2016 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese
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Thomas Haag's second vintage of this iconic grand cru, the 2016 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese, displays a very aromatic stone fruit aroma. On the palate, this is a very delicate, finessed and elegant Spätlese that represents the weathered blue slate soils gorgeously. The finish is crystalline and salty. Tasted March 2018.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Temporarily cheesy, reductive aromatic overtones on the nose thankfully do little to spoil the delight in emerging scents of apple and pink grapefruit wreathed in honeysuckle and heliotrope. Satiny in feel and possessed of generous primary juiciness, this finishes with soothing persistence, its sweetness obvious but supportive and an appropriate undertone of wet stone perceptible even through such rich fruitiness.
White flowers, crisp lemon fruit, honeyed and sweetly succulent on the finish. Seems to finish quickly at present, but this is still an infant with plenty of growing to do. (RH)