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Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 2021

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Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 2021
Producer Joh Jos Prum
Region, Country Mosel, Germany
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 22276-750

The step up here is one of power rather than just sweetness. Riper and more intense is a more accurate way of describing what’s happening. The style remains pure and ultra-fine, and while the Spätlese wines revel in juicy intensity, this bracket offers more power and heightened mineral length.

Harvested in tries across the first two weeks in November, the wines were bottled at 7% alcohol. The ultra-pure 2021s are stunning and encapsulate why J.J. Prüm is considered a true master of this Prädikat. This was a cracking year for the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese, and, again, the Graacher is the more approachable of the two big guns. Although it’s a classical year for Kabinett and Spätlese, such cooler years often make incredibly exciting Auslese. There is a level of delicacy and detail strikingly different from riper years—it’s been a long time since we had an Auslese vintage like this. The wines are so delicate and tightly wound that we’d have to look back to 2004, or better still, 1996, to find a vintage of this style.


With such finesse, delicacy and digestibility, these wines are too delicate for sweet desserts (although they can work with light, fruit-based dishes that are not overly sweet). They belong with savoury food and are far better matched to pork, game birds, savoury tarts, roast chicken, ceviche, sausage, and venison. They are brilliant with almost all Japanese and Chinese dishes and terrific with a wide range of cheeses.





Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 2021

Reviews

“The 2021er Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese proves hugely refreshing as intense scents of mint, green herbs, and smoke first come through. With more airing, it shows almond cream, tangerine, lead pencil, and flint stone. The wine shows a lot more presence and ripeness as rich and almost exotic flavors of tangerine, candied pineapple, honeyed peach, and a hint of apricot. The finish is very precise and long, and the after-taste is creamy and more delicate. It proves still very much work in progress and has easily upside potential with time. 2031-2051” 94+ points
Jean Fisch and David Rayer, Mosel Fine Wines
“Crushed slate, slight smoke and hints of lime appear initially on the nose of the 2021 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese, followed by a lovely herbal fresh chervil note. The palate is a veritable dance of lime and lemon, with brilliant, heightened citrus – beautifully serene, classic, straight and elegant. Wonderful citrus length. Absolute clarity. Wow.”
95 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous
“The 2021 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese is very clear, pure and refined on the fascinating, flinty, finely concentrated and lemon-scented nose. Lush and savory on the palate, with crystalline acidity and great precision, this is a supple yet frisky as well as substantial and sustainable Auslese from the Himmelreich, and it develops a long, complex and saline finish. This is highly stimulating already, but the best is yet to come here. 7% stated alcohol.”
95 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate

Reviews

“The 2021er Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese proves hugely refreshing as intense scents of mint, green herbs, and smoke first come through. With more airing, it shows almond cream, tangerine, lead pencil, and flint stone. The wine shows a lot more presence and ripeness as rich and almost exotic flavors of tangerine, candied pineapple, honeyed peach, and a hint of apricot. The finish is very precise and long, and the after-taste is creamy and more delicate. It proves still very much work in progress and has easily upside potential with time. 2031-2051” 94+ points
Jean Fisch and David Rayer, Mosel Fine Wines
“Crushed slate, slight smoke and hints of lime appear initially on the nose of the 2021 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese, followed by a lovely herbal fresh chervil note. The palate is a veritable dance of lime and lemon, with brilliant, heightened citrus – beautifully serene, classic, straight and elegant. Wonderful citrus length. Absolute clarity. Wow.”
95 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous
“The 2021 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese is very clear, pure and refined on the fascinating, flinty, finely concentrated and lemon-scented nose. Lush and savory on the palate, with crystalline acidity and great precision, this is a supple yet frisky as well as substantial and sustainable Auslese from the Himmelreich, and it develops a long, complex and saline finish. This is highly stimulating already, but the best is yet to come here. 7% stated alcohol.”
95 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate

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