ヴェーレナーゾンネンウアーはプリュムを代表する畑で5ha所有。南南西向きで傾斜は約70度。香り高い果実味、溌剌とした酸、長い熟成の妙味を楽しめ、まさに偉大と言うにふさわしいワイン。

プリュム家は12世紀にさかのぼる歴史を持っています。現在のワイングートは1911年にヨハン・ヨゼフ・プリュムによって設立されました。1969年にマンフレット　プリュム氏が引き継ぎ、現在は彼と娘のカタリーナがワイン造りを行っています。

プリュムのワインは、プリュムのワインは、たいへん長寿なワインとして知られており、10年～20年は素晴らしい状態を保ち続けることが出来ます。世界の白ワインの中で、プリュム家のワインほど長くキープできるワインはそれほど多くはないでしょう。長期熟成することでさらに見事に花開き、まさにトップクラスのドイツワインの実力を見せつけてくれます。

「ヴェレナー・ゾンネンウーア リースリング アウスレーゼ」は、プリュムを代表する畑で5ha所有。南南西向きの傾斜は約70度にもなります。労働者に時間を知らせるための日時計(ゾンネンウアー)があることから名付けられました。素晴らしい構成力があり、白桃などの果実のピュア香り。いきいきとした酸味を持ち、完熟果実由来の甘みとの絶妙なバランスを楽しめます。

JOHANN JOSEF WEHLENER SONNENUHR RIESLING AUSLESE
ヨハン・ヨゼフ・プリュム ヴェレナー・ゾンネンウーア リースリング アウスレーゼ
生産地：ドイツ モーゼル
原産地呼称：gU. MOSEL
ぶどう品種：リースリング 100%
アルコール度数：7%
味わい：白ワイン 甘口

ワインアドヴォケイト：97 ポイント
The Wine Advocate RP 97 Reviewed by: Stephan Reinhardt Release Price: NA Drink Date: 2023 - 2060
The 2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese is concentrated and fresh on the aromatic nose that is immediately present but also still reductive. Ripe stone fruit aromas intermingle with notes of crushed stones on a deep foundation of aromas from the soil and the fruit of old vines. On the palate the 2021 is very fine but also intense savory saline and lush leading to a long intense and highly digestible finish with crunchy and cleansing slate features. Again this is a fabulous Auslese from Prum's iconic Sonnenuhr. 7% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023.

Katharina Prum showed me her 2021s earlier this month because she prefers to present her newest vintage only after two winters following the harvest with which I fully agree even if the wines are offered earlier in certain markets. The 2021 vegetation year contrasts madly with the previous year 2022. What was too dry in 2022 was too wet and cool in 2021. The consequences for both extreme vintages however were similar. The grapes did not reach the highest concentrations and must weights which for different reasons made both vintages primarily classic Kabinett and Spatlese years. Nevertheless there are sometimes grandiose Auslese and even higher Pradikate but they were not the rule. At Prum at any rate there are no less than four Auslese including a celestial one from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr which was auctioned off as well as a Kabinett and a Spatlese from the same site. As is well known Prum is the top dog in this vineyard and even after the land consolidation has a good proportion of old and very old vines. Compared to the Graachers Wehleners and Zeltingers the Bernkasteler Rieslings of the domaine fell off somewhat in 2021 and did not achieve the usual precision and finesse. However this may have been due to the rain because there was plenty of it in 2021 especially in Bernkastel. So back to the weather. Winter 2021 was overall cold humid and also lasted a bit longer than in the previous two years reports Prum. December 2020 was wet overall with well-above-average water amounts (+46%) and temperatures slightly above the long-term average. January and February were wintry and satisfactory in terms of precipitation thoroughly soaking the soils with water before the warmer months of the year began (similar to 2023). March and April were then drier than the average of recent years but also cold with a total of 15 frost days. Budding and flowering occurred about two weeks later than average. After slightly above-average amounts in May and June precipitation peaked in July with a plus of 130% or expressed in liters 160 liters per square meter above the long-term average! This led to flooding-not only in the Ahr Valley but also on the Moselle though there on a much less dramatic scale. The large amount of rain boosted vegetation keeping the Prum team quite busy with canopy management during the following weeks when high-pressure weather was rare (as it was throughout the growing season). "Approaching autumn temperatures remained relatively moderate with the regional typicity of cool nights starting to happen " reports Prum. Harvest kicked off on October 11 and lasted until November 15. "It was a very demanding harvest when most parcels were picked multiple times in order to select the individual grapes at best ripeness levels " says Prum. However there was not any considerable amount of botrytized grapes picked. "We were very much looking forward to the cooler style of the 2021s which we consider as a welcome alternation to the previous-and most probably also future-vintages. Published: Jun 01 2023

vinous：96 ポイント
96 Drinking Window 2030 - 2050 From: 2021 Mosel and Saar - Tantalizing Tingling Thrilling (Jun 2023)
A surprisingly open nose defines the 2021 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese revealing an herbal savor that is reminiscent of moss chervil and carrot top but just a hint. The palate is a gorgeously concentrated stream of ripe citrus combining the aromatic intensity and ripeness of Amalfi lemon the brightness of lime and the sweetness of sugared orange flesh. So direct so precise sweet but utterly balanced. Clear as a bell. (Sweet) - By Anne Krebiehl MW on April 2023

An iconic address indeed that for many defines what Mosel style stands for. The Prum family has been in the region since the twelfth century. They are one of the estates that managed to buy vineyard holdings after Napoleon’s secularization when this part of Germany temporarily became a French departement. It was the family ancestor Jodocus Prum who in 1842 built the famous eponymous sundial in the Wehlener Sonnenuhr. The riverside villa in Wehlen looks across the river to this storied vineyard. The estate was founded in 1911 by Johan Josef Prum. His grandson Manfred Prum who ran the estate from 1969 onwards is now 89 years old. As a brief appearance during my visit made apparent he is still in fine fettle with a ready smile for any guest who comes to taste (by appointment of course.) His daughter Katharina Prum took over in 2005 and now runs the estate with much elan and consistency - continuing its emphatically elegant style. No dry wines are made at Joh. Jos. Prum and all fruit is estate grown. Total holdings are 21 hectares including a big swathe of the Wehlener Sonnenuhr Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Graacher Himmelreich Bernkasteler Badstube and Bernkasteler Lay. Viticulturist Marvin Bauer leads a crew of seven full-time employees occasionally assisted by up to 40 seasonal workers for canopy management and harvest. He joined the estate five years ago working alongside the longstanding viticulturist Karl Josef Heinz who had been in charge of the vineyards for the three decades before his retirement. No herbicides have been used since 2018.