Graacher Himmelreich, Riesling, Auslese, Goldkap, 2015

Name: Graacher Himmelreich, Riesling, Auslese, Goldkap
Brand: JJ Prüm
Price: 370.39 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

The most backward, inward looking and wild fermenty of the three Goldkapsuls. The palate is low key, a well of complex savoury minerals, herbs, warmed citrus and spice, in the background fresh apricot, honey and lime. Intense, brooding and tightly wound for now, with all the raw materials to become something very fine in time.

critic reviews

94/100David Schildknecht,Vinous

The characteristic citricity of this site has here largely given way to heady, ripely scented, drippingly luscious Persian melon and white peach, allied with quince jelly and wreathed in honeysuckle. At once creamy and delicate, this youthfully harmonious elixir introduces subtle suggestions of candied lemon and grapefruit peels on a soothingly sustained finish that incorporates strongly saliva-inducing salinity reminiscent of the collection’s Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese. Around one-third of the fruit for this was botrytis-affected, reported Katharina Prüm. (There was also an auctioned Himmelreich Auslese Goldkapsel, but I have not had opportunity to taste it.)

DRINKING WINDOW 2017 - 2045

date of review 06/2017