2018 Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Beerenauslese

Pineapple in syrup, marzipan, and pure honey are joined on the intense nose and the glossy, seductively creamy, viscous palate by some of the same nut pastes and liqueur-like green herbal concentrates that feature in the corresponding Juffer BA. But here, mouthwatering salinity adds to the next-sip compulsion of a superbly sustained finish that is similarly profoundly and seductively layered. (I tasted this the day before it was to have been bottled, but it had already withstood filtration as well as sulfuring and I have every confidence that no mishaps will have been allowed to occur thereafter.)