日時計の意味を持つ、急斜面の畑より、非常にエレガントで、洗練さと繊細さを兼ね備えた白ワイン!ヴェレナー・ゾンネンウーア（ゾンネンウーアは“日時計”の意味）は、 プリュム家と河を挟んだ対岸に位置。最大60度と上ることさえ困難な、ヨーロッパで最も急な傾斜の畑の一つ。海抜1000フィート以上。有名な日時計は1842年に現当主の4代前の叔父に当たるヨドクス・プリュム氏が時計を持たない時代の労働者の為、ヴェーレンとツェルティンゲンに作ったもの。全65ヘクタールを約100件の生産者で所有されているが、そのうちプリュム家は約4.5ヘクタールと最大面積を所有しています。南西向きで、土壌はデボン紀の風化された灰色の粘板質土壌。平均樹齢は50年、中には100年のものもあります。ゾンネンウーアの畑のアウスレーゼは、非常にエレガントで、洗練さと繊細さを兼ね備えています。果実の薫り高く、生き生きとした酸味を持ち、何十年もの長期熟成にも耐えることができると言われています。Joh Jos Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Ausleseヨハン・ヨゼフ・プリュム ヴェレナー・ゾンネンウーア アウスレーゼ生産地：ドイツ モーゼル原産地呼称：gU. MOSELぶどう品種：リースリング 100%味わい：白ワイン 甘口 貴腐ワインvinous：95 ポイント95 From: Joel Payne on Germany 2007 (Jan 2009)Dr. Manfred Prum describes the 2007 vintage as a cross between 2005 and 2004. "The wines have the flesh of the 2005s paired with the saline minerality of the 2004s，" he says. He was also pleased that the vintage allowed him to make a few kabinetts that were not all too clearly spatlese in character. That said， it was a cornucopia of ausleses that marked the style of the vintage here， three of which were among the top ten in their class in all of Germany. Add to this the inimitable style of this estate and you have a bevy of wines that I wouldnt mind having in my cellar. (Various importers， including Valckenberg International and Rudi Wiest) Also recommended: 2007 Riesling Kabinett Feinherb (86)， 2007 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett (89)， 2007 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese #15 (93)， 2007 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese #17 (93)， 2007 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese #22 (95)， 2007 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule Auction Wine (95).ワインアドヴォケイト：94 ポイントThe Wine AdvocateRP 94 Reviewed by: David Schildknecht Release Price: $65 Drink Date: N/AQuince preserves， baked apple， lily， gardenia， and hints of caramel and vanilla mark the nose of the Prum 2007 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese. With richness yet delicacy and lift it saturates the palate with rich fruit， liquid flowers， vanilla cream， and savory， saline， shrimp shell reduction-like mineral essences. This intense， pure， subtly and truly nobly botrytized Auslese has umami with a capital “U.”The characteristics of great Riesling from the Prum estate coincide with one of the most striking virtues of 2007 Mosel Rieslings in general， namely the ability to combine intensity of aroma and flavor with delicacy， and caressing richness with vivacity. In a sense， the best wines in this year’s collection are like Prum-squared in their distinctiveness and expressivity. Manfred Prum acknowledges good reasons for the widespread comparison of 2007 with 2004， and thinks the present vintage also shares the richness of 2005. Notoriously little attention is paid at this address to dry-tasting wines， and I was unfortunately not able to taste either a Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spatlese trocken or a Bernkasteler Badstube Spatlese feinherb. Nobly sweet wines which I have not yet tasted include Wehlener Sonnenuhr auction Spatlese， gold capsule Auslese， and Beerenauslese; a Graacher Himmelreich long gold capsule Auslese， and a Bernkasteler Badstube Eiswein.Various importers including: P. J. Valckenberg International， Tulsa， OK; tel 918 622 0424 and Rudi Wiest， Cellars International， Carlsbad， CA 800 596 9463 Published: Jun 30， 2009