Erdener Pralat Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Nr52
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses like Roquefort, classic pan-seared foie gras, and fruit-based desserts such as peach tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from one of the Mosel's most legendary and microscopic grand cru sites, the Erdener Prälat Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel from Dr. Loosen is a masterclass in extreme viticulture. The 'Prelate' vineyard is a tiny, south-facing amphitheater of weathered red slate, hugged by towering cliffs that trap heat and shield the vines from cold winds. This unique microclimate allows the ungrafted, centenarian Riesling vines to achieve extraordinary ripeness. The 'Goldkapsel' designation indicates an exceptionally rich selection of botrytised grapes, while the specific cask bottling represents the absolute pinnacle of the estate's artisanal craftsmanship. Historically associated with the clergy of the nearby Himmerod Abbey, this wine is renowned for its luscious texture, vibrant acidity, and explosive aromas of exotic stone fruits, saffron, and intense slate minerality.
🍾 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.