Bernkasteler Lay, Riesling, Auslese, Goldkap, 2016

Name: Bernkasteler Lay, Riesling, Auslese, Goldkap
Brand: JJ Prüm
Price: 418.39 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2016 2023

justerini & brooks tasting note

Beautifully clear white peaches and nectarines with fresh creamed honey, white flowers and lemon blossom. Wonderfully pure, clean, fresh fruit flavours. When the conditions allow, the Lay vineyard produces gentle, floral and very seductive noble sweet wines that are very attractive in their youth.

critic reviews

96/100Stephan Reinhardt,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Served from the 375-milliliter bottle, the 2016 Bernkasteler Lay Auslese (Gold Capsule) displays a discreet bouquet that needs its time to open up. It's pretty reductive at this early stage (March 2018). The attack on the palate is racy and fresh, and the wine is filigreed and precise, very clear and fresh in the well-structured finish. This (AP 05 17) is a lovely Auslese version that is on par with the bright, light and filigreed Badstube Kabinett. It's a delicious Riesling bottled at 7.5% alcohol.

DRINKING WINDOW 2023 - 2050

date of review 04/2018

93/100David Schildknecht,Vinous

Dark cherry mingles with root beer and an infusion of mint in this forwardly fragrant and luscious, envelopingly rich Auslese. Suggestions of honeydew melon liqueur, candied green herbal concentrates and a touch of salted caramel add to the opulent, overripe impression conveyed on a glycerol-rich palate, leading to a concentrated and impressively sustained finish, albeit one that carries a bit more obvious sense of sheer sweetness than is typical at this address. Thankfully, a sense of juicy fresh-fruitedness persists as well.

DRINKING WINDOW 2017 - 2045

date of review 01/2018