2017 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2017 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese is impressively deep, dense and expressive on the nose that is more mineral rather than fruity. On the palate, this is a lush, tensioned, very precise, elegant, sharply defined and complex Riesling. It's not as exuberant as the Sonnenuhr can be, but it represents more of the gray/blue slate soil. The finish is really lush, perfectly concentrated and salty. This is a great Prüm icon Spätlese. Tasted in March 2019.

Mosel Fine Wines: This 2017er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese displays a beautiful nose of white peach, flowers, tangerine, almond paste, spices and a hint of apricot. The wine is beautifully playful thanks to some zesty and herbal acidity on the palate. The zesty side takes over the structure of the wine in the finish and makes for a remarkable crisp after-taste. This is in need of cellaring (at least a decade) in order to develop its full complexity and smoothen at the edges. 2027-2047. - Okt. 2018

Vinous: Ripe pear, apple and honeydew melon are headily garlanded in honeysuckle, lily-of-the-valley and mint. The palate impression is lusciously fruity and subtly creamy, presenting an airy combination of alcoholic levity with floral perfume. The buoyant, bell-clear, seductively lingering finish is soothing, but features a welcome light tingle of fresh, zesty lemon. (There is also an auctioned bottling of Sonnenuhr Spätlese – A.P. #19 – which I have not tasted.) - David Schildknecht, Jan. 2020