Erdener Pralat Auslese Lange Goldkapsel Auktion Nr61
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses such as Roquefort, artisanal foie gras, and classic fruit tarts like apricot or peach tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Erdener Prälat is legendary among Mosel vineyards, a microscopic parcel of sheer red slate cliffs that acts as a natural solar collector, producing Riesling of unmatched opulence. Dr. Loosen's Erdener Prälat Auslese Lange Goldkapsel Auktion is the pinnacle of this site's expression. Crafted from meticulously selected botrytized grapes from ancient, ungrafted vines, this rare bottling is reserved exclusively for the prestigious VDP auction. The 'Lange Goldkapsel' (Long Gold Capsule) indicates a wine of profound concentration, bordering on Beerenauslese. It weaves a tapestry of rich honey, dried apricots, exotic spices, and a vibrant, mineral-driven acidity that reflects the unique red slate terroir.
🍾 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.