Wonderfully intense and lifted aromatics of smoke, citrus peel, and small red fruits leads to a very tightly wound palate. In short, the palate starts baroque and finishes gothic. Highly complex and intense, age will of course refine this remarkable wine. Note that no Goldkap was produced from this vineyard in 2008 so this wine contains all of the parcels of the finest wine that are typically bottled separately. Alc: 7.5 % by vol. "The sense of clarity in the Joh. Jos. Prüm 2008 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese extends also to an aromatic display unclouded by the sort of fermentative notes found in the corresponding Spätlese and Kabinett when I tasted those. Honeysuckle, heliotrope, distilled herbal essences, apple and quince practically explode from the glass, and lush marzipan, vanilla cream, quince preserves, and apple jelly as well as liquid floral essences inform a nevertheless refreshing palate. Savory saline as well as stony and somehow crystalline expressions of things mineral add counterpoint and complexity, and this finishes with extraordinary, saliva-inducing persistence. "The sort of further selection of botrytis grapes that we did this year in Graach," remarks Manfred Prüm, "would not have succeeded in Wehlen" where no further Auslese was essayed, and I would not be surprised if the inclusion in this wine of parcels whose fruit might more often have been destined for auction is part of what renders it so impressive."
95/100 points. David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate # 187, Feb 2010.