Spotlight on 2022 Joh Jos Prum

"To get straight to the point, 2022 is a fabulous vintage for this historic estate. From Kabinett to Goldkap, the wines are vibrant and pure, with fabulous energy and superb depth and intensity. The higher Prädikats offer exquisite layers of fruit to go with their sparkling acidities. “We are so happy!” Katharina Prüm told me when I visited late last year. Although the season was challenging, with a very warm and dry summer, the team worked hard to produce perfectly balanced wines. The way the vintage played out - with superb wines the result - tells us plenty about how the changing climate often favours quality in the coolest parts of northern Europe, especially when a thoughtful, dedicated grower is involved."
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In addition to these superb 2022 wines from Joh Jos Prum, we are very proud to offer a wide range of back-vintage wines from this unparalleled Mosel producer. Full reviews on all the wines are available by clicking through to the 'Shop Joh Jos Prum Online'. Order through our website or download the order form in this email.

All wines below are available now at our special offer prices for the next seven days only. To place your order, simply click on the links below or contact us by email, or by phone on 03 9419 6990.

Kabinett
"Where the 2019s and 2021s need a few more years to hit their straps, Prüm’s 2022 Kabinetts are already shining. As usual, the power builds from Bernkastel to Graach to Wehlen. Each shows the majesty of this vintage in their own way. Given the reviews below, we probably don’t need to say more. Overall, the wines are wonderfully fresh and balanced. Although they will mostly be drunk young, they will also improve for five to 10 years, and 20 years will not weary them. They could effortlessly stand up to a broad range of flavours: sashimi, lighter Asian dishes and tuna tartare, for example. But any seafood or white meat, and of course, they make beautiful aperitifs."
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Spatlese
"At this level, the Prüm wines are still light in body, but the flavour intensity and depth of character go up markedly, and the 2022s deliver a mesmerising balance between elegance, freshness, racy fruit and slate-like minerality. There is considerably more depth of fruit here than in the Kabinett-level wines, although not necessarily more overt sweetness. Instead, it is a question of more flesh, more power and, therefore, wines that can stand up to richer food. Katharina Prüm believes this category is the most versatile at the table. We agree."
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Auslese
Again, the step up here is one of power rather than just sweetness. Riper and more intense is a more accurate way of describing what’s happening. The style remains pure and ultra-fine, and while the Spätlese wines revel in juicy intensity, this bracket offers more power, flesh, complexity and length.
Balance is key to understanding the quality of Prüm’s 2022 Auslesen. These wines can sometimes be tricky to understand fully when young—not so for the 2022s; they already have the wow factor. Again, there is a big step up in intensity, and the difference between the vineyards shines through even more.
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Auslese Goldkapsel
Through sheer force of will and no lack of patience, Prüm has made a tiny amount of Goldkapsel this year. For this rare style, multiple passes and draconian selections were required to harvest fruit at precisely the right level of ripeness. Harvesting continued until the last days of October, but Prüm finally got there, and the wines are jaw-droppingly good. Although botrytis was rare this year, Prüm was also able to bring in some botrytis-affected grapes, which, in the end, accounted for roughly one-third of the fruit that made the wines below.
Katharina Prüm explains the Goldkapsel wines in this way: “Think of them as limited edition, small production lots of the best Auslese of a vintage. They are made from stronger, selected grapes containing more concentrated juice, usually affected by a certain amount of botrytis. They can age even remarkably longer than ‘basic’ Auslesen, lasting for many decades. Over time, they lose some of their sweetness, gain more and more elegance and harmony, and the complex profile and depth come to the forefront.”
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Auslese Long Goldkapsel
"Remarkably, Prüm also managed to make a single Auslese Long Goldkapsel this year from Zeltinger Sonnenuhr. Often made with a higher degree of botrytis than the straight Goldkapsel wines (roughly 50% this year), the style could be described as bridging a gap between traditional Goldkap and Beerenauslese. In truth, they are simply selections of Goldkap that show something extra—greater depth, purity, intensity and precision. They are wines that Prüm considers excellent and unique examples of their vintage and site. Katharina notes that they could have registered this wine as a BA but ultimately felt the style sat closer to the Goldkapsel category. She also believes it may have been the large percentage of old, ungrafted vines that enabled Zeltinger to attain more botrytis and go that bit further in 2022. To differentiate from the Goldkap wines, the Prüm estate marks these special releases with two white stripes at the bottom of the golden capsule, in contrast to only one stripe for the regular Goldkap."
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