Description
This 2021 Auslese is an absolute rarity. Prager actually stands for dry wines, but if the vintage permits, Toni Bodenstein also produces a residually sweet Auslese—completely clean grapes without botrytis. The grapes come from different plots of the top Achleiten site. Harvested and selected in several passes. This is such a ravishingly fine, filigree-dancing Auslese with only very restrained sweetness. Subtle honey sweetness already in the nose, underpinned by white flowers. Orange peel and candied lemon, also a touch of ginger. Very crystalline with almost 10 grams of acidity and only about 35 grams of residual sugar – this actually drinks rather feinherb—enormous tension and thrust, just straightforward with fresh fruit interplaying with fine leafy saltiness. Grandiose length – wow this reverberates for minutes in salty mineral precision, although this Auslese is anything but a concentrated heavyweight. An outstanding rarity from the house Prager! Lobenberg (98+/100)
