2011 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Joh. Jos. Prüm, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2011 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel, Joh. Jos. Prüm

A delightful hint of salted caramel creeps into the nose and onto the palate of Prum’s 2011 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese gold capsule, which when combined with apple jelly, honey and nougat not to mention a creamy and almost taffy-like texture, makes for a decidedly confectionary aura. Sweet liquid essences of lily, musky peony and gardenia as well as a faint oiliness and high glycerol enhance the luxuriantly seductive effect of this long-lingering performance, yet there remains a critical modicum of fresh apple and melon juiciness (if less efficacious than that of the corresponding Bernkasteler) to complement the sense of levity in this elixir’s finish and to render the next sip virtually irresistible. (There will be an auctioned counterpart to this bottling, but like a number of other eventual upper-Pradikat Prum 2011s, I have not yet had an opportunity to taste it.) - David Schildknecht, Apr. 2013