Erdener Pralat Riesling Auslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses, rich fruit tarts, and moderately spicy Asian cuisine.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Erdener Prälat is one of the Mosel's most legendary vineyards, a tiny, south-facing amphitheater of red slate that acts as a natural heat trap. This extreme microclimate allows the 100% Riesling grapes to achieve extraordinary ripeness. Historically named after the church prelates who claimed its prized wines for themselves, this vineyard yields an Auslese of unparalleled intensity. Dr. Loosen crafts this wine using traditional methods, fermenting with native yeasts in large, neutral oak casks (Fuder) to preserve the vineyard's distinct spicy, iron-rich mineral character and lush exotic fruit profile, balanced by the vibrant, life-giving acidity characteristic of the Mosel.
🍾 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.