In the glass
Aroma: peach, apricot, quince, salty slate
Palate: yellow fruit, spice, mineral density
Dry Grosses Gewachs from ungrafted old vines on Erden's red slate: ripe yellow stone fruit, salty slate minerality and a spicy, dense palate.
What it pairs with
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Mosel river trout meuniere
Bright slate-driven acidity and citrus mirror the brown-butter and lemon of the local fish. -
Roast guinea fowl
The wine's density and spice stand up to dark poultry while acidity refreshes the palate. -
Aged Gruyere
Salty slate minerality plays against the nutty cheese.
History
Dry Grosses Gewachs from ungrafted old vines on Erden's red slate: ripe yellow stone fruit, salty slate minerality and a spicy, dense palate.
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Dr. Loosen
- Grapes
- Riesling
- Classification
- VDP.Grosse Lage Mosel
- Oak
- Aged in traditional large oak Fuder casks
- Price
- EUR 45 to 70 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2008
- Vegan
- Yes (no animal-derived fining)
Scores
- Wine Advocate 93 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2021)