Blauschiefer Riesling Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared freshwater trout, classic Thai green curry, or fresh oysters on the half shell.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary Ernst Loosen, the Blauschiefer Riesling Trocken is a liquid homage to the dramatic, steep slopes of Germany's Mosel Valley. 'Blauschiefer' translates to 'blue slate,' referencing the ancient, heat-retaining soil that defines this region's unique terroir. For generations, the Loosen family has tended these dizzying vineyards, where the vines must dig deep into the fractured slate to find water and nutrients. This 100% Riesling is fermented with indigenous yeasts in a combination of stainless steel tanks and traditional, neutral oak Fuder casks. The result is a dry, wonderfully tension-filled white wine that captures the cool-climate energy of the Mosel, balancing electric acidity with a signature flinty minerality and delicate stone fruit aromas.
🍾 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.