2018 Bernkasteler Badstube Spatlese 05 19
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Starting to show the oil and honey of maturity. Gorgeously opulent and wonderfully clean. Intense, lengthy and much more ageability in store. Leave this to mature for as long as you can resist it. (RH)
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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The 2018 Bernkasteler Badstube Spätlese opens with a clear, precise and elegant, deep and complex bouquet of tropical fruit aromas intertwined with some spicy-flinty notes. Juicy and piquant on the palate, this is a very elegant, finely grippy and vey slightly astringent finishing Spätlese. Tasted at the domain in September 2020.
Intense aromas and luscious succulence of ripe pear and white peach are wreathed in lily-of-the-valley and tinged with pit and seed piquancy as well as with marzipan and anise. Polish and subtle creaminess add to the midpalate allure of pure-fruited concentration and inner-mouth perfume. The generous finish is soothing and subtly honeyed. Compared with the corresponding Kabinett, the fruit personality here strikes me as less typical of Bernkastel, but the wine’s textural allure and overall richness are reminiscent of many top Rieslings from that village.
About the producer
Joh. Jos. Prüm is the benchmark estate of the Middle Mosel, renowned for Rieslings of exceptional delicacy, precision, and longevity. From the legendary slopes of Wehlener Sonnenuhr to Graacher Himmelreich, their wines capture a singular balance of lightness, tension and mineral purity.