JJ Prum 2021 - The Return of Cool
The 2021 vintage is one of the coolest in the past decade and reminds Katharina Prum of vintages in the 80s. For me, stylistically, 2016 comes to mind. It is a classic year for Kabinett and Spatlese. Several wines were not produced and there were no Goldkapsel wines. - Ian Cook, FWC.
The 2021 vintage was a reminiscent of yesteryear, with many similarities to the cooler vintages seen locally. Having tried all of these last Tuesday, we can report that they are some the most refined and elegant wines from Prum in recent memory. - Jeremy Muller, FWC.
“Katharina Prüm and her team have managed to get the best out of the 2021 vintage and have translated its lightness and finesse in the most brilliant way… the estate’s 2021s are racy, vibrant, and pure, and share a remarkable energetic side. lovers of fine and elegant wines will love the estate’s 2021s.” Jean Fisch and David Rayer, Mosel Fine Wines.
JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese 2021
“The 2021er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese is really restrained and almost non-saying at this early stage, but already hints at the complexity to come as it reveals after a few minutes very delicate notes of whipped almond cream, lily flowers, vineyard peach, minty herbs, smoke, candied grapefruit, and quite some fine spices. The wine proves creamy yet intense and dynamic on the palate. It proves very focused and already hugely long. This will need quite some time to reveal all its facets, but the potential is immense. 2034-2056” 95 points, Jean Fisch and David Rayer, Mosel Fine Wines
The 2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese is pure, bright and fresh on the flinty and slightly reductive nose that reveals intense lemon as well as some coolish vegetal aromas. Crystalline and refined on the palate, this is an intense, complex and mouth-tickling Sonnenuhr Spätlese with remarkable purity, savoriness and lemon freshness on the finish. This is a light but substantial, dense and structured WSU that will benefit from further bottle aging, The phenols are still quite prominent here, but aeration will help to oxidize and integrate them. 7% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023. Drink 2027-2050. 95 Points. Stephen Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate.
Powerful and demanding, yet so tightly coiled. Certainly more ripeness and fruit concentration here. It’s bursting with perfumes of blackcurrant and stone fruit. Wonderfully intense and powerful, - in this way above and beyond the Graacher. It will outlive most of us. Highly recommended and maybe just edges out the Graacher, though it might be my head and not my palate telling me. Ian Cook, FWC.
JJ Prum Graacher Himmelreich Auslese Goldkap 2011 Museum Release
Museum Release
“Pale golden yellow. Candied apricot, clove, nut oil and a touch of smoky botrytis on the nose. Creamy tropical fruit flavours are nicely accented by salty minerality. This impressively rich Auslese boasts a compelling finish animated by lemon curd and slate.” 93 points, Joel B. Payne, Vinous
“Candied, spiced apple and overripe Persian melon dominate the Prüm 2011 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese gold capsule, with honeyed impingement both aromatically and on the palate reinforcing the sense of relative opacity and rounded richness that the other Graachers in this year’s collection displayed. Here the sense of delicacy is nearly weightless; intriguing and enticing notes of liquid peony and lily enter the picture mid-palate after the wine takes on air; and for all of the botrytization in effect, there is a welcome retention of primary juiciness, spurring a lusciously long finish. Look for four decades or more of luxuriant satisfaction.” 92 points, David Schildknecht, The Wine Advocate
