Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Kabinett
⏳ Drikkevindue
2020 - 2035
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Spicy Thai or Vietnamese cuisine, fresh sushi and sashimi, and classic German pork roast with sauerkraut.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Deep in the heart of Germany's Mosel valley, the Bernkasteler Lay vineyard slopes gently toward the river, its name derived from the ancient Celtic word for slate ('Lay'). This vineyard is defined by its dark blue Devonian slate soil, which absorbs the sun's heat by day and radiates it back to the vines at night. Owned and championed by the legendary Ernst Loosen, who took over his family's 200-year-old estate in 1988, this Riesling Kabinett is crafted from old, ungrafted vines. The wine undergoes a cool fermentation in stainless steel and traditional oak Fuder casks to preserve its pristine, high-toned fruit. It beautifully captures the classic Kabinett style: low in alcohol, highly aromatic, and vibrating with a tense play between natural residual sweetness and a piercing, stony acidity.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Den historiske vingård Dr. Loosen har været i Loosen-familiens eje i over 200 år og ligger idyllisk på de dramatiske, skiferklædte skråninger i Bernkastel-Kues i Mittelmosel. Da Ernst Loosen overtog ansvaret i 1988, indledte han en markant revitalisering af vinhuset med et kompromisløst fokus på lave høstudbytter, omhyggelig pleje i vinmarkerne og minimal intervention i kælderen. Ejendommen råder over usædvanligt gamle, uhegnede Riesling-stokke på legendariske Grosse Lage-marker som Erdener Prälat, Wehlener Sonnenuhr og Bernkasteler Lay. Dr. Loosen nyder verdensomspændende anerkendelse for sine rene, udtryksfulde og lagringsværdige Riesling-vine, der spænder fra spændstige, tørre aftapninger til overdådigt komplekse og mineralske Prädikat- og dessertvine.