Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 375ml 2022

Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese is a Mosel Riesling from the Graach slope, made in the low-alcohol, long-lived style the family has held to for over a century.

Graach sits between Bernkastel and Wehlen on the steep left bank of the Mosel, and the Himmelreich lies on deep grey Devonian slate carrying rather more clay than its neighbours, which tends to give wines with flesh as well as tension. Joh. Jos. Prüm has been based at Wehlen since 1911 and is now run by Katharina Prüm, working to a house style that has changed very little. Fruit is picked in successive passes so that each parcel comes in at the intended ripeness, whole bunches are pressed gently, and fermentation runs with ambient yeasts in stainless steel before stopping of its own accord, leaving the grape's own residual sugar. At Auslese level the step up from Spätlese is one of power and flesh rather than sugar alone, bringing more concentration and length while the piercing acidity and modest alcohol of the Mosel keep the wine light on its feet. Prüm's wines are reticent when young and are made to be kept.

Drinkable now, but decades in the cellar will do it more good; serve at 8-10°C with roast pork, game birds, savoury tarts or a spread of Cantonese dishes.

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