Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 93.8 points

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    12/30/2023 - Likes this wine: 96 Points

    Medium golden in color with no signs of aging. Full, forward & attractive nose of rich, ripe fruit aromas of stone fruits of peaches & apricots & lemons/lime/grapefruit & orange rind with overtones of floral notes of honeysuckle, exotic spices, minerals, slate, honey/caramel & hints of botrytis & petroleum notes in the background. Medium bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, complex, lush & rich, ripe fruit flavors of dried apricots, yellow peaches, tangerines, apples, oranges, exotic spice notes, honey, minerals & a hint of caramel. Long lingering finish with bracing acidity. At 40 years of age, it still shows potential to develop further with additional aging. I could see this wine aging for at least 50 years easily if cellared properly. [A.P. Nr. 2 576 511-6-85; Alc. @ 7.5%] Ullage was about 1/4" below capsule of bottle; cork was clean & intact. An outstanding wine with a long-life still ahead of it.

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    9/3/2023 - wrote: 96 Points

    (Chens@BengHiang) Lemon gold in glass. Marmalade, honey, fried apricots, fresh persimmon, juicy. Tight acidity, white pepper, soft green, kerosene, tension. Some development but still super fresh and tight. Youthful. But green apples and hint Brie. Spritz, white florals, clean talcum. Fleshy white fruit. More peach, late stone fruits. White chalk and slate. Amazing.

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    11/11/2022 - wrote: 92 Points

    Delicious honeyed liquor despite modest cork taint.

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    4/1/2022 - wrote: flawed

    Rieslings with Chengdu Impressions (Chicago, IL): #06-85, 7.5% abv. If by now you haven't figured out what the flaw is...

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    3/19/2021 - wrote: 98 Points

    #09-87, 7.5% abv. From half-bottle. My last half-bottle of this was underwhelming (perhaps marred by a slight bit of TCA). This bottle is glorious. It just tastes like everything golden. Evocative of sun-warmed apricots off the tree in the late afternoon when the light turns golden. Gently sweet with no rough edges, and a beautiful hit of that Wehlener Sonnenuhr creaminess to round off the acid, this brings to mind Jacques Lardière talking about spherical wines. Bottles like this almost make the heartbreak of the TCA issues with these old wines worth it.

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    (J.J. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese Goldkapsule) This was mystifying and sensational and incredibly transformative wine. Of course when it was poured it was too young and need some major time in the glass to fully reveal itself. The nose was confectionary with cotton candy, rock candy, key lime, ripe apricot and that wonderful slate. An opulent nose that led to an even more opulent palate. Rich and detailed with many layers and great acidity. Like a pillow on the midpalate that explodes into streams of mineral-infused Riesling fruit with obvious but delicate botrytis flavors. Long precise finish. Really took 45 minutes but once it did open it was astonishing. Honestly if I had a good stash of this I would not open another bottle for 5-10 years. When it was just opened I was shocked at how tight it was. Ya know what else struck me about the bottle was the neck label read Robert Chadderdon Selections. Did not know he imported Prum for a bit.

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