild fusil, very long. Fantastic! 94+ to 95pts.
September 16, 2022 - [1st of 12 bottles]
Very solid aged JJ Prum riesling. Tasting notes from memory: Nose of spices, honey, and dried apricots and peaches. On palette, beeswax, honey, slight oak notes, spices, ripe orchard fruit and dried stone fruit. There is a tannin drying effect on the long finish. Not too sweet as the sugar is well integrated.
As of now, still an excellent aged Spatlese of 20 years, but a step behind the 2002 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese and the 2004 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese. The purity in fruit was not as pronounced, but perhaps the other bottles may show better. 91-92 pts
July 23, 2020 - So good after 18 years. Stored in my cellar since release. I'm rating it higher than the critics did. It's rich, complex, and flawless, but still youthful. I bet it could go another 10-15 years easy. It's better now than its predecessors I enjoyed in their youth. Magic for the money.
May 14, 2020 - The cork was a little crumbley but came out fine with an Ah Soh
There was just a touch of secondary fermentation as there was a little bit of bubbles on pouring. Still had all the wonderful flavors of this wine; peaches tangerines honey. But just enough to affect the pureness of the flavor. But once it blew off it was fabulous.
As wonderful as these wines are in youth, they do become special as they age.
August 1, 2017 - Good
September 16, 2016 - Nose of passionfruit, green apples, honey, and a little citrus & banana. The palate has all of the same rich flavors, starting with green apple, adding minerality with citrus and pear with honey, then a hint of those tropical fruits on a very long finish. Decent acidity that gets more noticeable towards the finish. There's a little petrol in the background that also becomes slightly stronger on the finish. This gets better after a few hours as the petrol fades.
As I've recently said on the forums, my wife and I would be perfectly happy drinking no other Riesling but Graacher Himmelreich from JJ Prüm for the rest of our existence.
May 30, 2015 - Riesling rendezvous (Bern, Switzerland): Heavy sulphur, but despite that this is lovely, salty and powerful.
November 27, 2014 - A graceful wine with petrol notes that are just enough to give character and lead into honey and lime and a fine finish.
March 9, 2014 - I can't say that I have had many Prums that I have felt were ready right out of the bottle, but this is one that is perfectly singing right now. bananas and hazelnuts on the nose. Good concentration on the palate with pears, lychee and some marzipan. Superb length and elegance. Bravo!
September 17, 2012 - A small 2002 Bordeaux Retrospective (Maude's Liquor Bar, Chicago IL): nose: very fresh and balanced on the nose with tones of guava, white fruits, pears, green apples and some nice slatey mineral tones. Open, but still youthful on the nose.
taste: light bodied with real lovely feel and noticeable medium/high acidity. There is freshness to the tones of guava, white fruits, pears and minerals.
overall: This is still drinking young, but in a very fun place. Very enjoyable and a good way to end the evening