Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Nr64
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses, foie gras or rich pâtés, and fruit-based desserts such as apple tarte tatin or peach galette.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the legendary Dr. Ernst Loosen, this exquisite sweet white wine originates from the iconic Wehlener Sonnenuhr (the 'sundial of Wehlen') vineyard in the heart of Germany's Mosel region. The vineyard gets its name from the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm. Planted on precipitously steep slopes of pure blue Devonian slate, the ungrafted, ancient Riesling vines yield fruit of extraordinary minerality and tension. The 'Goldkapsel' (Gold Capsule) designation signifies an ultra-selective harvest of botrytis-affected grapes, representing a richer, more concentrated expression than a standard Auslese. Fermented with indigenous yeasts in traditional oak Fuder casks, this Riesling is a masterclass in balance, where luscious peach, honeyed apricot, and tropical fruit notes are perfectly offset by a vibrant, electric spine of slate-driven acidity.
🍾 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.