Blue Slate Riesling Kabinett
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian dishes, classic German pork schnitzel, and fresh seafood or shellfish.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary Ernst Loosen, who took over his family's historic estate in 1988, the Dr. Loosen Blue Slate Riesling Kabinett is a liquid testament to the dramatic, steep slopes of Germany's Mosel valley. This wine is sourced from estate-owned vineyards characterized by Devonian blue slate soil, a unique terroir that absorbs warmth during the day and radiates it back to the vines at night, imparting a signature flinty minerality. Made from 100% Riesling, the grapes are harvested early to capture the classic, light-bodied Kabinett style. Fermented in stainless steel to preserve its pristine fruit character, this off-dry wine beautifully balances vibrant, racy acidity with delicate sweetness, embodying centuries of Mosel winemaking heritage.
🍾 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.