Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spatlese 2015

Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spatlese 2015

 

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Joh Jos Prüm
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spatlese 2015
  • Vintage : 2015
  • Country : Germany
  • Region : Mosel
  • Subregion
  • Type : White
  • Style Fruity Off-Dry
  • Format : 75cl
  • Alcohol : 8,5°
  • Grappes : 100% Riesling

Soft yellow fruits compete with delicate herbs and complex minerals, with mango, yellow peach, and citrus zest set on beautifully ripe acidity.

Experts Score Vintage
JS James Suckling 95 2015
VN Vinous (Antonio Galloni) 94 2015
RP Robert Parker 93 2015
JR Jancis Robinson 17.5 2015
More information on wine critics and ratings

This is really quite an intense Spätlese yet retains a feather light quality, such is the wonderful balance and vitality of the wine.

A vibrant and lovely combination of intensity, minerals and deftness.

Manfred is certainly one of the world's more eccentric wine producers and a tasting in his drawing room with him is always enjoyable and entertaining. In the Sonnenuhr of Wehlen he owns a portion of one of the Mittel Mosel's top vineyards. Its steep south-facing dark slate slopes tend to result in deeply flavoured, mineral yet rich and smoky wines. In addition, he manipulates some plots in the next door Himmelreich of Graacher which produces engaging wines with fresh acidities that are… Read more

James Suckling (JS) : 95 Points (2015)
A great spätlese that is really ripe, but still vibrant, elegant and subtle. Sensational interplay of all the components that make this a very classic example of this category. This has a personality all of its own (something floral that's unusual for this site). (6/2017)

Vinous (Antonio Galloni) (VN) : 94 Points (2015)
This was the first – among very few – wines in the 2015 Prüm lineup to lead with a bit of yeasty fermentative “Mosel stink,” but that veil soon parted more than sufficiently to showcase an alliance of ripe honeydew melon with cassis, grapefruit, and hints of cress and lemon peel that subsequently lend incisive, piquant invigoration on a delicate, polished, infectiously juicy palate. Penetrating and sharply focused, but without its efficacious and enlivening acids turning at all aggressive, the tinglingly, refreshingly citric yet soothing and cooling finish serves up a shimmering array of stony, smoky, alkaline and crystalline nuances. (DS) (9/2016)

Robert Parker (RP) : 93 Points (2015)
Prüm's 2015 Graacher Himmelreich Spätlese is clear, intense and flinty on the nose, very precise but well concentrated; however, it is the most reductive of the Spätlese quartet. Round and piquant, with a stimulating fruit and salinity, this is a very well-defined, crystalline and straight Spätlese of great finesse and elegance. It needs five years or so to unfold all its talents, but it can surely age for 20 or 30 years.

Jancis Robinson (JR) : 17.5 Points (2015)
Dense, concentrated fruit with still very sharp definition. Ultra-HD Riesling. What intensity! Plenty of sugar but the acid has it surrounded. 17.5/20 points (RH) (10/2022)

Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 2021
Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 2021
Joh Jos Prüm
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 2021
RP
92
WE
91
JS
94
While initially quite closed on nose this is actually more plump with fruit than the Bernkastler tasted before; notes of marmalade, pink grapefruit, the noble bitterness of meadow herbs and sage.…
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Joh Jos Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2021
Joh Jos Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2021
Joh Jos Prüm
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2021
JS
97
RP
98
JR
90
Wehlen's great Sonnenuhr vineyard is known for producing some of the Mosel's most refined and elegant wines, struck through with fine grey slate minerality.
69,00 €
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Joh Jos Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese 2021
Joh Jos Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese 2021
Joh Jos Prüm
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese 2021
WS
92
RP
95
JS
96
As is so often the case the poor soils and high slate content of the Sonnenuhr vineyard are immediately on show on the cool, slatey, reserved nose. The palate too is…
59,00 €
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Joh Jos Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett 2021
Joh Jos Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett 2021
Joh Jos Prüm
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett 2021
55,00 €
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Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spatlese 2015 Reviewed by James Suckling 12-02-2024 . Score: 5