Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling BA
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, artisanal fruit tarts (especially peach or apricot), and rich savory terrines or foie gras.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary Ernst Loosen, this Beerenauslese (BA) originates from the legendary Wehlener Sonnenuhr—the 'Sundial of Wehlen'—a precipitously steep vineyard named after the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm. Composed of 100% Riesling grown on pure blue Devonian slate soils, this luscious sweet wine is made only in exceptional vintages. It requires painstaking hand-selection of individual berries shriveled by noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). The combination of the Mosel's cool climate, ancient ungrafted vines, and meticulous cellar work yields a wine of astonishing concentration, balancing intense honeyed sweetness with a vibrant, electric vein of slate-driven acidity.
🍾 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.