JJ Prum in 2006

[Graeme Gee]

A question to those of you who are familiar with JJ Prum's 2006 vintage.
If prices are similar, which do you think will be a more satisfying / typical / worthy drinking experience at its peak: The Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese, the Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese, or the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese?
I can't easily buy mixes of the three, and I'm not that familiar with the estate's wines (from a tasting perspective), but I'd like to get one of them.
Any thoughts welcome.
cheers,
Graeme

 

[David M. Bueker]

The Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese will virtually always outdistance the other two. The Prums lost a good bit of their prime land in the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr during the fleurbereinigung (Selbach got it - now bottled in most years as the 'Rotlay'), and the Wehlener Sonnenuhr (at least the Prum's parcels) is a manifestly superior piece of land to the Graacher Himmelreich.

I have drank all 3 from the 2006 vintage, and my tasting conclusions are aligned with the above information (though the Graacher wines were even better than usual in 2006).

 

[Yixin]

It helps that no one knows what goes into what, eh?

With Prm I find the Plotnicki dictum useful - his more expensive bottlings are usually better, and the man has a pretty classical palate. That said, I actually like the GH a bit more for 15-20 year drinking window and maybe hold the WS for longer. They've both passed the initial drinking window and while still fun I don't think opening the bottles now will give one an idea of how good the wines really are. I don't like the ZS that much.