Nose: Very youthful and expressive, with a complex bouquet of mandarin, white peach, nectarine, and honeysuckle, with a strong mineral core. Notes of ginger and light creek water have also been observed.

Palate: Features succulent sweetness perfectly balanced by lively, lemony acidity. The palate is medium-bodied, showing intense flavors of peach, candied pineapple, green apple, and tropical fruits, all underpinned by a persistent slate-driven minerality.

The 2020 Juffer-Sonnenuhr Spätlese from Oliver Haag is a touch lower in octane than the Juffer bottling, coming in at 7.5 percent this year, coupled again with acids of 8.3 grams and residual sugars of eighty-three grams per liter. The wine is even a touch more refined on the nose, offering up scents of apple, pear, fresh lime, bee pollen, complex, salty slate undertow, white lilies, iris blossoms and violets. On the palate the wine is even more delicately strung than the Juffer Spätlese, with its medium-full format transparent, filigreed and complex. The acids are bright, zesty and give great backend lift and grip on the very long and complex finish. Sheer beauty. (John Gilman)

Grape: Riseling

Region: Mosel, Germany

Rating: JS94, CT92, JG 94