Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Sekt
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters on the half shell, lightly battered vegetable tempura, or spicy Thai noodle dishes.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary winemaker Ernst Loosen, this sparkling Riesling Sekt hails from the steep, slate-rich slopes of the Bernkasteler Badstube in Germany's Mosel valley. The name 'Badstube' pays homage to the historic medieval bathhouses that once dotted the town of Bernkastel. This 100% Riesling sparkling wine captures the essence of its unique terroir, where devonian slate soils impart a distinct mineral tension and vibrant acidity. Produced to highlight the pure, aromatic character of the Riesling grape, the wine showcases a fine, persistent mousse. It beautifully marries the classic Mosel profile of bright stone fruits, citrus zest, and flinty minerality with a lively, effervescent texture, representing a joyful celebration of regional sparkling winemaking tradition.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Dr. Loosen stands as one of the preeminent global ambassadors of Germany's Mittelmosel. Under family ownership for more than two centuries, the estate experienced an epochal renaissance after Ernst 'Erni' Loosen assumed leadership in 1988. Loosen immediately implemented draconian yield restrictions, prohibited chemical fertilizers, and embraced spontaneous fermentations in neutral oak Fuder casks, frequently practicing extended lees contact. The domaine's strength rests in its holdings of ancient, ungrafted vines—many over a century old—clinging to perilous, south-facing slate amphitheaters. These steep slopes span blue Devonian slate in the Wehlener Sonnenuhr, red volcanic-slate colluvium in the Ürziger Würzgarten, and heat-retaining cliffs in the Erdener Prälat. Dr. Loosen is renowned both for crystalline, classically delicate Prädikat expressions defined by buoyant acidity and low alcohol, and for benchmark dry Grosses Gewächs bottlings that celebrate age-worthy, mineral-driven tension.
🍇 Grapes
100% Riesling