Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Alte Reben GG Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2048
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly, spicy Thai or Sichuan cuisine, and rich seafood dishes such as pan-seared scallops.
✨ Technical Specifications
Dr. Loosen's Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Alte Reben GG Reserve represents the pinnacle of dry Mosel Riesling, combining ancient vines with traditional, patient winemaking. The Urziger Wurzgarten, or 'spice garden of Urzig,' is a legendary, precipitously steep vineyard famous for its striking red volcanic sandstone and slate soils, which stand in stark contrast to the blue slate found throughout most of the region. This unique geology imparts a distinctly exotic, spicy, and herbal character to the wine. Crafted from ungrafted 'Alte Reben' (old vines) that are over a century old, this Grosses Gewachs Reserve undergoes an artisanal aging process. It is fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured on its full lees for 24 months in traditional 1,000-liter oak Fuder casks, followed by extensive bottle aging before release. This extended maturation yields a dry white wine of incredible textural depth, vibrant acidity, and profound mineral complexity.
🍾 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.