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JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel 2016
HED06181
75 cl
8%
£110.00
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JJ Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel 2016 is a sweet white from the Mosel. The Goldkapsel designation indicates a selection of fruit with a higher degree of botrytis, resulting in a wine of greater concentration and richness. Sourced from the iconic steep slopes of blue slate in Wehlen, the wine exhibits a complex profile of candied citrus, apricot nectar and a profound smoky minerality. The 2016 vintage provided a perfect balance of ripeness and high acidity, ensuring the wine remains energetic and focused. It possesses a vertical structure and a saline finish that will allow it to evolve over several decades.
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Vinous
Scents and luscious, glossy palate presence of overripe apple and peach gain welcome counterpoint from the piquancy of seed and pit, while a greenhouse-like diversity of flowering and leafing things conveys intriguing perfume. A musky, peony-like note emerges midpalate. Liqueur-like intensity of fruit and a touch of caramel are backed, as in this year’s Bernkasteler Auslese Goldkapsel, by an unusually prominent sense of sheer sweetness, but without the fresh fruit juiciness that clung to that corresponding Bernkasteler’s finish. (I have not tasted an A.P. #17 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese Goldkapsel, which was auctioned.)David Schildknecht1st January 2018
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