June 2023
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Riesling Spätlese Wehlener Sonnenuhr 2022
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The 2022er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese was made from fruit picked at 87° Oechsle on over 90-year-old vines and was fermented down to sweet levels of residual sugar (77 g/l). It offers a ripe and beautifully complex nose made of pear, melon, whipped cream, floral elements, and fine minty herbs. The wine is subtly creamy and still nicely light-weighted on the palate and leaves a juicy feel of grapefruit, apricot, and pearinfused flavors in the long finish. A touch of sweetness still needs to integrate in the aftertaste, something which will happen after a decade or so of bottle aging. There is some upside here as the wine reveals its complexity with age.