WTN: JJPrum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Eiswein-Auslese '75...(short/

Sue Noel brought this to share ystrday:
1. Joh.Jos.Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Eiswein-Auslese (QmP; A.P.Nr. 12576511-21-76; EA) Wehlen/Mosel 1975: Deep golden/burnished bronze color; slight earthy/dusty honey graham/graham cracker/rather honeyed some old German R/slight Mosel valve oil no botrytis quite complex nose; very acidic/screechy slightly sweet very strong honeyed/honey graham/bit passito slight earthy/dusty old German R/bit valve oil very complex flavor; very long/lingering very acidic/screechy slightly sweet rather passito/honey graham/graham cracker old R/slight Mosel valve oil finish; no signs of botrytis whatsoever; a rather strange/unusual of old Mosel R but quite complex & interesting.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. '71 & '76 were great yrs for German wines w/ lots of ripeness, lots of acidity, and lots of botrytis. '75 was a hot yr when the had a lot of ripeness but not that much botrytis. This was a rather strange expression of an old Mosel Auslese because of the lack of botrytis. Nonetheless, quite an interesting wine more like an old passito than an old Mosel Auslese.
Tom

[David M. Bueker]

Botrytis-free auslese is not at all uncommon.

It's even less uncommon now.

In a very ripe vintage, I'm a bit surprised that an Eiswein would be only an Auslese rather than a BA. Unless they under-declared the Praedikat level?

-Paul W.

[David M. Bueker]

In a very ripe vintage, I'm a bit surprised that an Eiswein would be only an Auslese rather than a BA. Unless they under-declared the Praedikat level?

-Paul W.

The minimum pradikat requirement for Eiswein were not codified until the early 1980s. Before then they picked and got what they got.

And 1975 was not so ripe as Tom might lead you to think.