The Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard is seldom one that reveals all of its charms early on in its evolution, for like the Doctor vineyard in Bernkastel, the Sonnenuhr hides many of its layers of complexity for the patient who give the wines proper bottle age. I have to assume that this is also true of the 2019 Spätlese from Weingut Prüm, but given how uncharacteristically expressive the wine is right out of the blocks on the nose, I can only imagine what lies ahead! The gorgeous bouquet offers up scents of apple, pear, fresh lime, honeycomb, vanilla bean, slate minerality, a touch of wild yeast, lavender and spring flowers. On the palate the wine is deep, precise and pure, with a medium-full and filigreed personality, a superb core, great acids and grip and a long, nascently complex and utterly refined finish. This has true Sonnenuhr reserve on the palate and will want some extended bottle age, but it is going to be magical juice! 96+
