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Joh. Jos. Prum 'Wehlener Sonnenuhr' Spatlese Riesling 2023 Magnum
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TASTING NOTE: “The sensuous curves of Art Nouveau design and joyful flourishes of rococo both give an idea of what Mosel riesling elegance means, but in a masterpiece like this it takes on a totally distinctive feeling unlike anything else on Planet Wine. The white peach fruit, white flower aromas and slatey minerality all tingle on your palate, then flicker on and on in a totally fascinating manner in the nearly endless finish. The touch of sweetness is already beautifully integrated, although the wine just began a decades-long life. Drink or hold.” 97 Points - James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
- ABOUT THE WINE: The Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard has become intrinsically attached to the name of Joh. Jos. Prüm. 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. It is named after the sundial (sonnenuhr) erected in the vineyard in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm, an ancestor of J.J. Prüm, to give the workers a better time orientation. Spätlese is the German term for late harvest, with grapes being picked at their maximum ripeness but without being affected by noble rot.
- ABOUT THE PRODUCER: The J.J. Prüm estate was founded in 1911 by Johann Josef Prüm. The 13.5 hectare estate includes some 70% of ungrafted vines - because the phylloxera louse cannot survive in the slate soils of the Mosel. Dr Manfred Prüm has led the estate since 1969, with his daughter Katharina now running the winery. Unique amongst producers in the Mosel for it's style and quality, it is the great sites, old vines, the lowest yields, very late harvesting and selection of only the best berries that distinguishes the wines of J.J Prüm. In the winery the winemaking is as natural as possible with as little intervention as possible. The wines typically need several years to start showing their best and can live and develop for decades.
- COUNTRY: Germany
- REGION: Mosel
- VARIETAL: Riesling
- WINE STYLE: White Wine
- WINEMAKER: Katharina Prüm
- CLASSIFICATION: Minimal Intervention, Organic Farming
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 8%
- SIZE: 750ml
