Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Nr44
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort or Stilton, rich savory delicacies like artisanal foie gras terrine, and traditional fruit tarts or caramelized apple galettes.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary Ernst Loosen, this exquisite Riesling hails from the legendary Wehlener Sonnenuhr (Sundial of Wehlen) vineyard, famous for its dizzyingly steep slopes and pure blue Devonian slate soils. The vineyard takes its name from the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Pruem to guide the daily rhythm of the vineyard workers. The Nr44 designation represents a highly selective, historically significant bottling of Auslese, showcasing grapes heavily influenced by noble rot (botrytis). Fermented naturally in traditional, neutral oak Fuder casks, this 100% Riesling captures the essence of its terroir: a breathtaking tightrope walk between luscious, honeyed peach sweetness and a piercing, stony minerality driven by vibrant Mosel 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.