2016 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese

Wine Details
Place of Origin

Germany

Graach

Mosel

Color

Sweet White

Grape/Blend

Riesling

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2017 - 2045

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Katharina Prüm had just given birth when I visited her family’s estate in late July 2017, and for the first time in a number of years, only a single Prüm was on hand to present the wines – namely, Katharina’s mother, Amei, who is uncannily able to identify the estate’s wines blind, and is reminded by 2016 of 1998. The Prüm’s Wehlen and Graach vineyards were touched by May 2016 hail, and like so many growers, they lost some of their crop. Overall, yields were down by 25-30% against midterm averages. Picking began in the second week of October and, in estate-typical fashion, lasted past the point where most growers had finished – in this case, mid-November. The 2016 range culminated, Prädikat-wise, in Goldkapsel and Lange Goldkapsel Auslesen. The wines I tasted in late July 2017 had all been very recently bottled but were showing no ill effects. I did not have an opportunity to taste four slightly later-bottled auctioned wines. This vintage strikes me as an ideal one for showcasing the virtues of Prüm Kabinett – not that wines of higher Prädikat are unimpressive. (For thoughts about this venerable estate’s recent evolution, see the introduction to my coverage of their 2014s.)