Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese Riesling

White Cap. Gorgeous and so utterly drinkable. Brilliant.

White Cap. Dinner wine. Simply divine. More notes later but my goodness the elegance and clarity.

Day 2 notes here. Lime blossom and slate on the nose. Peach, green apple and apricot juice. So clean. Almost divine. So clear. Palate is so juicy and clean with top notch precision and finesse. Amazing balance and purity. Juicy and concentrated and so graceful. Elegant and long. Spectacular Riesling.

Divine. Still needs 5-6 years. No formal notes.

Honeysuckle, and striking, pungent perfume. Fruit that has developed that floral, summer night quality. Plus confectionary, buttercream and mineral spice. A hint of golden raisin. Sweet but balanced with real bite. Very resonant and lively.

Wow. Lyle knows his Riesling. Outstanding.

White Capsule. Gorgeous and super expansive nose of green apple, slate, apple pie crust and herbs. Pulverized rock dust abounds. Palate is stunningly juicy and super pure with loads of apple and apricot fruit and stunning saline on the back end. Massively concentrated and structured with incredible depth and man is this juicy on the finish that builds and builds. Awesome. What a finish.

This is the Gold Capsule. The classic style. Gorgeous nose of ripe green apples, slate and apricot. Gorgeous depth and purity. Salty as well. Palate is just so good. Rich, energetic and with lovely apple and apricot fruit along with top notch finesse. Finished salty and slatey with building energy. Still needs time to open but so good. So luscious and just perfectly balanced. Such pure fruit. Fully realized.

After a few hours this has more prominent acidity and just wonderful filigree and terrific structure.

Superb aromas. Just jump out with with their purity and clarity. Gorgeous green apple. Huge slate. Other minerals. Hint of clean vulcanized rubber. So clean and so pure. Hint of creaminess as well. Also some confectionary aromas as well. So stunningly clean and pure. Can smell this all day. And will. Palate is just brilliant. So clean and crunchy but also sleek, delicate, finesse driven and deep. It’s playful and so nimble but also some hidden force and structure. The balance is absolutely brilliant. So even. The linearity of the flavors is just mind boggling. As nose opens it gets more rubbery and it’s the cleanest rubber I’ve ever smelt. Like being in a rubber hose factory. But the crisp apples are always there and getting more expansive. Amazing mouthfeel. Really it’s got that Keller level of purity, precision and depth. God this is clean. Easily the best dry WS I’ve ever had. It’s not bone dry, but it’s not sweet it’s just Wehlener Sonnenuhr. Chewy and dense but ethereal and nimble all at the same time and the finish comes crashing like waves at the low tide. Man does this bring me back to the Mosel. Huge mineral complexity and such shimmering persistence. This wine shimmers. It’s so beautiful and pure. The balance is extraordinary. So complex. So pure. There are no hard edges here. As it airs the intense and jagged minerality becomes more expressive on the finish. That finish is one for the ages. It’s so tender, so dissipating and so energetic while being so nimble. A brilliant wine. Age will only make it better and boy will it age. After some air the minerals become incredible. A confectionary mineral stank. It’s so complete on the palate but also has so much material and structure. Really impressive.

9.6 to 9.7 overnight. Just so gorgeous today. Nose has more breadth and depth and the palate is more complex and round. The harmony is a knockout.

Really good, just lacking that grip

Nectarine, lemon, mineral and petrol. Nice balance between sweetness and acidity.