Erdener Pralat Riesling Reserve GG Alte Reben
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck with a plum glaze, pan-seared veal chops with wild mushrooms, or aged hard cheeses like Comté.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Erdener Prälat is one of the Mosel's most legendary vineyards, a tiny, sun-drenched amphitheater of red slate protected by towering cliffs. Legend has it that the vineyard was named after the church prelates who historically claimed its exceptional wines for themselves. Dr. Loosen's 'Reserve' GG (Grosses Gewächs) Alte Reben is crafted from ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines that are over a century old. This dry masterpiece undergoes a traditional, minimalist winemaking process, aging on its full lees for an extraordinary 24 months in neutral oak Fuder casks, followed by extensive bottle aging. This extended contact with the lees imparts a profound textural richness and creamy complexity, beautifully balancing the intense, fiery minerality of the red slate and the vibrant, noble acidity of the old-vine Riesling.
🍾 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.