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Joh Jos Prüm Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2021

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Joh Jos Prüm Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2021
Producer Joh Jos Prum
Region, Country Mosel, Germany
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 22278-750

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 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2021

Reviews

“The 2021er Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese greets one with an appealing and magnificently complex nose of anise, orange zest, poached pear, yellow peach, jasmine, smoke, and candied pineapple. The wine coats the palate with intense fruity, ripe, yet refreshing flavors. It is impressively present and aromatic and leaves a hugely long and assertive finish. The aftertaste is beautifully focused and led by smoke and candied grapefruit. What a stunningly complex and playful Auslese! 2031-206”
96 points, Jean Fisch and David Rayer, Mosel Fine Wines
“Smoke, funk and flint cloud the nose of the 2021 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese. Underneath, there is a touch of shy fruit which becomes wonderfully clear on the palate: tart Mirabelle jelly, with an urgent, pervasive, delicious freshness heightening the balanced sweetness even more. A yeasty texture adds an extra dimension but it is the fine, bright acidity absolutely guiding this wine. Totally mouth-watering.”
94 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous
“The 2021 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese is clear, bright, fresh and highly refined on the fascinating, coolish, pure and detailed nose that shows crunchy slate aromas and very delicate lemon fruit. Filigreed and delicate on the palate, this is a lush but light, highly finessed, stimulating and saline Auslese that already drinks beautifully. It's playful but noble and of great, great elegance and finesse. 7% stated alcohol.”
96 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate

Reviews

“The 2021er Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese greets one with an appealing and magnificently complex nose of anise, orange zest, poached pear, yellow peach, jasmine, smoke, and candied pineapple. The wine coats the palate with intense fruity, ripe, yet refreshing flavors. It is impressively present and aromatic and leaves a hugely long and assertive finish. The aftertaste is beautifully focused and led by smoke and candied grapefruit. What a stunningly complex and playful Auslese! 2031-206”
96 points, Jean Fisch and David Rayer, Mosel Fine Wines
“Smoke, funk and flint cloud the nose of the 2021 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese. Underneath, there is a touch of shy fruit which becomes wonderfully clear on the palate: tart Mirabelle jelly, with an urgent, pervasive, delicious freshness heightening the balanced sweetness even more. A yeasty texture adds an extra dimension but it is the fine, bright acidity absolutely guiding this wine. Totally mouth-watering.”
94 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous
“The 2021 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese is clear, bright, fresh and highly refined on the fascinating, coolish, pure and detailed nose that shows crunchy slate aromas and very delicate lemon fruit. Filigreed and delicate on the palate, this is a lush but light, highly finessed, stimulating and saline Auslese that already drinks beautifully. It's playful but noble and of great, great elegance and finesse. 7% stated alcohol.”
96 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate

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