Dr. Loosen Red Slate Dry Riesling 2022 (Germany)

Description

Dry, Floral, Spice

This dry Riesling has an intense minerality that is warm and enveloping. It has floral, spicy, citrus blossom aromas and harmonious flavors with a full, expansive texture. Very expressive.

The Mosel Valley’s Iron-rich red slate is less common than the more prolific blue slate found throughout Germany’s Middle Mosel. Red slate is found mostly in the villages of Erden, Ürzig and Kinheim.

This wine is produced with fruit exclusively from estate vineyards with red slate soil in the villages of Ürzig, Erden, Lösnich and Kinheim. The vineyards are farmed specifically for producing dry wine. The wine is fermented with native yeasts in 3,000-liter, neutral oak casks. The extended lees contact allows the wine to develop a naturally harmonious balance and greater complexity.