2023 Joh. Jos. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Mosel 6pk 6x750ml

The Prum family has stood at the summit of Mosel Riesling for over four centuries, and Joh. Jos. Prum — founded in 1911 when the original S.A. Prum estate was divided — represents the pinnacle of that legacy. Sebastian Prum developed the estate's distinct style during the 1930s and 1940s, a vision now carried forward by Dr. Manfred Prum and his daughter Dr. Katharina since 2003. These are wines that command auction prices proving their standing: twelve bottles of a single earlier Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese Gold Cap bottling sold for $2,450 at Zachys.

Graacher Himmelreich is one of the estate's legendary sites — a steep, slate-driven vineyard that delivers Riesling of floral intensity and laser precision. The Auslese designation marks wines of concentrated ripeness and profound aging potential, built to cellar for decades and evolve into something no other region on earth can replicate.

The 2023 vintage delivers one of the great Mosel Auslese masterpieces of modern times. The wine opens with intense floral splendor — peach iced tea, almond tart, pine nuts, pine cones, blossom honey — yet remains remarkably pure and precise. On the palate, it's juicy and structured, rich yet savory, with a persistently saline and mouth-filling finish that only Mosel slate can produce. At 8% stated alcohol, this is a wine built to cellar through 2050.

This is why serious collectors chase Mosel Riesling. The depth, the precision, the decades of evolution ahead — and the proof that sweetness and structure aren't opposites when the site and the family both know what they're doing.