Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2065
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses, rich foie gras or savory duck pâté, and fruit-based desserts like apricot or pear tarts.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary Ürziger Würzgarten ('spice garden of Ürzig') in the Mosel valley, this Auslese Goldkapsel by Dr. Loosen is a masterclass in terroir-driven winemaking. Unlike the blue slate soils typical of the Mosel, the Würzgarten features a striking, iron-rich red volcanic soil mixed with slate. This unique geology imparts an exotic, spicy character to the 100% Riesling grapes, which are harvested from extremely steep, ungrafted old vines. The 'Goldkapsel' designation signifies a super-premium selection of highly botrytized grapes, representing the pinnacle of the vintage's harvest. Fermented with indigenous yeasts, this wine beautifully balances opulent sweetness with a vibrant, electric acidity that ensures its legendary longevity.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grapes
100% Riesling