Blauschiefer Riesling BA
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, fruit-based tarts and pies, and rich savory starters like foie gras or artisanal pâté.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Dr. Loosen Blauschiefer Riesling Beerenauslese (BA) is a testament to the dramatic, slate-strewn slopes of Germany's Mosel valley. 'Blauschiefer' refers to the iconic blue Devonian slate that dominates these dizzyingly steep vineyards, absorbing the daytime sun to radiate warmth back to the vines at night. Ernst Loosen, a passionate custodian of Mosel winemaking history, crafts this luscious sweet wine using 100% Riesling grapes affected by noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). Each grape is painstakingly hand-selected, yielding a nectar of extraordinary concentration. Historically, Beerenauslese wines were reserved for special celebrations or cellared as liquid family heirlooms. This wine beautifully balances decadent sweetness with the Mosel's trademark electric acidity and a profound, smoky minerality derived from the ancient slate soils.
🍾 About the Producer
The historic Dr. Loosen estate has been in the Loosen family for over two centuries, situated along the dramatic, slate-lined slopes of the Middle Mosel in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany. Since taking over management in 1988, Ernst Loosen has revitalized the winery by strictly focusing on low yields, meticulous vineyard stewardship, and minimal intervention in the cellar. The estate is blessed with extraordinarily old, ungrafted Riesling vines in legendary Grand Cru (Grosse Lage) vineyards such as Erdener Prälat, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, and Bernkasteler Lay. Dr. Loosen is globally celebrated for producing pure, expressive, and age-worthy Rieslings that range from vibrant dry bottlings to lusciously complex, mineral-laced Prädikat and dessert wines.