The 2022 Spätlese delivers 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. The 2022 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese is reticent at first, but stone fruit shimmers through white nectarines and golden plum. The palate mirrors this, but is heighted with a sorbet-like zestiness. Not much sweeter than the Kabinett of the same site, just fuller and rounder without compromises in elegance.

Situated in the Mosel wine region, along the Mosel River in Germany. This region is renowned for producing some of the best Riesling wines in the world. Graacher Himmelreich directly borders the southern edge of the famous Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard. These wines also give its more famous neighbour a run for its money, especially in hot, dry years. Graacher wines are alluring with racy acidity, a pronounced 'crushed rock' minerality and a more citrus spectrum of fruit aromas and flavours. Graacher Himmelreich wines become accessible slightly earlier than the Wehlener Sonnenuhr and are deliciously mouth-watering when young.