This Spätlese encapsulates all that is best about the Mosel in 2022: it seems light and playful at first, with a charming airy beauty that suggests immediate – and perhaps fleeting –  pleasure. It soon becomes plain, however, that this is a serious wine, with power and intensity that promise many years of interesting life. It is forward and charming, full of very perfumed fruit and florals, primarily roses, with a strong smooth herbal note and also peach and other orchard fruit. The balance comes from the typical smoky slaty character of the Sonnenuhr, finely wrought and silky, and it finishes on a prolonged, fresh saline note.