2022 Joh Jos Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese

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Simply stunning release of J J Prum's much loved Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese.
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Of all the vineyards JJ Prum obtain their fruit from, the Wehlener Sonnenuhr is the most famous of all.

The Auslese from this vineyard shows the terroir of this site beautifully - structured and intensely flavoured, yet remaining light, ethereal and deliciously minerally.

On the palate, it's intense and savoury, with a seamless blend of ripe citrus flavours, a lush, saline finish, and crunchy slate features. This Riesling is perfectly balanced and showcases the meticulous craftsmanship and dedication to quality that define J.J. Prum.

It's a stunning example of the Mosel’s unique terroir and exceptional winemaking tradition and one of the great white wines of the world.

97 points
“Still very youthful on the nose, this is crammed with ripe peach, plus more delicate notes of pineapple and mangosteen. It’s a minor miracle that this kind of concentration can be packed into such a sleek, medium-bodied palate. What an amazing mouthfeel this has thanks to the seamless integration of slatey acidity and ripeness. Very long finish with spot-on balance. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.”
- Stuart Pigott (jamessuckling.com)

97 points - “Still very youthful on the nose, this is crammed with ripe peach, plus more delicate notes of pineapple and mangosteen. It’s a minor miracle that this kind of concentration can be packed into such a sleek, medium-bodied palate. What an amazing mouthfeel this has thanks to the seamless integration of slatey acidity and ripeness. Very long finish with spot-on balance. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.” - Stuart Pigott (jamessuckling.com)

95 points - “The 2022er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese has a beautifully engaging and captivating nose of fresh herbs, white mint, bergamot, yellow flowers, pineapple, candied grapefruit, smoke, and juniper. The wine has great presence and is still on the sweeter side on the palate, where ripe yellow and slightly honeyed fruits with a touch of exotic presence come through. The finish is slightly broader yet captivating and hugely long. The aftertaste shows candied grapefruit and orange zest. This is a gorgeous, ripe, and refined Auslese.” - Jean Fisch and David Rayer (Mosel Fine Wines)

94 points - “The 2022 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese opens with a notion of baked peach, especially baked peach skin, aromatic, slightly caramelized with concentrated fruit. Peach compote sweeps onto the palate, ripe and still with bite, just as cooked peach flesh appears, expressive and sweet but not overdone. This entire flight is a lesson in restraint. The long finish and aftertaste are tempered with citrus, corralling that expressive peach. Lovely, restrained, elegant. (Sweet)” - Anne Krebiehl MW (Vinous)

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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    A hard to get bottle which deserves a space in cellar for decades

    I tasted this in a wset 3 class and it’s outstanding! Highly concentrated fruits and beautiful flavors complexity. It’s so balanced thanks to the acidity. I would love to see how this bottle ages in next 10-20 years.

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The Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard has become intrinsically attached to the name of Joh. Jos. Prüm. The Estate owns five hectares of this majestic site. It offers perfect growing conditions for the Riesling grape with its deep, weather-beaten grey slate soil, good water support, extreme steepness of up to 70 % gradient, and its optimal south-south-west exposure. As for the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Wehlener Sonnenuhr is named after the sundial erected in the vineyard in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm, an ancestor of J.J. Prüm, to give the workers a better time orientation. The wines of the Wehlener Sonnenuhr generally possess excellent structure, show beautiful, ripe aromas and flavours (typically stone fruits, like peach, nectarine, apricot), a fine minerality and great depth and length. Especially after having been aged for some years, the harmony, finesse and expression of these wines is unique. Riesling guru Stuart Pigott has written; "Joh Jos Prüm's Sonnenuhrs are classic examples of the way in which the best Mosel wine's natural sweetness magnifies, rather than obscures, their character. These are a perfect marriage of Riesling's peach-like, floral and mineral aspects. White wine cannot be fresher, more vivid and delightful."

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type White
Sub Type Riesling | Sweet
Variety Riesling
Country Germany
Region Mosel
Feature High Score
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Reviewed By James Suckling
The Wine Advocate
Critic Score 97
Size 750ml
Vintage 2022
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