Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Riesling, Spätlese, 2021
Complex with heady floral notes and a minor note of wild fermentation. Chamomile and dried flowers give way to a sense of sheer yellow fruit on the palate. Mirabelle, a little spice, yellow fleshed peach all born aloft on the most silken of textures. A wine of remarkable elegance and finesse, flow and composure – this seems to somehow operate with an extra dimension in hand. There’s structure buried below the polished and ultra-refined surface. Sophistication in a glass.
critic reviews
The 2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese is pure, bright and fresh on the flinty and slightly reductive nose that reveals intense lemon as well as some coolish vegetal aromas. Crystalline and refined on the palate, this is an intense, complex and mouth-tickling Sonnenuhr Spatlese with remarkable purity, savoriness and lemon freshness on the finish. This is a light but substantial, dense and structured WSU that will benefit from further bottle aging, The phenols are still quite prominent here, but aeration will help to oxidize and integrate them. 7% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023.