Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling BA Nr39
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort or Stilton, artisanal fruit tarts featuring apricots or peaches, and rich savory starters like foie gras or duck liver pâté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the legendary Ernst Loosen, the Dr. Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Beerenauslese (BA) is a monument to the steep, blue Devonian slate slopes of the Mosel Valley. The vineyard itself is named after the iconic sundial ('Sonnenuhr') erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm to guide the daily rhythm of the vineyard workers. This luscious, sweet white wine is made from 100% Riesling grapes painstakingly harvested by hand, berry by berry, only when they have achieved the perfect concentration of noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). The combination of the cool Mosel climate, ancient ungrafted vines, and the heat-retaining slate soils yields a wine of breathtaking complexity, balancing rich honeyed sweetness, exotic stone fruit, and botrytis spice with a vibrant, laser-like acidity that keeps the wine remarkably fresh and light on its feet.
🍾 About the Producer
The historic Dr. Loosen estate has been in the Loosen family for over two centuries, situated along the dramatic, slate-lined slopes of the Middle Mosel in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany. Since taking over management in 1988, Ernst Loosen has revitalized the winery by strictly focusing on low yields, meticulous vineyard stewardship, and minimal intervention in the cellar. The estate is blessed with extraordinarily old, ungrafted Riesling vines in legendary Grand Cru (Grosse Lage) vineyards such as Erdener Prälat, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, and Bernkasteler Lay. Dr. Loosen is globally celebrated for producing pure, expressive, and age-worthy Rieslings that range from vibrant dry bottlings to lusciously complex, mineral-laced Prädikat and dessert wines.