Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG Alte Reben
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork loin with herbs, pan-seared sea scallops in a rich butter sauce, and classic Alsatian choucroute garnie.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Erdener Treppchen, or 'little staircase of Erden,' takes its name from the stone steps carved directly into the towering, near-vertical red slate cliffs of the Mosel Valley, built to help vineyard workers navigate the treacherous slopes. Dr. Loosen's Grosses Gewächs (GG) 'Alte Reben' is sourced from ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines—many over a century old—whose roots dig deep into this iron-rich red slate soil. This unique terroir imparts an intense, fiery minerality and exotic stone fruit character to the wine. Championing traditional Mosel winemaking, Ernst Loosen ferments the juice with indigenous yeasts in historic, neutral oak Fuder casks, allowing the wine to rest on its lees to develop a rich, textured, and profoundly complex dry style.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Riesling