Riesling Rotschiefer Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Excellent alongside spicy Asian dishes, roasted pork loin, or fresh shellfish like oysters and crab.
✨ Technical Specifications
Dr. Loosen's Rotschiefer Trocken is a brilliant testament to the unique terroir of Germany's Mosel valley, specifically celebrating the rare red slate ('Rotschiefer') soils found in select iron-rich vineyards. While blue slate dominates much of the region, the red slate imparts a distinctively warm, spicy minerality and rich stone-fruit character to the 100% Riesling grape. Ernst Loosen, who took over his family's historic estate in 1988, has championed these soil-specific bottlings to express the pure, unadorned voice of the land. Vinified dry ('trocken') using traditional practices, this wine undergoes a cool fermentation in stainless steel to preserve its vibrant, electric acidity and pristine fruit profile, resulting in a beautifully structured white wine that balances intense minerality with juicy citrus and peach notes.
🍾 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.