Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese Nr48
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Sichuan curry, artisanal blue cheeses like Roquefort, and classic fruit tarts.
✨ Technical Specifications
Ernst Loosen's family has been cultivating vines in the Mosel for over two centuries. The Ürziger Würzgarten, or 'spice garden of Ürzig,' is one of the region's most dramatic and legendary vineyards. Rising like a colossal amphitheater of red volcanic soil and slate, its unique terroir stands in stark contrast to the blue slate of the surrounding villages. This volcanic soil infuses the 100% Riesling vines—many of which are ungrafted and over a century old—with an unmistakable exotic, spicy character. The 'Auslese' designation signifies a harvest of selectively picked, overripe grapes, often touched by noble rot. This results in a luscious, naturally sweet wine balanced by a vibrant, electric acidity that is characteristic of the Mosel's cool-climate viticulture. The 'Nr 48' represents a historical parcel or specific barrel selection of exceptional concentration and finesse.
🍾 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