In the glass
Aroma: white peach, citrus, slate
Palate: lime, mineral, spice
Dry old-vine Grosses Gewachs from the blue-slate Wehlener Sonnenuhr: filigree, mineral and intensely aromatic with great length.
What it pairs with
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Pike-perch with beurre blanc
Filigree mineral acidity lifts the delicate freshwater fish and slices the butter sauce. -
Mosel river trout meuniere
Bright slate-driven acidity and citrus mirror the brown-butter and lemon of the local fish. -
Scallop crudo
Saline slate minerality echoes the sweet shellfish.
History
Dry old-vine Grosses Gewachs from the blue-slate Wehlener Sonnenuhr: filigree, mineral and intensely aromatic with great length.
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Dr. Loosen
- Grapes
- Riesling
- Classification
- VDP.Grosse Lage Mosel
- Oak
- Aged in traditional large oak Fuder casks
- Price
- EUR 45 to 75 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2008
- Vegan
- Yes (no animal-derived fining)
Scores
- Vinous 92 (2020 vintage, reviewed 2022)