Joh. Jos. Prüm
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett Riesling
Mosel, Germany
Having just attained it's drinking credentials at age 21, this Mosel Riesling sang with a mid-day Thanksgiving repast.
Medium gold color. Aromas of quince paste, grilled apricot, warm stones and a deep caramel/roasted note. Balanced, though likely too sweet for many these days. Just integral and composed, a unit in and of itself.
Having just attained it's drinking credentials at age 21, this Mosel Riesling sang with a mid-day Thanksgiving repast.
Medium gold color. Aromas of quince paste, grilled apricot, warm stones and a deep caramel/roasted note. Balanced, though likely too sweet for many these days. Just integral and composed, a unit in and of itself.
J. J. Prüm’s 2009 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett sports a fairly vibrant green / yellow hue. Soft, caressing aromas of cardamom and Earl grey tea take some coaxing from the glass, alongside lemon meringue and red apples. A faint hint of petrol completes a nose that’s complex but also incredibly youthful - hard to believe this wine is 12 years of age.
The palate is quite sweet, showing quite fruity for this style and tasted blind I would have likely guessed Spätlese. But it has great breadth and mouth filling acidity. Again, I am fairly astounded by this wine’s youth. I perhaps expected more tertiary notes - will it ever age?
J. J. Prüm’s 2009 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett sports a fairly vibrant green / yellow hue. Soft, caressing aromas of cardamom and Earl grey tea take some coaxing from the glass, alongside lemon meringue and red apples. A faint hint of petrol completes a nose that’s complex but also incredibly youthful - hard to believe this wine is 12 years of age.
The palate is quite sweet, showing quite fruity for this style and tasted blind I would have likely guessed Spätlese. But it has great breadth and mouth filling acidity. Again, I am fairly astounded by this wine’s youth. I perhaps expected more tertiary notes - will it ever age?
Pure lime juice, lime zest, limestone, decent acidity, some residual sugar.
Pure lime juice, lime zest, limestone, decent acidity, some residual sugar.
Dec 25th, 2020Lovely complexity on this bottle. Tangerine oil, almondy cherry pit, tremendous length. It shows even better on day 2
Lovely complexity on this bottle. Tangerine oil, almondy cherry pit, tremendous length. It shows even better on day 2
Nov 29th, 2020Ripe yellow fruit, candied dried fruit, slight petrol, decent acidity and minerality. Needs more time. Still Prum good.
Ripe yellow fruit, candied dried fruit, slight petrol, decent acidity and minerality. Needs more time. Still Prum good.
Nov 28th, 2020
Chef’s table. Half bottle. Faint diesel. Intense Mosel fruit. Melons. Honey/Botrytis Green Apples, very ripe pears. Stony minerality. Grapefruit.
Chef’s table. Half bottle. Faint diesel. Intense Mosel fruit. Melons. Honey/Botrytis Green Apples, very ripe pears. Stony minerality. Grapefruit.
Feb 1st, 2020
There are two types of wines: the type that runs shit and the type that eats shit. And this wine is tops.
There are two types of wines: the type that runs shit and the type that eats shit. And this wine is tops.
Apr 8th, 2018
Juicy acidity and sweeter than a typical Kabinett... intense aromas of ripe apricot and white peach, confirmed on the palate along with saline and melon
Juicy acidity and sweeter than a typical Kabinett... intense aromas of ripe apricot and white peach, confirmed on the palate along with saline and melon
Feb 25th, 2018
Cheesy fermentative overtones give way to a site-typical amalgam of fresh apple garlanded in honeysuckle and heliotrope. This is another of those Prüm Kabinetts that is watery in a positive sense of that word, combining watercolor-like transparency and wash of flavor with delicacy and refreshment. As with the corresponding Graacher, the finishing sense of wet stone and floral perfume is striking, and here a mouthwatering hint of salinity adds significantly to the appeal. (David Schildknecht, Vinous, Jan 2018)
Cheesy fermentative overtones give way to a site-typical amalgam of fresh apple garlanded in honeysuckle and heliotrope. This is another of those Prüm Kabinetts that is watery in a positive sense of that word, combining watercolor-like transparency and wash of flavor with delicacy and refreshment. As with the corresponding Graacher, the finishing sense of wet stone and floral perfume is striking, and here a mouthwatering hint of salinity adds significantly to the appeal. (David Schildknecht, Vinous, Jan 2018)
Feb 9th, 2018