Very long pure special. — 8 years ago
At 8% alc. this gem is singing right now! Expressive, medium weight with a tangy dry finish. Fantastic! — 8 years ago
This is the 2001. Very delicate floral aromas with lingering orchard fruit. Spatlese is nit my favorite, but still this is starting to show its complexity. — 9 years ago
Beautifully balanced acidity, a little lingering sugar, lemon curd. — 10 years ago
Holy crap this is beautiful. No botrytis - just pure, crystalline tropical fruit. Astounding. — 6 years ago
3 March 2017. Sanfords, Astoria, NY. — 7 years ago
Left to air for 3 hours, this was a very nice reisling. The acidity developed, bringing beautiful citrus notes to truly sweet summer fruits. Too sweet for me to enjoy often, it was a welcome change from heavier French wines. — 8 years ago
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese vintage 2002 so fresh... — 8 years ago
Amazingly well balanced, acidic — 10 years ago
Paired beautifully with funky gooey cheese, bright acid with floral and honey notes 🌼🐝 — 7 years ago
Apéritif to an epic meal at Luxembourg. For such a sweet drink, it sure did okay in whetting our appetites.
The botrytis certainly shows. Honey, apple, grapefruit, lemon peel, musk, mineral. An almost baby pee like aroma lingers in the nose. Weighty, yet incredibly precise. Juicy fruit and spice on the palate. Racy, drawn-out acidity.
Note: Being a young Prum, I was looking out for the sponti/fermentative characters people talk about. Couldn't detect any (maybe that funk?) - likely because it has been opened for a while before I had a glass.
From RC write-up: Graacher wines typically offer greater finesse when young and are overtly more mineral noted than those of the Wehlener Sonnenuhr. They often show more citrus and fresh nectarine fruit, as well as a powdery, sorbet-like minerality that strongly differentiates
them from the ripe peach fruit and the textural opulence that Wehlener Sonnenuhr wines develop with age. Graacher wines are also typically more accessible when young than those of
their more famous neighbour. The slope here faces south-southwest: less westwards than the Badstube but slightly more than the Wehlener Sonnenuhr. The slope is also steeper than the
Badstube, but slightly less steep than the Wehlener Sonnenuhr. Finally the soils are also slightly deeper than the Wehlener Sonnenuhr and the gradient varies from 45% to an impressive 65%
(so again, more steep than the Badstube but slightly less so than the Wehlener Sonnenuhr).
Typically the most mineral tasting wine in the line up. — 7 years ago
Still waiting for an occasion big enough to warrant drinking a wine that has been in my cellar for nearly forty years — 8 years ago
Wow wow wow and WOW! I just love these wines! Absolute dynamite intensity, palate weight and carry. Baked apples, Lemmon curd and a beautiful acid carry. One of my all time favourite wines. HAPPY BOY! — 9 years ago
The answer is yes — 10 years ago
Stunning. Beautiful bottle development, nice tension between acid and fruit. Good depth and excellent length. Will certainly go the long haul. — 10 years ago
Mike Lev
Lovely. But only in Germany do i get bone dry german Riesling! — 6 years ago