Joh. Jos. Prüm
Collection 2020
Germany
About the SessionThis is the largest list of German wines Strauss & Co has ever offered! Once regarded as the greatest wines in the world, German and specifically Mosel Riesling are long aging and investment worthy. Running deep through the Mosel, Saar and Ruwer and across celebrated vintages including the ripe 2009, the warm 2018 and the racy, acclaimed 2019.
‘Trocken’ is the dry Riesling style, while ‘Kabinett’ is off-dry and ‘Spatlese’ and ‘Auslese’ are much sweeter. Another pointer, Is that the higher the alcohol, the more likely the wine is to be drier in style.
LOT 16
Joh. Jos. Prüm
Collection 2020
About this Item
No name on the Mosel carries more mystique than Joh. Jos. Prüm, whose Wehlen estate makes Rieslings so tightly coiled in youth that they can take decades to reveal their genius, and age for half a century or more. This lot gathers three of its 2020 Mosel Rieslings across the Kabinett and Spätlese levels, from two of the river's greatest vineyards: the Graacher Himmelreich, 'the kingdom of heaven', and the Wehlener Sonnenuhr, with its famous hillside sundial. 2020 was an excellent Mosel vintage.
This lot consists of the following wines:
Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese 2020
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 2020
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese 2020
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese 2020
"Rare is it to have a wine of such impeccable balance that it becomes impossible to break it down into its individual elements. Even more rare is to have that wine be a Spätlese. Yet there we are. And here it is. Cool, radiant aromas of pure citrus sunshine. Meadow flowers, vineyard peach and through it all a long, thriving stony energy. A cool site, in a cool year. As only the Mosel can do." - Paula Redes Sidore, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Jun 2022)
Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 2020
"Water-white. Very introvert nose. Still extremely youthful but with hints of a complex cocktail of passion fruit and minerals to come. Grainy texture on the finish. This is a baby! Super-clean finish." - Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com, 16.5+/20 (Sep 2021)
Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese 2020
"The 2020 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese is pure, clear and flinty on the concentrated nose that is reminiscent of a fresh fruit salad served on a slate plate on an early summer morning. Light, lush and highly finessed but seriously structured on the palate, this is a savory, very clear and elegant Sonnenuhr Spätlese with great precision and finesse and highly stimulating salinity and mouth-watering grip on the finish." - Stephan Reinhardt, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95+/100 (Aug 2022)
"Tenser and tighter than the 2020 Graacher Himmelreich. But very mellifluous and composed. Clean and crystalline. Flowers and stones. Real grip." - Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com, 17+/20 (Sep 2021)
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