Bernkasteler Lay, Riesling, Auslese, Goldkap, 2023
Lay is the steeper and south facing lowest part of the vineyard, effectively below the Badstube, where the vines practically touch the river. The Prüm parcel is from the original part of the vineyard directly as you leave Bernkastel towards Graach. A little more complex than the Badstube, it exudes warmer stone notes and rivers and streams, finishing full and fresh on the white peach and fresh papaya, the different elements not yet as seamlessly integrated as the Badstube.
critic reviews
The 2023 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese, made with virtually no botrytis from ripe grapes, offers equal notes of grapefruit peel, juicy peach and lemon. The extreme finesse of the Prüm style meets the site's elegance, with stony lemon running like a central vein through the linear, elongated body. Such finesse, lightness and filigree nature, yet so much depth. Simply astonishing and a paradigm of site and style.
Intense tropical fruit aromas such as fully ripe mangoes but also baby pineapples open the 2023 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese that reveals a savory slate spice. On the palate, this is a rich yet savory and persistently saline, juicy and structured Auslese with a long and still mouth-filling finish. 8% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine from AP 12 24 in January 2025.