2011 Joh. Jos. Prüm Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93.7 points

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  1/8/2023 - drjb Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This wine opened with a young pale golden colour and a nose of lemon/lime spice, white peaches, apricots and tropical fruits. The palate has a beautiful line of rich stone fruits and tropical fruits with touches of lychee, passionfruit and pineapple. There is a lingering touch of honey and milk chocolate on the finish that's unexpected and lovely balancing the overall feather light impact that is so very Prum. Delicious yet still very young.

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  5/17/2015 - Stevelayden Likes this wine: 94 Points

  When I first opened this it was obvious it was fast asleep. Everything seemed muted except the rampant, honeyed botrytis. A few hours in a decanter opened this up and exhibited fantastic, ripe fruit. No trace of sulfur or fermentation notes. Fantastic wine that would qualify as a beerenauslese from many vintners. The only thing that kept this from getting a higher score was that, like many 2011 wines, this just seemed kind of fat without the acidity to back it up. Maybe it seems that way because 2011 was bookended by two very high acid vintages, so we acid-heads have been spoiled. But a fabulous dessert wine nonetheless and I'm excited to stash away my last two bottles where they'll be a pleasant surprise a decade from now.

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  4/11/2013 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points

  JJ Prum - 2011 Range Tasted (Sydney, Australia): Intense and exotic aromas showing ginger, sea spray, graphite, pineapple and apricot. The palate is similarly intense but the balance is spot on thanks to a wave of cleansing acidity that lifts and drives into a long finish. There is a serious ramping up of the deliciousness over the Auslese thanks to the botrytis characters shining through. Excellent and a clear favourite for me from the Bernkasteler Badstube in this vintage.

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