Region: Mosel, Germany
Variety: Riesling
Vintage: 2023
The Wine
Crafted from late-harvested fruit at optimal ripeness, the Spätlese from Wehlener Sonnenuhr balances intensity with finesse. Extended lees maturation enhances complexity, while natural sweetness is carried by piercing acidity.
Cellared Says
Brilliantly luminous and elegant. Citrus and white peach glide over slatey minerality, framed by laser-like precision and long, graceful length.
Wine Reviews
“The sensuous curves of Art Nouveau design and joyful flourishes of rococo both give an idea of what Mosel Riesling elegance means, but in a masterpiece like this it takes on a totally distinctive feeling unlike anything else on Planet Wine. The white peach fruit, white flower aromas and slatey minerality all tingle on your palate, then flicker on and on in a totally fascinating manner in the nearly endless finish. The touch of sweetness is already beautifully integrated, although the wine just began a decades-long life. Drink or hold.”
97 points, Stuart Pigott, Jamessuckling.com
“The 2023 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese opens with a serene, stony, salty slaty breeze. The palate is exquisitely fine and very bright, luminous even, soaring upward as it reaches down into the slate, embodying the total elegance of the site. Slenderness and serenity are exemplary.”
96 Points – Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous
Region: Mosel, Germany
Variety: Riesling
Vintage: 2023
The Wine
Crafted from late-harvested fruit at optimal ripeness, the Spätlese from Wehlener Sonnenuhr balances intensity with finesse. Extended lees maturation enhances complexity, while natural sweetness is carried by piercing acidity.
Cellared Says
Brilliantly luminous and elegant. Citrus and white peach glide over slatey minerality, framed by laser-like precision and long, graceful length.
Wine Reviews
“The sensuous curves of Art Nouveau design and joyful flourishes of rococo both give an idea of what Mosel Riesling elegance means, but in a masterpiece like this it takes on a totally distinctive feeling unlike anything else on Planet Wine. The white peach fruit, white flower aromas and slatey minerality all tingle on your palate, then flicker on and on in a totally fascinating manner in the nearly endless finish. The touch of sweetness is already beautifully integrated, although the wine just began a decades-long life. Drink or hold.”
97 points, Stuart Pigott, Jamessuckling.com
“The 2023 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese opens with a serene, stony, salty slaty breeze. The palate is exquisitely fine and very bright, luminous even, soaring upward as it reaches down into the slate, embodying the total elegance of the site. Slenderness and serenity are exemplary.”
96 Points – Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous
