Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Nr54
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2065
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich foie gras or savory duck liver pâté, and traditional fruit-based desserts like peach galette or apple tart.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wehlener Sonnenuhr, or 'Sundial of Wehlen', is one of the world's most iconic vineyards, named after the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm to guide the daily rhythm of the vineyard workers. Dr. Loosen's expression from this legendary site is crafted from 100% Riesling grown on incredibly steep, south-facing slopes of pure, iron-rich blue Devonian slate. The 'Goldkapsel' (Gold Capsule) designation signifies a reserve bottling of extraordinary quality, selected from grapes heavily influenced by noble rot (botrytis). This meticulous selection results in a luscious, concentrated nectar balanced by the Mosel's signature electric acidity. Ernst Loosen's dedication to preserving ancient, ungrafted vines ensures this wine captures the profound mineral depth and delicate peach, apricot, and floral aromatics that have defined Mosel royalty for centuries.
🍾 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